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This funding was made available following a long campaign by the haemophilia lobby groups. Funding was available from the programme budget.
The roll-out programme for recombinant began in January 2004, and all haemophilia patients in England are now eligible for treatment with recombinant products.
Funding is now allocated to strategic health authorities through the national health service bundle, and will be managed through a service level agreement.
David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which organisations have submitted responses to her Department's review of the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions; [119051]
(2) which organisations have submitted responses to the Chief Medical Officer's report Good doctors, safer patients: Proposals to strengthen the system to assure and improve the performance of doctors and to protect the safety of patients. [119052]
Ms Rosie Winterton: There was a joint consultation exercise for both the Department's review of the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions and the Chief Medical Officer's report Good doctors, safer patients. Our records show that 493 organisations responded. Copies have been placed in the Library.
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what response she has made to the report of Professor Fryer entitled Learning for a change in healthcare; and if she will make a statement. [123558]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 26 February 2007]: Professor Fryers report is currently under consideration and out for wider consultation. We will provide a substantive response to his recommendations in due course.
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received treatment following the illegal use of heroin in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. [114557]
Caroline Flint: Information about how many people received treatment following the illegal use of heroin is shown in the table.
Heroin as primary drug of use | Heroin as second drug of use | |
The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) was introduced in England from 1 April 2001. Provisional data for total numbers presenting and numbers in drug treatment for 2001-02 and 2002-03 is not in a format to allow robust analysis of drug of misuse of those in treatment.
The information requested prior to 2001 is not available.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed with HIV in each London borough in each of the last five years. [116889]
Caroline Flint: The HIV case load for each London borough from 2001 to 2005 is shown in the table.
Number of diagnosed HIV-infected individuals resident in London local authorities, 2001-05 | |||||
Survey year | |||||
Local authority | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Source: Survey of Prevalent HIV Infections Diagnosed (SOPHID), 2001-05. SOPHID collects residential and epidemiological information on individuals accessing HIV care within a calendar year in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. |
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