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Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis

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.

Genito-Urinary Medicine: Waiting Lists

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.


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Audit Number seen in 14 or more days Total seen Percentage seen 14 or more days

May 2004

2,268

13,683

17

Nov 2004

1,928

13,892

14

May 2005

4,137

16,441

25

Aug 2005

3,242

15,255

21

Nov 2005

3,236

15,514

21

Feb 2006

2,734

15,455

18

May 2006

2,599

16,869

15

Aug 2006

2,237

17,189

13

Nov 2006

1,760

17,490

10

Feb 2007

1,523

18,691

8

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

Haemophilia

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 Council’s (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:

£

2007-08

60,000

2008-09

30,000

2009-10

30,000



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Local Improvement Finance Trust

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

West Midlands

15

8

15

Staffordshire

4

1

2

Tamworth

_

_.

_

(1 )The term planned = all of the planned centres that the Department is aware of, which are prior to financial close and construction.

Hearing Impairment: Audio Equipment

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.

HIV Infection: Greater London

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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Number of diagnosed HIV-infected individuals resident in London local authorities, 2001-05
Survey year
Local authority 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Barking and Dagenham

140

191

277

322

344

Barnet

335

398

442

447

501

Bexley

86

108

125

157

176

Brent

478

554

619

653

720

Bromley

126

162

175

215

245

Camden

884

990

1,072

1,103

1,101

City of London

17

25

30

32

41

Croydon

500

629

635

712

782

Ealing

408

437

487

525

586

Enfield

270

334

417

465

539

Greenwich

318

422

506

589

647

Hackney

615

699

800

871

989

Hammersmith and Fulham

733

795

824

865

916

Haringey

680

751

840

913

986

Harrow

145

160

199

207

223

Havering

38

60

85

89

106

Hillingdon

153

182

226

270

302

Hounslow

282

329

420

478

516

Islington

704

796

954

966

1,025

Kensington and Chelsea

759

791

815

865

916

Kingston upon Thames

129

119

145

155

182

Lambeth

1,394

1,596

1,802

1,957

2,154

Lewisham

611

692

815

872

968

Merton

229

257

286

334

376

Newham

757

871

1,012

1,072

1,132

Redbridge

198

248

303

355

377

Richmond upon Thames

146

157

167

160

185

Southwark

1,033

1,190

1,350

1,510

1,699

Sutton

94

115

143

168

186

Tower Hamlets

442

550

637

683

755

Waltham Forest

372

445

524

552

610

Wandsworth

643

682

738

792

855

Westminster

777

862

953

1,033

1,074

London: LA not known

9

15

1

0

34

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. All figures exclude infants born to HIV-infected women in the survey year but who were uninfected or whose infection status was indeterminate. At least 98 per cent. of indeterminate infants will subsequently be confirmed as uninfected.

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