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Mixed-sex Wards

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the reports she received on mixed- sex wards from strategic health authorities on 11 December 2006. [114943]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information gained from strategic health authorities will inform the future direction of this policy area. The timescale for any publication is yet to be determined.

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) male-only wards, (b) female-only wards, (c) mixed sex wards and (d) wards divided by partition into male and female areas there are in each hospital in East Sussex. [105204]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested.

Between 1998 and 2005, the provision of single-sex accommodation was measured according to as compliance at national health service trust level with three objectives set by the Department. These objectives have been superseded by the core national standards presented in “Standards for Better Health”.

The core standards require that:

Currently, five trusts report that they do not meet Standard C13a and 15 trusts report that they do not meet standard C20b.

Previously, compliance was measured annually at trust level. The results of the most recent compliance survey (December 2004) show that:

The small number of hospitals that did not achieve these objectives are building new hospitals.

The 2004 position of each NHS Trust (including the NHS trusts in East Sussex) was published on 26 May 2005 and is available on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk and in the Library.

Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) male-only wards, (b) female-only wards, (c) mixed sex wards and (d) wards divided by partition into sexes there are in each hospital in Shropshire and Telford. [106878]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested.


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Between 1998 and 2005, the provision of single-sex accommodation was measured according to compliance at national health service trust level with three objectives set by the Department. These objectives have been superseded by the core national standards presented in “Standards for Better Health”.

The core standards require that:

Currently, five NHS trusts report that they do not meet Standard C13a and 15 NHS trusts report that they do not meet standard C20b.

Previously, compliance was measured annually at trust level. The results of the most recent compliance survey (December 2004) show that:

The small number of hospitals who did not achieve these objectives are building new hospitals.

The 2004 position of each NHS trust, including the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, was published on 26 May 2005 and is available on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk and in the Library.

National Framework for Continuing Care

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when her Department expects to respond to the feedback from its consultation on the National Framework for Continuing Care. [115011]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: We received a large response to the consultation, which raised a number of important issues which have needed careful consideration. We intend to publish our response in the near future.

National School Fruit Scheme

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made with the National School Fruit Scheme since its launch in 2001. [116569]

Caroline Flint: The school fruit and vegetable scheme (SFVS) was originally piloted in more than 500 schools throughout England in 2000 and 2001, to examine the practicalities of the scheme before rolling it out nationally. The scheme was expanded region by region with £42 million from the Big Lottery Fund and rolled out across all the English regions by November 2004. The scheme is now fully funded by the Department.

All four to six-year-old children in local education authority (LEA) maintained infant, primary and special schools throughout England are now eligible to receive a free piece of fruit or vegetable every school day. Close to two million children in over 16,500
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schools across England (99.3 per cent. of eligible schools) are currently receiving a fresh piece of fruit or vegetable each school day.

The Big Lottery Fund commissioned an evaluation of the scheme and published the results in September 2005. The full report and findings are available on the BLF website at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/index/publications-uk A further evaluation measuring the longer-term impact of the scheme on children’s diets has been commissioned, with the results expected in spring 2007.

Neural Tube Defects

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many infants were born live with neural tube defects in England and Wales in the last period for which statistics have been collated; and if she will make a statement. [116920]

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 January 2007:

NHS: Non-EU Citizens

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many non-EU citizens used NHS services in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; [114057]

(2) how many non-EU citizens who have used NHS services have unpaid invoices outstanding relating to their treatment; what the value is of such outstanding invoices; and what procedures are in place to ensure that outstanding invoices are settled. [114058]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Successive Governments have not required the national health service to provide statistics on the number of overseas visitors seen, treated or charged under the provisions of the “NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989”, as amended, nor any costs involved. It is therefore not possible to provide the information requested.


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NHS Dentistry

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the (a) adult and (b) child population of (i) Selby and York primary care trust area, (ii) North Yorkshire primary care trust area, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) England was registered with an NHS general dental practitioner in 2006. [116452]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The last information on adult and child registrations was published in August 2006 by the Information Centre for heath and social care as part of its NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report for England for 31 March 2006. The following table shows the number of patients registered with dentists in the relevant primary care trust (PCT) and strategic health authority (SHA) areas, expressed as a proportion of the populations for those areas. The boundaries for some strategic health authorities (SHAs) and primary care trusts (PCTs) have changed since March 2006.

Under the new arrangements for primary dental care services, access is no longer measured through registrations but through the number of patients seen within the most recent 24-month period. Combined data for adults and children are available for the 24-month periods ending 30 June 2006 and 30 September 2006. The Information Centre will publish the first separate data for adults and children in March 2007 as part of its publication covering the quarter ending 31 December 2006.

General dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS): proportion of the population registered with a dentist, by child and adult, by specific PCT, specific SNA and England as at 31 March 2006
Percentage
Adults Children All

Selby and York PCT

50

76

55

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA

47

66

51

West Yorkshire SHA

50

65

54

South Yorkshire SHA

55

71

59

England

45

64

49

Notes:
1. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. PCT and SHA areas were defined using the Office for National Statistics All Fields Postcode Directory.
2. The data cover patients registered with dentists providing general dental services or personal dental services. They exclude patients receiving dental services provided by the community dental services, by hospitals or in prisons.
3. The data cover patients registered with dentists in the relevant PCT and SHA areas, regardless of the patient’s area of residence. Expressing the data as a proportion of the resident populations for the relevant PCT and SHA areas can therefore provide only a proxy for the proportion of the population registered with a dentist.
4. 2006 population data have been estimated using Office for National Statistics 2004 mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 census as these are the latest available.
5. The boundaries used are as at 31 March 2006.
Sources:
1. The Information Centre for health and social care.
2. NHS Business Services Authority (BSA).
3. Office for National Statistics.


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NHS Finance

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total capital value is of each local improvement finance trust scheme overseen by her Department which has reached financial close, broken down by scheme; over what period repayments will
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take place; and what the total cost of repayment for each such scheme will be. [114988]

Andy Burnham: The Department oversees the financial close on tranches of schemes with a capital value of over £25 million. Other schemes are approved by strategic health authorities. The information is in the table.

Estimated lease plus payments for all LIFT schemes over £25 million that have reached financial close
LIFT area LIFT scheme, PCT Operational status( 1) Estimated total capital value (£ million) Estimated total lease plus payments to end of contract (£ million)( 2, 3) Period of lease in years

Greater Notts

Stapleford Care Centre (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Open

11

41

25

Greater Notts

Clifton Cornerstone (Nottingham City PCT)

Open

8.8

41

25

Greater Notts

Park House Health & Social Care Centre (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Open

7.5

27.3

25

Greater Notts

Mary Potter Joint Access Centre (Nottingham City PCT)

Under Construction

14.6

58.1

25

Greater Notts

Keyworth Health Centre, Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT

Under Construction

4.7

17.1

25

Colchester & Tendring

Colchester Primary Care Hub (North East Essex PCT)

Open

18

71.7

25

Colchester & Tendring

Fryatt Hospital & Mayflower Medical Centre (North East Essex PCT)

Open

16

47.8

25

Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow

Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health (Hounslow PCT)

Under Construction

21.8

61.5

25

Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow

Cloister Road GP Practice (Ealing PCT)

Open

1.3

3.1

25

Bromley, Bexley & Greenwich

Beckenham Hospital (Bromley PCT)

Under Construction

36

95.6

25

Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham

Walden Primary Care Centre (Lewisham PCT)

Under Construction

13.4

44.4

25

Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham

Central Streatham Primary Care Centre (Lambeth PCT)

Under Construction

8.8

36.2

25

Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham

Southwark Child Development Centre (Southwark PCT)

Under Construction

8.5

30.7

25

North Notts

Ashfield Health Village (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Under Construction

4.5

17.1

25

North Notts

Balderton Health Centre (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Under Construction

3.3

13.7

25

North Notts

Bull Farm Primary Care Resource Centre (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Under Construction

2.8

10.2

25

North Notts

Harworth Primary Care Centre (Bassetlaw PCT)

Under Construction

5.1

17.1

25

North Notts

Rainworth Health Centre (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Under Construction

3

10.2

25

North Notts

Retford Primary Care Centre (Bassetlaw PCT)

Under Construction

10.4

44.4

25

North Notts

Warsop One Stop Shop (Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT)

Under Construction

4.3

17.1

25

(1 )Lease Plus payments only start once the facility is operational to an agreed standard
(2) The figures above are expressed in nominal terms—i.e. the Department has applied a deflator (RPI—the one normally used in contracts) to the baseline figure submitted the Trust or PCT concerned. Figures will therefore vary as a result of changes to RPI.
(3 )For Lease Plus for all schemes includes the costs of the private sector partner providing Hard (building maintenance) FM services over the lifetime of the contract

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