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Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures his Department has put in place to monitor the spending by local authorities of money allocated by his Department to enforce the smoking ban. [153629]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 17 April 2007, Official Report, column 590W.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) in-patient and (b) day case procedures were carried out (i) in England and (ii) in each strategic health authority area (A) for both elective and non-elective procedures and (B) for elective procedures only in each year since 1997-98; and what percentage of day cases each category represented of the total case procedures delivered in each strategic health authority area in the latest year for which figures are available. [149486]
Mr. Bradshaw: Information has been placed in the Library.
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what levels of aluminium are contained in
each vaccine provided to children; and if he will make a statement; [152765]
(2) what assessment he has made of the safe levels of aluminium in vaccines routinely provided to (a) babies and (b) children. [152766]
Dawn Primarolo: Aluminium salts are an essential ingredient of some vaccines in enhancing the protection offered by the vaccine. The safety record of aluminium in vaccines has been demonstrated over more than 50 years of use. There are no serious health risks associated with the small quantities of aluminium in some vaccines. As with many vaccine ingredients, aluminium can cause localised reactions such as redness, swelling and/or tenderness at the injection site.
The information on levels of aluminium in childhood vaccines is in the following table.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the vaccines routinely given to (a) babies and (b) children. [152767]
Dawn Primarolo: The information required is in the following table.
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2006, Official Report, column 1189W, on York Hospitals NHS Trust, how many finished consultant episodes there were in each specialty at York Hospitals NHS Trust in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. [151618]
Mr. Bradshaw: The requested information is set out in the following table.
Count of Finished Consultant Episodes by Main Specialty for provider code RCB York Hospitals NHS Trust for 2005-06 | ||
Main specialty | Main specialty description | FCEs |
Notes: 1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE) An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. 2. Main Specialty The main specialty refers to the specialty under which the consultant is contracted. 3. Specialty Care is needed when analysing Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data by specialty, or by groups of specialties (such as acute). Trusts have different ways of managing specialties and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other recorded information. 4. Low Numbers Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with *(an asterisk). 5. Data Quality HES are compiled from data sent by over 300 national health service trusts and primary care trusts in England. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 6. Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed). Source: HES, The Information Centre for Health and Social Care. |
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time for (i) in-patient and (ii) day case admissions was at York Hospitals NHS Trust for the quarters ending (1) December 2006, (2) March 2007 and (3) June 2007. [151619]
Mr. Bradshaw: The requested information is show in the following table.
Day case/inpatient | Median wait | Maximum wait | |
Source: Department of Health, NHS Finance, Performance and Operations. |
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