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Smoking: Public Places
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has made an assessment of the effect on cigarette sales of the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places in Scotland. [119820]
Caroline Flint: The introduction of smoke free legislation in Scotland is a devolved matter.
Health Scotland has been funded by the Scottish Executive to undertake an extensive piece of research into the impact of smokefree legislation in Scotland. This will include an assessment of the impact on prevalence and consumption.
Surgery
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many bariatric surgical interventions were undertaken by the NHS in each year since 1997-98; [118155]
(2) how many liposuction procedures were undertaken by the NHS in each year since 1997-98. [118156]
Caroline Flint: The table sets out the count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for bariatric surgical interventions in national health service hospitals from 1997 to 2006.
| Count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for bariatric surgical interventions*, data for years 1997-98 to 2005-06 in NHS hospitals, England | ||
| Count of finished consultant episodes* (with ‘obesity’ as primary diagnosis) | Count of finished consultant episodes (without ‘obesity’ as primary diagnosis) | |
The table sets out the count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for liposuction procedures in NHS Hospitals from 1997 to 2006.
| Count of all primary and secondary procedure fields for liposuction procedures*, data for years 1997-98 to 2005-06 in NHS hospitals, England | ||
| Count of finished consultant episodes* (with ‘obesity’ as primary diagnosis) | Count of finished consultant episodes (without ‘obesity’ as primary diagnosis) | |
| Sources: 1. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). 2. The Information Centre for Health and social care. | ||
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