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Since a large number of drug users may be using more than one drug, treatments are generally user-specific rather than drug-specific. Treatments provided for cannabis-induced psychosis can include help with stopping or reducing cannabis use, including specialist services where cannabis addiction may be present, anti-psychotic treatment as appropriate and support in understanding the harmful effects of cannabis.
The Department has also distributed a cannabis toolkit for service users and healthcare professionals, to help to reduce and stop the use of cannabis. However, decisions about the development of drug treatment services are the responsibility of local commissioners who are best placed to assess the needs of their local population.
Midwives: Lancashire
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwives were employed in hospitals in Lancashire in each of the last five years. [126221]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.
| National health service hospital and community health services: Qualified midwifery staff in each specified organisation as at 30 September | ||||||
| H eadcount | ||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| n/a = Not applicable (1) In 2004 Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS submitted an incorrect bank nursing return. The Trust alerted us to this several months after the publication of the Census, by which time it was too late to amend the results. Nursing figures from this Trust for 2004 are inaccurate. (2.) Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in April 2002 from a merger of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Community Health Services NHS Trust and Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS Trust. (3) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in April 2003 from a merger of Burnley Health Care NHS Trust and Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust. (4) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in August 2002 from a merger of Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census. | ||||||
NHS: Crime of Violence
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physical attacks there were on NHS staff in each year between 1997 and 2006 in each strategic health authority. [130814]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested has not been collated centrally for the period 1997-2004.
A table outlining the estimated number of reported violent and abusive incidents collected by the Department for 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 for each strategic health authority (SHA) in England is available in the Library.
In April 2003 the NHS Security Management Service (NHS SMS) was created and assumed responsibility for the issue of tackling violence against NHS staff. The NHS SMS has collected data on the
actual number of reported physical assaults on NHS staff in England 2004-05 and 2005-06.
A breakdown of the figures for each SHA, for the 2004-2006 reporting periods, is provided in the table shown.
| Physical assaults | ||
| SHA name | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
NHS: Equal Pay
Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate of cost over and above current provision she has made of the impact of the Equal Pay Act 1970 on individual (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS trusts in the Eastern Region; and if she will make a statement. [127636]
Ms Rosie Winterton: There are around 120 equal pay claims outstanding against national health service organisations in the East of England strategic health authority area. It is not possible to estimate what, if any, additional cost will arise from these claims as there are a number of significant legal issues which need to be resolved before liability can be assessed.
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking (a) to safeguard the future of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust at Headington, Oxford and (b) to ensure that provisions for local services and specialist work can be maintained in the area. [131390]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
It is the responsibility of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities (SHAs) to analyse their local situation and develop plans, in liaison with their local national health service trusts and primary care providers, to deliver high quality NHS services including orthopaedic services while maintaining financial balance. The Department is working with the Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance,
specialist orthopaedic hospitals and their host SHA to reach a long-term sustainable solution to rewarding the work of specialist orthopaedic hospitals through payment by results.
Nurses: Schools
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many school nurses there were in (a) England and (b) each region of England in each of the last 10 years. [131674]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The number of school nurses employed in each health region is shown in the table. School nurses have only been separately identified in the national health service workforce census since 2004.
| NHS hospital and community health services: qualified nurses in the school nursing area of work in England by strategic health authority area as at 30 September each specified year | ||||
| Headcount | ||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||
| Total qualified nurses in the school nursing area of work | Of which: qualified school nurses( 1) | Total qualified nurses in the school nursing area of work | Of which: qualified school nurses( 1) | |
| (1) Qualified school nurses hold the National Midwifery Council (NMC) Specialist Practice Qualification with an outcome in school nursing, which is a recordable qualification on the NMC register. School nurses have only been collected from 2004 as a separate category. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census. | ||||
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