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Stoma Appliances

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2006, Official Report, column 807W, to the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr. Robertson) on stoma appliances, on what date her Department expects to (a) publish a summary of responses and (b) respond to the consultation on the provision of stoma appliances and other services. [65946]

 
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Jane Kennedy: It is anticipated that a summary of responses to the consultation will be published shortly.

The Department will be having further discussions regarding incontinence and stoma appliances in order to identify how best to achieve transparency between item price and service costs. The Department will also explore with industry how to ensure that those contractors that provide valued services are fairly remunerated for the services they provide.

We will be arranging a series of meetings with patient groups, the national health service and providers in order to accomplish this.
 
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In relation to reagents and dressings it is planned to consult again with the market. This consultation will cover a sub-set of dressings and a sub-set of reagents in part IX of the Drug Tariff.

Trust Spending (Gloucestershire)

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each health trust operating within Gloucestershire spent in each year since 1997 in (a) cash and (b) real terms. [66361]

Caroline Flint [holding answer 27 April 2006]: Operating expenses of national health service trusts in Gloucestershire, both in cash terms and in real terms at 2004–05 prices are shown in the table.
£000

NHS trust name	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Gloucestershire Ambulance
Cash	7,334	7,564	8,079	8,593	9,218	10,241	11,197	15,015
Real	8,611	8,656	9,067	9,519	9,965	10,730	11,431	15,015
East Gloucestershire
Cash	92,376	98,573	109,849	118,831	130,409	—	—	—
Real	108,454	112,803	123,282	131,638	140,983	—	—	—
Gloucestershire Royal
Cash	74,672	80,057	98,626	98,040	107,515	—	—	—
Real	87,669	91,614	110,686	108,606	116,232	—	—	—
Severn
Cash	50,812	53,334	57,457	60,977	67,646	—	—	—
Real	59,656	61,033	64,483	67,549	73,131	—	—	—
Gloucestershire Partnership
Cash	—	—	—	—	—	65,199	70,459	76,740
Real	—	—	—	—	—	68,314	71,931	76,740
Gloucestershire Hospitals
Cash	—	—	—	—	—	237,018	253,914	72,893
Real	—	—	—	—	—	248,342	259,218	72,893

TGN1412

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has held with the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust on the recovery of the costs of care from (a) Parexel and (b) TeGenero for the treatment of those patients who suffered an adverse reaction to the treatment TGN1412. [65999]

Jane Kennedy: No discussions have been held between Ministers and the North West London Hospitals national health services Trust on the recovery of the costs of care from Parexel and Tegenero for the treatment of those patients who suffered an adverse reaction to the treatment TGN1412.

Vaccines

Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether purchasing of vaccines recommended for use by the NHS is carried out (a) centrally and (b) by individual primary care trusts. [65697]

Caroline Flint [holding answer 25 April 2006]: Vaccines which are purchased centrally and by individual primary care trusts are shown in the following table.

Vaccine	Purchased
Anthrax vaccine	Centrally
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine	Centrally
Diphtheria vaccines (combined with either Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio or Hib)	Centrally
Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine	Centrally
Meningococcal vaccine	Centrally
Smallpox vaccine	Centrally
Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine	Direct from supplier
Typhoid	Direct from supplier
Varicella Zoster vaccine (Chickenpox)	Direct from supplier
Yellow fever vaccine	Direct from supplier
Cholera vaccine	Direct from supplier
Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine	Direct from supplier
Hepatitis A vaccine	Direct from supplier
Hepatitis B vaccine	Direct from supplier
Pneumococcal vaccine	Direct from supplier
Influenza vaccine	Direct from supplier, centrally bought contingency stock
Rabies vaccine	Direct from supplier for travel, centrally bought for occupational use

 
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York Hospital

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were (a) in
 
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total and (b) in each specialty at York hospital in each year since 1996–97. [64323]

Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the table.
Count of finished consultant episodes by main specialty, provider of treatment = RCB York Health Services National Health Service Trust, NHS Hospitals England, 1996–97 to 2004–05

Main specialty code	Main specialty description	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
&	Not known	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,687
100	General surgery	7,290	6,929	7,618	7,620	7,493	7,440	8,034	8,727	8,972
101	Urology	4,390	4,319	4,441	4,432	4,860	4,719	4,817	5,345	5,326
110	Trauma and orthopaedics	4,375	4,274	4,560	4,468	4,660	4,649	5,158	5,566	5,548
120	Ear, nose and throat	2,211	1,833	2,134	2,166	2,193	2,301	2,050	2,041	2,075
130	Ophthalmology	1,923	1,885	2,175	2,288	2,253	2,272	2,290	2,534	3,134
140	Oral surgery	1,215	1,268	1,351	1,368	1,244	1,223	1,354	1,409	1,491
141	Restorative dentistry	422	397	364	333	336	339	—	—	—
160	Plastic surgery	—	—	—	—	—	—	*	—	—
170	Cardiothoracic surgery	—	—	*	—	—	—	—	—	—
180	Accident and emergency	1,361	731	460	134	—	*	29	7	356
190	Anaesthetics	1,174	2,345	2,469	2,292	1,906	1,918	1,882	1,879	1,900
300	General medicine	10,604	10,961	11,592	12,002	12,888	14,076	15,561	16,536	18,003
303	Haematology (clinical)	814	1,043	1,310	1,391	938	824	667	684	991
330	Dermatology	132	113	170	148	127	103	75	62	49
360	Genito-urinary medicine	—	*	—	—	—	—	—	*	—
370	Medical oncology	—	*	*	126	348	269	190	165	166
400	Neurology	441	409	404	397	429	510	520	670	508
410	Rheumatology	290	351	318	265	190	184	172	256	233
420	Paediatrics	3,291	3,321	3,741	4,168	3,908	4,158	4,124	4,651	4,898
430	Geriatric medicine	4,311	4,561	5,254	5,021	5,216	5,448	6,160	7,756	9,316
502	Gynaecology	13,572	13,471	13,257	9,306	9,312	9,463	9,310	9,738	10,664
610	General practice with maternity function	201	125	493	1,737	1,648	1,359	1,581	1,631	—
620	General practice other than maternity	519	522	480	437	411	370	—	—	—
700	Mental handicap	76	42	38	40	35	46	—	—	—
710	Mental illness	993	874	904	694	686	614	—	—	—
711	Child and adolescent psychiatry	53	44	42	48	50	53	—	—	—
715	Old age psychiatry	677	643	663	685	616	612	—	—	—
800	Radiotherapy	*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
810	Radiology	—	—	*	*	—	—	*	*	—
822	Chemical pathology	67	72	121	190	80	80	38	40	214
824	Histopathology	—	—	—	*	—	—	—	—	—
Total		60,404	60,536	64,367	61,758	61,827	63,032	64,015	69,699	75,531

Notes:
Finished consultant episode (FCE)
A FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Ungrossed data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is the data is ungrossed.
Low numbers
Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with *" (an asterisk).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre.

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