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Diabetes
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with diabetes (a) in the area served by Shropshire County primary care trust and (b) in each constituency in Shropshire in each of the last five years. [56919]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The figures are not available in the format requested. The table shows the number of people identified by practices as having diabetes. Data from before December 2004 are not available.
| Primary care trust (PCT) | December 2005 | December 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Shropshire County PCT | 10,927 | 9,345 |
| Telford and Wrekin PCT | 6,199 | 5,458 |
| Total | 17,126 | 14,803 |
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diabetic nurses are employed by Milton Keynes primary care trust. [54879]
Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not collected centrally.
The latest census does not separately identify diabetic nurses from the rest of the nursing work force.
Digital Hearing Aids
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the waiting lists for fitting of new digital hearing aids at the audiology department of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust; and if she will make a statement. [49289]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The modernising hearing aid services (MHAS) programme run by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf on behalf of the Department has achieved its target for all 164 national health service audiology services to be routinely fitting digital hearing aids by April 2005.
Information relating to waiting times for digital hearing aids at the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals is a matter for the chair of the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I have written to Clive Morton informing him of the hon. Member's inquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library. I am informed by the chairman of Monitor, the statutory name for which is the independent regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, that the trust has made good progress during 2005–06 in addressing the financial deficit which it incurred in 2004–05.
Drug Rehabilitation (Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential drug rehabilitation places were available in Cambridgeshire in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [54821]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
According to the national treatment agency's (NTA) directory of residential services there are no residential drug rehabilitation places in Cambridgeshire. There is a distinction between residential drug rehabilitation places available in an area
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and the residential treatment available to the population of that area. Placements are calculated, therefore, by the number of residential placements commissioned by an area's drug action team (DAT) or local social services authority. Figures for Cambridgeshire DAT are shown in the table 1 .
1 The data were first collected from the local DAT as part of the national drug treatment monitoring system for 2003–04.
| Number of placements (actual) | |
|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 12 |
| 2004–05 | 30 |
| 2005–06 | 282 |
(21) To end of 2005.
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what legislation covers the administration of electroconvulsive therapy in hospitals in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement; [57596]
(2) if she will bring forward legislation to ensure that valid consent is obtained where an individual has the ability to grant or refuse consent to the use of electroconvulsive therapy; and if she will make a statement. [57600]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Mental Health Act 1983 sets out the circumstances in which people with a mental disorder who are being treated compulsorily under that act may receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The act allows ECT to be given to patients who are under compulsory powers when a patient with capacity consents or if the patient's doctor prescribes it and a second opinion appointed doctor agrees to it. The Government are planning to introduce new mental health legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.
Health Services (Shropshire/Staffordshire)
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many successful clinical negligence claims were made against hospitals trusts under the Shropshire and Staffordshire strategic health authority area in 2004–05. [58102]
Ms Rosie Winterton: There were 19 successful clinical negligence claims made against hospital trusts in the Shropshire and Staffordshire strategic health authority in 2004–05.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the clinical negligence payments made by hospitals trusts under the Shropshire and Staffordshire strategic health authority area in 2004–05. [58103]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The information requested on the clinical negligence payments made by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) on behalf of hospital trusts within the Shropshire and Staffordshire strategic health authority (SHA) in 2004–05 is shown in the following table.
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Note:
The data apply to all payments made by NHSLA in 2004–05 regardless of the year of claim.
Hip Replacement (Peterborough)
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for a hip replacement was in the Greater Peterborough primary care partnership area in each of the last five years. [54818]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Notes:
1. Finished admission episodes:
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. Main operation:
The main operation is the first recorded operation in the hospital episodes statistics (HES) data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, for example time waited, but the figures for all operations count of episodes give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
3. Time waited (days):
Time waited statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
4. Ungrossed data:
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data is ungrossed.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
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