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Colorectal Cancer: Surgery
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rectal cancer operations were carried out by the NHS in each of the last three years; and what the cost of such operations was in each year. [130483]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number of operations relating to rectal and colon cancer in the last three years for which figures are available, is shown in the following table.
Information on the cost of these operations is not available.
| Count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with an operation and with a primary diagnosis of colon and rectum insitu and secondary neoplasms between 2003-04 and 2005-06 | |
| FCEs | |
| Notes: 1. Diagnosis (primary diagnosis): The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 2. Finished consultant episode (FCE): An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. 3. Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). 4. Main operation: The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g. time waited, but the figures for “all operations count of episodes” give a more complete count of episodes with an operation. Source: (HES) The Information Centre for health and social care. | |
The following ICD-10 diagnosis codes were used to look for procedures in the primary procedure field:
C18 Malignant neoplasm of colon
C18.0 Caecum
C18.1 Appendix
C18.2 Ascending colon
C18.3 Hepatic flexure
C18.4 Transverse colon
C18.5 Splenic flexure
C18.6 Descending colon
C18.7 Sigmoid colon
C18.8 Overlapping lesion of colon
C18.9 Colon, unspecified
C19 Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
C20 Malignant neoplasm of rectum
C21 Malignant neoplasm of anus and anal canal
C21.0 Anus, unspecified
C21.1 Anal canal
C21.2 Cloacogenic zone
C21.8 Overlapping lesion of rectum, anus and anal canal
The following ICD-10 codes relate to only the rectum
C19 Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
C20 Malignant neoplasm of rectum
C21.8 Overlapping lesion of rectum, anus and anal canal
C75.5 Secondary malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum
D01 Carcinoma in situ of other and unspecified digestive organs
D01.0 Colon
D01.1 Rectosigmoid junction
D01.2 Rectum
D01.3 Anus and anal canal
Community Care: Expenditure
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) local authorities and (b) primary care trusts spent on social care for people in (i) their own homes and (ii) care homes in each of the last five years. [126547]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following two tables provide information on the gross current expenditure from councils with social services responsibilities (CSSRs) for residential care, home care and other community-based services for both adults and children in England for the years 2001-02 to 2005-06. Expenditure data on social care by primary care trusts are not centrally available.
| Gross current expenditure on residential care, home care and other community-based services for adults, England 2001-02 to 2005-06 | |||
| £000 | |||
| Residential care( 1) | Home care | Other community-based services | |
| Note: From 2002-03 onwards the data on adults includes clients that transferred to CSSR support on 8 April 2002 who were formerly in receipt of higher rates of income support under the DWP preserved rights (PR) scheme. Source: PSS EX1, Information Centre. | |||
| Gross current expenditure on residential care, home care and other community-based services for children, England 2001-02 to 2005-06 | |||
| £000 | |||
| Residential care | Home care | Other community-based services | |
Dental Services: West Sussex
Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there were in (a) Arundel and South Downs constituency and (b) West Sussex in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last three years for which figures are available. [127706]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Table 1 shows information on the number of national health service dentists as at 31 March 1997 and 2004 to 2006 for the areas requested, based on the old contractual arrangements.
The latest workforce information, as at 30 June, 30 September and 31 December 2006, is based on the new contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, and is available at primary care trust (PCT), strategic health authority (SHA) and England level. This information is provided in Table 2. To provide these data at constituency level would incur disproportionate cost. Data based on the old contractual arrangements are not directly comparable to those under the new contractual arrangements.
Information is taken from the following reports:
NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006
NHS Dental Statistics for England Quarter 3, 31 December 2006.
Both reports are available in the Library.
| Table 1: General dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS): Numbers of NHS dentists in the specified constituency and PCTs as at 31 March each year | ||||
| 1997 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Notes: 1. Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, in hospitals and in prisons is excluded. 2. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed within the contract. In some cases an NHS dentist may be listed to carry out NHS work but may not do so for a given period. 3. Information is based on NHS dentists on PCT lists from the BSA. 4. PCT boundaries are as at 30 September 2006. 5. The PCTs listed are those that now form West Sussex PCT as a result of the 1 October 2006 PCT boundary changes. 6. Constituency boundaries may have changed over time therefore these data may not be directly comparable. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care. NHS Business Services Authority (BSA). | ||||
| Table 2: Numbers of NHS dentists (performers) in the specified PCTs as at 30 June, 30 September and 31 December 2006 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 30 June | 30 September | 31 December | |
| Notes: 1. A performer is defined as a dentist who has been set up on the BSA payments online (POL) system by the PCT to work under an open contract during the relevant time period. 2. Data provided are a count of the individuals listed as performers on open contracts within a PCT, including orthodontists. 3. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed within the contract. In some cases an NHS dentist may be listed to carry out NHS work but may not do so for a given period. 4. Data consists of performers in general dental services (GDS), personal dental services (PDS) and trust-led dental services. 5. PCT boundaries are as at 1 October 2006. 6. The PCTs listed are those that now form West Sussex PCT as a result of the 1 October 2006 PCT boundary changes. 7. Dentists will be counted more than once if they have contracts in more than one PCT. Source : The Information Centre for health and social care. NHS Business Services Authority. | |||
Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) children were registered with an NHS dentist in (i) the Arundel and South Downs constituency and (ii) West Sussex in (A) 1997 and (B) each of the last three years for which figures are available. [127707]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Table 1 shows information on the number of adult and child patients registered with a national health service dentist for the areas requested as at 31 March 1997 and 2004 to 2006, based on the old contractual arrangements and under the PCT boundaries as at 30 September 2006.
Under the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, registration data are no longer collected centrally. Instead, there is a new measure on patients seen within the previous 24 months. The latest information on total numbers of patients seen within the previous 24 months is provided in table 2. Information in table 2 is under the primary care trust (PCT) boundaries as at 1 October 2006. To provide these data at constituency level would incur disproportionate cost.
Information is taken from the following reports:
NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006
NHS Dental Statistics for England Quarter 3, 31 December 2006.
Both reports are available in the Library.
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