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Departmental Surveys
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what surveys her Department has carried out in each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement. [87314]
Andy Burnham: The following details are in respect of statistical surveys. Full information requested cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.
The list of Department sponsored social surveys since 1990 is available at: www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PublishedSurvey/fs/en.
Since 1 April 2005, the following survey results were published by the Information Centre for health and social care and have been placed in the Library.
Processes are in place to ensure that collections of information are appropriate for their purpose and minimise the burdens on those submitting the data.
Depression
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department spent on (a) drug treatments and (b) therapeutic treatments for mild to severe depression in each year from 1997 to 2005 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by age. [89087]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The total cost of antidepressant medicines prescribed by the national health service in England between 1997 and 2005 is shown in table 1.
| Table 1:- NHS anti-depressant prescription medications in England 1997 to 2005 | |
| Value of antidepressant items prescribed on the NHS in England (£000) | |
| Source: Prescription pricing authority of the Business Services Authority (formerly known as the Prescription Pricing Authority) | |
Age-based prescription data covering all age groups are not available. This information is collected for groups where prescription charge exemptions exist—those aged zero to 15 years and 16 to 18 years and those in full-time education and people aged 60 or over—but not for other age categories.
Information about spending on psychological therapies by the national health service in England is available for each year from 2001-02 to 2004-05 from the national survey of investment in mental health services reports, and this is shown in Table 2. Information about spending on psychological therapies which were delivered in primary care is not held centrally by the Department; nor is information collected on spending on psychological therapies by age groups.
| Table 2: National survey of investment in mental health services: planned spending on psychological therapies | |
| Planned spending on psychological therapy services by the NHS in England 2001-02 to 2005-06 (not primary care) (£000) | |
| Source: National survey of investment in mental health strategies 2001-02 to 2005-06 | |
Diagnostic Tests/Treatment
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Department's publication of data on diagnostic tests' waiting times, if she will publish overall waiting times for patients from GP referral to the start of treatment. [88549]
Andy Burnham: The national health service will be required to report referral to treatment times from January 2007. The Department will publish this data later in 2007.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2006, Official Report, column 323W, on diagnostic treatment (independent sector), what the reasons are for the delay in the start date beyond that set out in “Health reform in England: Update and Next Steps”, published 13 December 2005. [86210]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Discussions are drawing to a close with bidders on all seven regional diagnostic schemes. Full services are expected to be provided from next year, but the first scheme may begin to provide some services from November 2006. The commencement date has moved from October to better meet local national health service needs.
Diamorphine
Mr. Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions she has had with the supplier to the NHS of diamorphine on ensuring its availability in all English hospitals. [89145]
Andy Burnham: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 18 July 2006, Official Report, column 374W.
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had on the potential for using poppies grown in Afghanistan to alleviate the shortage of diamorphine hydrochloride for medical use. [88365]
Andy Burnham: None. The shortage of diamorphine injection is due to production capacity constraints in relation to the finished product, and is not related to the availability of diamorphine raw material. There are no supply problems with diamorphine raw material.
Drug Eluting and Metal Stents
Dr. Desmond Turner:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of use of (a) drug eluting and
(b) bare metal stents is in the NHS; and what assessment she has made of the effect on costs in the NHS of their use. [87033]
Ms Rosie Winterton: National information on the rate of use of bare metal stents is not available.
Since the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published its guidance on the use of coronary artery stents in October 2003 there has been an increase in the use of drug eluting stents. This increase has been reflected by an adjustment to the national tariff of £25.5 million in 2006-07 to take account of the additional costs of implementing the NICE guidance.
Drug Treatment Rehabilitation Places
John Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) residential and (b) in-patient- specialist drug treatment rehabilitation places there are in the northern region; and where each centre is located. [87864]
Caroline Flint: As there is no northern region as such, the following information represents the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber Government regions. Information relating to numbers of in-patient beds and treatment spaces is not available for any of these areas.
The National Treatment Agency's (NTA) online directory of residential rehabilitation services lists a total of 19 services located in the north west. The total number of beds in all of these services is 320.
The services are located in Crumpsall, Oldham, Wirral, two services; Ramsbottom, Chester, two services; Gisburn, two services; St Anne's on Sea, two services; Lancaster, Prestwich, Middleton, Collyhurst, Blackburn, Rochdale and Workington.
The total number of clients in residential rehabilitation in the north-west in 2005-06, according to the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS), was 624.
The NTA's recently published review of in-patient treatment, Dr. Ed Day, 2005, found a total of 16 services providing in-patient treatment for drug misuse in the north west. These services are located in Oxton, Macclesfield, Gisburn, two services; Lancaster, Carlisle, Liverpool, Prestwich, Chester, two services; St Anne's on Sea, Biston, Hale, Preston, Ashton under Lyme and Collyhurst.
The total number of clients in in-patient treatment in the north-west in 2005-06, according to the NDTMS, was 1095.
The NTA's online directory of residential rehabilitation services lists a total of three services located in the north-east. The total number of beds in all of these services is 86.
The services are located in Middlesbrough, Tyne and Wear and Sunderland.
The total number of clients in residential rehabilitation in the north-east in 2005-06, from NDTMS, was 95.
The NTA's recently published review of in-patient treatment, Dr. Ed Day, 2005, found a total of seven services providing in-patient treatment for drug misuse in the north-east.
These services are located in Consett, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, South Shields and Sunderland.
The total number of clients in in-patient treatment in the north-east in 2005-06, according to the NDTMS, was 111.
The NTA's online directory of residential rehabilitation services lists a total of seven services located in Yorkshire and Humber. The total number of beds in all of these services is 176.
The services are located in Scarborough, Harrogate, Bridlington, Sheffield, two services, Leeds and Hull.
The total number of clients in residential rehabilitation in Yorkshire and Humber in 2005-06 from NDTMS was 287.
The NTA's recently-published review of in-patient treatment, Dr. Ed Day, 2005, found a total of 14 services providing in-patient treatment for drug misuse in Yorkshire and Humber. These services are located in Barnsley, York, Sheffield, three services, Bradford, two services, Harrogate, Doncaster, Scarborough, Northallerton, Dewsbury, Rotherham and Whitby.
The total number of clients in in-patient treatment in Yorkshire and Humber in 2005-06, from NDTMS was 365.
Drugs
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on drugs for NHS (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients in each of the last five years. [88694]
Andy Burnham: The table shows the estimated list price cost of drugs issued to in-patients and out-patients in hospitals in each year from 2001 to 2005.
| Estimated list price cost (£ billion) of medicines issued in hospitals in England | ||
| List price cost (£ billion) | ||
| In-patients | Out-patients | |
The information in the table does not take into account medicines prescribed in hospitals but dispensed in the community (on a FP10 HP form) or drugs dispensed in the community, primary care, in England.
The estimated list price costs are based on published prices from the drug tariff and other standard price
lists. Therefore this is not a true reflection of the actual expenditure by hospitals as most purchases are made on contract with individual manufacturers or wholesalers at lower prices.
Hospitals assign drugs to in-patients/out-patients differently—for example, take out drugs—therefore care must be taken with this data.
Echocardiography Services
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent work has been undertaken by her Department to define future demand for echocardiography services. [87691]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department has not undertaken any specific recent work to define future demand for echocardiography services. However, there is a national target that by 2008 all patients will be treated within 18 weeks of general practitioner referral, and this will include diagnostics such as echocardiography. Reducing waiting times for diagnostics is central to delivering the 18-week patient pathway. The national health service began measuring waiting times for long wait diagnostic tests for the first time this year to assess the scale of the 18-week challenge.
Elective Care Work Force Resource Pack
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when her Department published the Elective Care Work Force Resource Pack; and if she will place a copy in the Library; [87686]
(2) when her Department published the Christmas tree work force plans for imaging and endoscopy; and if she will place a copy in the Library. [87687]
Andy Burnham: The 18-week work force resource pack was published in April 2006 and can be found at www.18weeks.nhs.uk. Copies have been placed in the Library. The pack includes support and advice on work force modelling (known as Christmas trees) for the 18-week work force including elective care and diagnostics (imaging, endoscopy, physiological measurement and pathology).
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