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Medical Treatments: Heart Diseases

Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients suffering from congestive heart failure were treated through (a) pharmacological management, (b) cardiac transplant surgery and (c) the use of medical devices in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority. [152914]


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Ann Keen: These data are not collected centrally.

Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on (a) pharmacological management, (b) cardiac transplant surgery and (c) the use of medical devices in the treatment of congestive heart failure in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority. [152915]

Ann Keen: Information is not collected in the form requested. It is possible to separate spending on medical devices and pharmacological management devices specifically for treatment for congestive heart failure from figures for such spending related to cardiac conditions generally.

On heart and lung transplants only national figures are available for procedures commissioned under the auspices of the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group. The following figures are for national commissioning across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and include assessment, organ retrieval and follow-up services for both heart and lung transplant.

£ million

2002-03

30.1

2003-04

31.4

2004-05

33.8

2005-06

35.7

2006-07

37.8


Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost was of treating congestive heart failure in each of the last five years to the NHS, broken down by strategic health authority; [152916]

(2) what the average cost of an occupied bed day was for patients with congestive heart failure in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority. [152917]

Ann Keen: These data requested are not held centrally.

Members: Correspondence

Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 21 June 2007 on Type 1 diabetes. [153492]

Ann Keen: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 24 July 2007.

Mental Health Services: Children

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many specialists in child mental health were employed in the NHS in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS trust. [151017]

Mr. Bradshaw: Information about medical child mental health specialists has been placed in the Library. It is not possible to separately identify child mental health nurses.


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Mental Health Services: Manpower

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) mental health nurses and (c) primary care mental
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health workers were employed by the NHS in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) head count and (ii) full-time equivalents. [151009]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information requested is shown in the following tables.

1997 1998 1999 2000
Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent

All staff

52,667

47,385

51,504

46,316

51,730

46,273

51,930

46,823

Consultant Psychiatrists

2,447

2,206

2,627

2,359

2,808

2,525

2,904

2,621

Mental Health Nurses

50,220

45,179

48,877

43,957

48,922

43,748

49,026

44,203

Nurse Consultant

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Modern Matron

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Manager

1,137

1,106

1,119

1,085

1,070

1,036

1,154

1,113

Other 1(st) level

43,509

39,297

42,963

38,685

43,494

38,965

44,363

40,061

Other 2(nd) level

5,574

4,776

4,795

4,186

4,358

3,747

3,509

3,029


2001 2002 2003 2004
Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent

All staff

54,274

48,046

55,183

49,172

56,907

50,127

59,601

52,342

Consultant Psychiatrists

2,959

2,633

2,979

2,673

3,229

2,920

3,555

3,231

Mental Health Nurses

51,315

45,413

52,204

46,499

53,678

47,207

56,046

49,111

Nurse Consultant

36

36

75

70

95

94

130

126

Modern Matron

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Manager

1,464

1,416

1,423

1,377

1,731

1,677

2,021

1,974

Other 1(st) level

46,112

40,927

47,673

42,590

48,775

43,120

50,924

44,785

Other 2(nd) level

3,703

3,033

3,033

2,461

3,077

2,317

2,971

2,226


2005 2006
Headcount Full-time equivalent Headcount Full-time equivalent

All staff

61,136

53,328

59,866

52,957

Consultant Psychiatrists

3,759

3,432

3,805

3,474

Mental Health Nurses

57,377

49,896

56,061

49,483

Nurse Consultant

142

138

144

141

Modern Matron

168

165

225

222

Manager

1,764

1,718

1,823

1,763

Other 1(st) level

52,668

45,965

52,299

46,009

Other 2(nd) level

2,635

1,909

1,570

1,348

n/a = Not applicable.
Notes:
1. Mental health nurses are those qualified nurses who work within the community psychiatry, other psychiatry, community learning disabilities and other learning disabilities areas.
2. More accurate validation processes in 2006 have resulted in the identification and removal of 9,858 duplicate non-medical staff records out of the total work force figure of 1.3 million in 2006. Earlier years’ figures could not be accurately validated in this way and so will be slightly inflated. The level of inflation in earlier years’ figures is estimated to be less than 1 per cent. of total across all non-medical staff groups for headcount figures (and negligible for full-time equivalents). This should be taken into consideration when analysing trends over time.
Sources:
1. Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census
2. The Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census

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