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North West London Hospitals NHS Trust (Northwick Park Hospital)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust
Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust
St. Mary’s NHS Trust
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
NHS trusts in 2006, now foundation trusts:
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Guy’s and St. Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Stephen Hammond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department has taken to ensure a comprehensive acute (a) stroke service and (b)
recovery service in Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust area. [143009]
Ms Rosie Winterton: This is a local issue. NHS London is working to improve stroke care in London, and this is one of the issues being dealt with by the long-term strategy for London being led by Professor Sir Ara Darzi. The Royal College’s National Stroke Guidelines are for a scan to be provided within 24 hours (and within three hours where a thrombolysis service is provided).
Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) brain scanners and (b) specialist radiologists are available in Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust for the diagnosis of acute stroke within three hours of the onset of symptoms. [143153]
Ms Rosie Winterton: NHS London has advised that the majority of Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (PCT) patients are treated at St. George’s Hospital and St. Helier Hospital, which also provide services for other PCTs. St. Helier has one CT scanner, one MRI scanner and 10 radiologists. St. George’s has three CT scanners, and most of the reporting is carried out by five neuro-radiologists.
Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Wimbledon residents are in receipt of treatment for strokes. [143008]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information is not collected in the format requested. The following table shows the number of all diagnoses count of finished consultant episodes with Sutton and Merton PCT as primary care trusts of residence for strokes (which covers the Wimbledon area).
| PCT description | Finished consultant episodes (FCE) |
| Notes: All Diagnoses count of episodes These figures represent a count of all FCEs where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 (7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in a HES record. FCE An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare 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. Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care | |
Surgery: Assessments
Peter Bottomley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many surgeons in the London Deanery are involved in shortlisting of general surgery candidates for specialist training grades 1-3 within the medical training application service; how many applications are to be considered; how many pages have been
photocopied in the process undertaken so far; how many hours of work are estimated to be needed to score each 100 complete forms; and how the required trained assessors will be trained and assessed themselves. [127671]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held centrally. The local selection process is a matter for the local deaneries and units of application.
Transsexuality: Medical Treatments
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what voice therapy is available on the NHS to those wishing to change their gender. [144637]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: It is for primary care trusts in partnership with local stakeholders to commission services in order to meet local needs. This process provides the means for addressing local needs within the health community including the provision of voice therapy on the basis of assessed clinical need.
United Health Group
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library a copy of the contract between her Department and Channing Wheeler. [138315]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: A copy of Mr. Channing Wheeler’s contract of employment will not be placed in the Library on grounds of confidentiality.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan: Opium
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total cost was of the poppy eradication programmes undertaken in Afghanistan by the UK in each year since 2001. [143747]
Dr. Howells: I refer my hon. Friend to the written answer I gave him on 2 November 2006, Official Report, columns 657-658W, and I submit the following updated table that includes the 2006-07 figures.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what new diplomatic steps she plans to take on the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi. [143981]
Mr. McCartney: We have repeatedly condemned the continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. Most recently, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister issued a statement on 19 June marking her 62nd birthday and calling again on the Burmese Government to end her detention under house arrest,
With the UN and other key partners, we will continue to press for an open and inclusive political process in Burma and an improvement in the human rights situation. The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is central to both objectives.
We shall continue to raise our concerns about all human rights abuses, including the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, with the Burmese Government. On 28 May, I met the Burmese Foreign Minister at the Asia/Europe Foreign Ministers meeting in Hamburg, and called again for the Burmese Government to release Aung San Suu Kyi. The Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Chair Statement, endorsed by all ASEM members, also called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the Burmese Government to remain constructively engaged with the Association of South East Asian Nations, the UN and the international community.
Bosnia: Depleted Uranium
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many civilians in (a) Bosnia and (b) Kosovo have been reported as showing signs of depleted uranium contamination during the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement; [143984]
(2) what efforts the Department is making to monitor the effects of depleted uranium on civilians in (a) Bosnia and (b) Kosovo. [143985]
Mr. Hoon: While the UK has not used depleted uranium munitions in the Balkans, we maintain a watching brief on related scientific developments.
The Ministry of Defence carried out depleted uranium environmental monitoring surveys in Kosovo in 2001 and in Bosnia in 2002, Only limited and localised depleted uranium contamination was detected and the reports concluded that there is no foreseeable way in which this could present a radioactive or toxic risk for the environment or human health. These findings are in line with those of the UN
environment programme's reports on the Balkans, and, under World Health Organisation recommendations, do not indicate a need for systematic monitoring of the civilian population.
Departments: Home Working
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people in her Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement on her Department’s policy on home working. [143883]
Mr. Hoon: As the information requested by the hon. Member is not held centrally, it could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
All Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff are entitled to apply to work flexibly. The Permanent Under-Secretary is fully committed to promoting flexible working across the Department, both at home and overseas, and has recently appointed a member of the FCO Board as the FCO’s first champion for flexible working. A growing number of staff at all levels, including senior managers, are working flexibly whether part-time, job sharing, working compressed hours or from home. New technology is being introduced to enable staff to work away from the office. Information on flexible working is available on the FCO intranet and a flexible working network has been established to offer support and guidance to staff working flexibly and those managing flexible workers. The FCO is a member of the working families organisation.
Departments: Manpower
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in her Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. [143896]
Mr. Hoon: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) figures requested by the hon. Member are:
We do not hold figures on part-time temporary workers centrally. Collating this information would incur disproportionate cost.
Total number of contracts granted = 219—Breakdown by year as follows:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007( 1) | |
| (1 )To-date | ||||
Total number of contracts granted = 17—Breakdown by year as follows:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007( 1) | |
| (1 )To-date | ||||
Total number of contracts granted = 705—Breakdown by year as follows:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| (1 )To-date | ||||
The FCO does not hold readily accessible data on contracts of employment granted to those aged 55 and over, separated into temporary part-time, temporary fall-time, permanent part-time and permanent full-time. Collating this information would incur disproportionate cost. However, the following figures are available for all contract-types combined issued to those aged 55 and over in each of the last three years:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007( 1) | |
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