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| Table 2: Overweight and obesity prevalence among children, by age, 2002-04( 1) England | |
| Percentage | |
| 2002-04 | |
| (1) Data are aggregated over the three years, 2002, 2003 and 2004 to achieve a sufficiently large sample for analysis at this level (2). Unweighted figures are raw unadjusted figures (3) Weighted figures are adjusted for child selection only and not non-response Source: Health Survey for England 2002. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2003. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre | |
| Table 3: Overweight and obesity prevalence among children by Government Office Region (GOR) and age, 2002-04( 1) England | |||||||||
| Percentage | |||||||||
| North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East England | London | South East | South West | |
| (1) Data aggregated over the three years, 2002, 2003, and 2004 to achieve a sufficiently large sample for analysis at this level. (2) Unweighted figures are raw unadjusted figures. (3) Weighted figures are adjusted for child selection only and not non-response. Source: Health Survey for England 2002. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2003. The Department of Health Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre | |||||||||
Patient Choice Schemes
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many bookings were made through the Choose and Book system in each month since July 2004 (a) through the directly bookable service and (b) through the indirectly bookable service (i) in total and (ii) broken down by primary care trust; and what percentage of the total number of GP referrals made in each month these figures represent; [123070]
(2) how many bookings were made through the Choose and Book system through the (a) directly and (b) indirectly bookable service in each month since July 2005, broken down by geographical area. [127824]
Caroline Flint: The information has been placed in the Library.
Pharmacy: Internet
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many regulated UK-based internet pharmacies there are; and what estimate she has made of the number of unregulated internet pharmacies based in the UK. [134101]
Caroline Flint: The sale and supply of pharmacy and prescription only medicines for human use via the internet must be made in accordance with the Medicines Act 1968. There are approximately 12,684 registered retail pharmacies in Great Britain but not all will provide internet services. Registered pharmacies are not currently obliged to inform the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain if they provide internet pharmacy services, however, to date, 107 pharmacies have volunteered that information. The Society is piloting an internet pharmacy logo designed to assist members of the public in identifying bona fide registered pharmacy premises providing professional services via the internet. There are currently 20 participants involved in the pilot. After a review of the pilot it is intended to extend the logo to all registered retail pharmacies which provide internet services. The Society’s inspectorate monitors and inspects all retail pharmacy premises currently on the register and that extends to internet pharmacy services. There is no available estimate of the number of unregulated internet pharmacies based in the United Kingdom. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency routinely monitor medicines being offered for sale on the internet by means of specialist information technology equipment which has been installed and configured to identify websites dealing in medicines illegally. Any suspected illegal activity is referred for investigation.
Photosensitivity
Mr. Bruce George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the health of people with light sensitivity conditions of phasing out the sale of incandescent light bulbs; and if she will make a statement. [133880]
Caroline Flint: The Department is aware of the need to consider health implications in the event of incandescent light bulbs being phased out. Departmental officials have already had discussions with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and other Government Departments that have an interest in these matters.
Prescriptions
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice or guidance her Department issues to (a) primary care trusts and (b) general practitioners on the amount of drugs prescribed to patients and the duration of prescriptions; and whether that advice or guidance has changed in the last 12 months. [132820]
Caroline Flint: The Department has not issued formal guidance to primary care trusts or general practitioners on the amount of drugs to be prescribed to patients or on the duration of prescriptions. However, the National Prescribing Centre published advice in 2000 that was agreed with the Department and outlined factors to be taken into account in prescription duration. Copies of this advice have been placed in the Library.
Prescriptions: ICT
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions have been issued using the electronic prescriptions service in each quarter since it became operational; and what estimate she has made of the percentage of prescription items dispensed in the community that were conducted via the electronic prescription service over the same period. [131965]
Caroline Flint: The information is in the table.
| Quarter | Prescription messages issued | Number of messages downloaded for dispensing | Number dispensed |
| (1) From Monday 21 February 2005. | |||
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