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Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of NHS services available for patients with (a) epilepsy and (b) multiple sclerosis. [134190]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: We have made no recent assessment of the effectiveness of national health service services available for those living with epilepsy, or with multiple sclerosis.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of attenders at genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics was recorded as not having been given an appointment within two weeks in each audit of GUM clinic waiting times undertaken by the Health Protection Agency up to and including the February 2007 audit. [131963]
Caroline Flint: The percentage of attendees at genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics in England who were seen in 14 days or more, May 2004 to February 2007 is given in the following table.
Audit | Number seen in 14 or more days | Total seen | Percentage seen 14 or more days |
Notes: 1. The table gives the data for two weeks or more, rather than more than two weeks, as these are the data that are available. 2. The audit is based on quarterly one-week samples of new and rebooked attendees (a rebook attendee is defined for this audit as someone who has not been into the clinic for six weeks or more) who self complete a standard brief questionnaire. 3. All tables exclude responses that do not include a valid answer to the waiting time question (Q6 in February 2007 and Q5 in previous audits). From May 2006, responses that do not include a valid appointment day are also excluded. 4. See full methodology for details: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/hiv_and_sti/epidemiology/Waiting_times_Introduction_Method_Feb2007.pdf |
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department undertook between 1980 and 1990 into (a) haemophilia and (b) haemophilia linked to HIV; and what the (i) date and (ii) aims were of each project. [133791]
Caroline Flint: The Department's principal funding for and expenditure on research and development in the years from 1980 to 1990 was undertaken on a regional basis and the information needed to answer the hon. Member's question is not held centrally. The information that is available gives no indication that research in the areas in question was centrally commissioned during that time.
The Medical Research Councils (MRC) report AIDS Research 1990 gives an account of a body of MRC-funded research that includes projects concerned with haemophilia and AIDS. A copy of the report is available in the Library.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health why funding for the Haemophilia Society has been withdrawn. [133792]
Caroline Flint: The Haemophilia Society has received core funding under the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants for a number of years. We have not withdrawn Section 64 funding. In line with the criteria for the Section 64 scheme we recently informed the Haemophilia Society that we will be reducing their funding and provided an explanation for the reduction in funding well in advance to allow them to plan for this change.
The following level of funding will be provided over the next three years:
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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Local Improvement Finance Trust centres are planned for (a) Staffordshire, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Tamworth constituency. [132866]
Andy Burnham: There are currently six Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) schemes within the NHS West Midlands strategic health authority area. The Department of Health is able to confirm that one of these schemes is located in the North Staffordshire primary care trust (PCT) area. However, there are no current LIFT schemes in the South Staffordshire PCT area, which includes Tamworth.
Each LIFT Scheme is comprised of a number of individual LIFT centres and the number of these is shown in the table, broken down by the geographical areas requested and their current status.
Geographical area | Completed and operational | Under construction | ( 1) Planned |
(1 )The term planned = all of the planned centres that the Department is aware of, which are prior to financial close and construction. |
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of people using iPods who will suffer hearing impairment as a result. [133852]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: We have made no estimate of the number of people using iPods who will suffer hearing impairment.
Mike Gapes: 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. [133350]
Caroline Flint: The HIV caseload for each London borough from 2001 to 2005 is shown in the table.
This corrects the information given in my answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Lynne Featherstone), on 5 March 2007, Official Report, col. 1686-87w.
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