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Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Walker:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department’s information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. [168747]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The Department is compliant with IS027001 the International Standards Organisation standard on information security management systems which replaced BS7799.
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The Department is currently being assessed for continued compliance with the standard under the terms by which compliance is assured.
Departmental Property
David T.C. Davies:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. [164371]
Mr. Bradshaw:
Spend by the Department in the financial years from 2002-03 has been:
| | £ |
|
2002-03
|
0
|
|
2003-04
|
1,113,565
|
|
2004-05
|
963,974
|
|
2005-06
|
5,033,305
|
|
2006-07
|
3,520,407
|
Diabetes
Mr. Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has taken to improve the lives of those with diabetes since 1997. [167898]
Ann Keen
[holding answer 26 November 2007]: In December 2001 the Department published the “Diabetes National Service Framework” (NSF). This set out 12 National Standards for diabetes in the areas of prevention, identification, education and treatment and was put in place to raise the quality of services for people with diabetes.
The standards were followed by the “National Service Framework: Delivery Strategy”. Published in January 2003, the Delivery Strategy provides a vision of what services should be in place by 2013, and what steps will be necessary to deliver those services.
The national diabetes support team (NDST) was established in 2003. This has been a successful mechanism for the delivery of the NSF, providing support to local services through its regional programme managers and developing tools and resources that can be used nationally.
Dr. Sue Roberts was appointed national clinical director to lead on implementation of the National Service Framework. Dr. Roberts works closely with colleagues in the Department and the NDST to spread good practice and provide professional leadership at a national level.
The introduction of the new Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) as part of the general practitioner contract had led to the diagnosis of around 200,000 extra people in the last two years. This means that these people are now able to access the care, advice and treatment they need to enable them to manage their diabetes more effectively and reduce their risk of complications. The QOF also measures achievement of key clinical indicators for people with diabetes, such as HbA1c, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. This has also shown improvements in the management of diabetes over the last three years.
The Department works together with the NDST and other organisations such as Diabetes UK to provide the
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national health service with tools and guidance to support them in improving local services for people with diabetes. This includes a Diabetes Commissioning Toolkit, care planning guidance and a report on improving services for children and young people with diabetes.
Patient education is key to empowering people with diabetes to be partners in their own care. The number of sites offering good quality structured education is increasing, but the 2007 “Healthcare Commission survey of people with diabetes” showed that only 11 per cent., of people with diabetes have accessed patient education. We are supporting the spread of these programmes through our patient education guidance, which outlines the elements necessary for developing high-quality patient education programmes and highlights best practice to enable local services to meet the recommendations in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance and NSF.
The fourth NSF progress report “The Way Ahead: The Local Challenge” was published in March 2007 and highlights progress made in the four years following the publication of the delivery strategy. The report highlights the progress that frontline NHS staff have made in improving diabetes services, and provides examples of best practice. A copy has been placed in the Library and is also available at:
Drugs: Patents
Lynne Featherstone:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many British companies hold the patents to drugs that have no generic alternative. [165195]
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Mr. Lammy:
I have been asked to reply.
From the databases which record patent data, it is not possible to determine which patents, for products having pharmaceutical properties, have resulted in drugs which have been put on sale in the market place. It is also not possible from these databases to tell whether a generic equivalent of a patented drug is available. While a patent remains in force, it is unlikely that a generic alternative will be available.
General Practitioners
Frank Cook:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the costs and benefits of GPs with special interests. [168353]
Mr. Bradshaw:
No assessment has been made centrally of the costs and benefits of general practitioners (GPs) with special interests. It is for local health commissioners, both primary care trusts and practice-based commissioners, to determine which local services - including services provided by GPs with a special interest will best meet the needs of their local populations within the resources available to them, and to fund these services accordingly. The development of GPs with special interests has expanded the range of options available to local commissioners.
General Practitioners: Manpower
Paul Rowen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there are for each 100,000 of the population in each (a) region and (b) primary care trust area. [167918]
Ann Keen
[holding answer 26 November 2007]: This information is shown in the following table.
| General Medical Practitioners (excluding GP Retainers and GP Registrars)( 1) per 100,000 head of population by Primary Care Trust—England |
| Number (headcount) |
| | | | GPs (excluding retainers and registrars) | GPs (excluding retainers and registrars) per 100,000 population |
|
England
| | |
33,091
|
65.3
|
|
Q30
|
North East
| |
1,815
|
70.9
|
| |
5ND
|
County Durham PCT
|
345
|
69.0
|
| |
5J9
|
Darlington PCT
|
70
|
70.6
|
| |
5KF
|
Gateshead PCT
|
134
|
70.0
|
| |
5D9
|
Hartlepool PCT
|
59
|
65.5
|
| |
5KM
|
Middlesbrough PCT
|
94
|
68.3
|
| |
5D7
|
Newcastle PCT
|
176
|
63.7
|
| |
5D8
|
North Tyneside PCT
|
141
|
73.3
|
| |
TAC
|
Northumberland Care Trust
|
311
|
99.9
|
| |
5QR
|
Redcar and Cleveland PCT
|
89
|
64.2
|
| |
5KG
|
South Tyneside PCT
|
100
|
66.1
|
| |
5E1
|
Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT
|
115
|
61.6
|
| |
5KL
|
Sunderland Teaching PCT
|
181
|
63.8
|
|
Q31
|
North West
| |
4,392
|
63.8
|
| |
5HG
|
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT
|
171
|
55.8
|
| |
5CC
|
Blackburn with Darwen PCT
|
83
|
59.2
|
| |
5HP
|
Blackpool PCT
|
88
|
61.6
|
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| |
5HQ
|
Bolton PCT
|
168
|
63.3
|
| |
5JX
|
Bury PCT
|
119
|
64.9
|
| |
5NP
|
Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT
|
286
|
63.9
|
| |
5NG
|
Central Lancashire PCT
|
261
|
58.0
|
| |
5NE
|
Cumbria PCT
|
378
|
75.8
|
| |
5NH
|
East Lancashire PCT
|
221
|
57.9
|
| |
5NM
|
Halton and St. Helens PCT
|
170
|
57.6
|
| |
5NQ
|
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT
|
127
|
61.5
|
| |
5J4
|
Knowsley PCT
|
81
|
54.2
|
| |
5NL
|
Liverpool PCT
|
321
|
71.7
|
| |
5NT
|
Manchester PCT
|
306
|
69.4
|
| |
5NF
|
North Lancashire PCT
|
201
|
62.0
|
| |
5J5
|
Oldham PCT
|
125
|
57.0
|
| |
5F5
|
Salford PCT
|
154
|
71.2
|
| |
5NJ
|
Sefton PCT
|
170
|
60.5
|
| |
5F7
|
Stockport PCT
|
186
|
66.0
|
| |
5LH
|
Tameside and Glossop PCT
|
131
|
53.0
|
| |
5NR
|
Trafford PCT
|
129
|
60.5
|
| |
5J2
|
Warrington PCT
|
117
|
60.1
|
| |
5NN
|
Western Cheshire PCT
|
174
|
74.8
|
| |
5NK
|
Wirral PCT
|
225
|
71.9
|
|
Q32
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
| |
3,386
|
66.9
|
| |
5JE
|
Barnsley PCT
|
133
|
59.9
|
| |
5NY
|
Bradford and Airedale PCT
|
369
|
76.1
|
| |
5J6
|
Calderdale PCT
|
112
|
57.4
|
| |
5N5
|
Doncaster PCT
|
170
|
58.7
|
| |
5NW
|
East Riding of Yorkshire PCT
|
190
|
58.0
|
| |
5NX
|
Hull PCT
|
156
|
62.6
|
| |
5N2
|
Kirklees PCT
|
250
|
63.4
|
| |
5N1
|
Leeds PCT
|
500
|
69.1
|
| |
5AN
|
North East Lincolnshire PCT
|
96
|
60.5
|
| |
5EF
|
North Lincolnshire PCT
|
96
|
62.6
|
| |
5NV
|
North Yorkshire and York PCT
|
554
|
72.1
|
| |
5H8
|
Rotherham PCT
|
145
|
57.3
|
| |
5N4
|
Sheffield PCT
|
381
|
73.2
|
| |
5N3
|
Wakefield District PCT
|
234
|
73.0
|
|
Q33
|
East Midlands
| |
2,570
|
60.1
|
| |
5ET
|
Bassetlaw PCT
|
62
|
56.0
|
| |
5N7
|
Derby City PCT
|
159
|
68.0
|
| |
5N6
|
Derbyshire County PCT
|
452
|
63.3
|
| |
5PC
|
Leicester City PCT
|
154
|
53.5
|
| |
5PA
|
Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT
|
374
|
56.2
|
| |
5N9
|
Lincolnshire PCT
|
403
|
59.2
|
| |
5PD
|
Northampton PCT
|
389
|
59.7
|
| |
5EM
|
Nottingham City PCT
|
183
|
65.7
|
| |
5N8
|
Nottinghamshire County PCT
|
394
|
60.4
|
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|
Q34
|
West Midlands
| |
3,390
|
63.2
|
| |
5PG
|
Birmingham East and North PCT
|
236
|
59.5
|
| |
5MD
|
Coventry Teaching PCT
|
196
|
64.4
|
| |
5PE
|
Dudley PCT
|
187
|
61.2
|
| |
5MX
|
Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
|
176
|
66.0
|
| |
5CN
|
Herefordshire PCT
|
137
|
76.6
|
| |
5PH
|
North Staffordshire PCT
|
117
|
55.7
|
| |
5PF
|
Sandwell PCT
|
186
|
65.0
|
| |
5M2
|
Shropshire County PCT
|
205
|
70.9
|
| |
TAM
|
Solihull Care Trust
|
134
|
66.7
|
| |
5M1
|
South Birmingham PCT
|
263
|
77.9
|
| |
5PK
|
South Staffordshire PCT
|
343
|
57.3
|
| |
5PJ
|
Stoke on Trent PCT
|
144
|
58.5
|
| |
5MK
|
Telford and Wrekin PCT
|
97
|
60.0
|
| |
5M3
|
Walsall Teaching PCT
|
132
|
52.1
|
| |
5PM
|
Warwickshire PCT
|
315
|
59.0
|
| |
5MV
|
Wolverhampton City PCT
|
133
|
55.5
|
| |
5PL
|
Worcestershire PCT
|
389
|
70.0
|
|
Q35
|
East of England
| |
3,568
|
64.4
|
| |
5P2
|
Bedfordshire PCT
|
258
|
64.9
|
| |
5PP
|
Cambridgeshire PCT
|
394
|
66.9
|
| |
5P3
|
East and North Hertfordshire PCT
|
317
|
61.1
|
| |
5PR
|
Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT
|
141
|
68.0
|
| |
5GC
|
Luton PCT
|
101
|
54.6
|
| |
5PX
|
Mid Essex PCT
|
225
|
63.0
|
| |
5PQ
|
Norfolk PCT
|
501
|
68.5
|
| |
5PW
|
North East Essex PCT
|
181
|
59.3
|
| |
5PN
|
Peterborough PCT
|
94
|
58.9
|
| |
5P1
|
South East Essex PCT
|
205
|
62.9
|
| |
5PY
|
South West Essex PCT
|
230
|
59.8
|
| |
5PT
|
Suffolk PCT
|
399
|
69.1
|
| |
5PV
|
West Essex PCT
|
173
|
63.3
|
| |
5P4
|
West Hertfordshire PCT
|
349
|
65.9
|
|
Q36
|
London
| |
4,868
|
64.8
|
| |
5C2
|
Barking and Dagenham PCT
|
75
|
45.6
|
| |
5A9
|
Barnet PCT
|
218
|
66.1
|
| |
TAK
|
Bexley Care Trust
|
98
|
44.5
|
| |
5K5
|
Brent Teaching PCT
|
194
|
71.8
|
| |
5A7
|
Bromley PCT
|
198
|
65.6
|
| |
5K7
|
Camden PCT
|
156
|
69.0
|
| |
5C3
|
City and Hackney Teaching PCT
|
178
|
82.1
|
| |
5K9
|
Croydon PCT
|
221
|
64.5
|
| |
5HX
|
Ealing PCT
|
185
|
61.3
|
| |
5C1
|
Enfield PCT
|
159
|
56.7
|
| |
5A8
|
Greenwich Teaching PCT
|
118
|
51.7
|
| |
5H1
|
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
|
102
|
56.7
|
| |
5C9
|
Haringey Teaching PCT
|
150
|
66.8
|
| |
5K6
|
Harrow PCT
|
140
|
65.4
|
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| |
5A4
|
Havering PCT
|
124
|
54.8
|
| |
5AT
|
Hillingdon PCT
|
143
|
56.7
|
| |
5HY
|
Hounslow PCT
|
122
|
57.4
|
| |
5K8
|
Islington PCT
|
140
|
76.7
|
| |
5LA
|
Kensington and Chelsea PCT
|
110
|
56.1
|
| |
5A5
|
Kingston PCT
|
113
|
73.8
|
| |
5LD
|
Lambeth PCT
|
228
|
84.7
|
| |
5LF
|
Lewisham PCT
|
179
|
72.3
|
| |
5C5
|
Newham PCT
|
181
|
73.5
|
| |
5NA
|
Redbridge PCT
|
123
|
48.9
|
| |
5M6
|
Richmond and Twickenham PCT
|
118
|
63.4
|
| |
5LE
|
Southwark PCT
|
187
|
72.6
|
| |
5M7
|
Sutton and Merton PCT
|
260
|
69.8
|
| |
5C4
|
Tower Hamlets PCT
|
151
|
70.8
|
| |
5NC
|
Waltham Forest PCT
|
149
|
66.5
|
| |
5LG
|
Wandsworth PCT
|
198
|
70.4
|
| |
5LC
|
Westminster PCT
|
150
|
61.4
|
|
Q37
|
South East Coast
| |
2,684
|
63.9
|
| |
5LQ
|
Brighton and Hove City PCT
|
169
|
66.3
|
| |
5P7
|
East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT
|
215
|
66.2
|
| |
5QA
|
Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT
|
427
|
59.8
|
| |
5P8
|
Hastings and Rother PCT
|
105
|
60.7
|
| |
5L3
|
Medway PCT
|
133
|
53.0
|
| |
5P5
|
Surrey PCT
|
717
|
67.4
|
| |
5P9
|
West Kent PCT
|
384
|
58.6
|
| |
5P6
|
West Sussex PCT
|
534
|
69.9
|
|
Q38
|
South Central
| |
2,611
|
66.0
|
| |
5QG
|
Berkshire East PCT
|
232
|
61.2
|
| |
5QF
|
Berkshire West PCT
|
302
|
67.9
|
| |
5QD
|
Buckinghamshire PCT
|
315
|
63.6
|
| |
5QC
|
Hampshire PCT
|
799
|
63.4
|
| |
5QT
|
Isle of Wight PCT
|
87
|
62.1
|
| |
5CQ
|
Milton Keynes PCT
|
141
|
63.0
|
| |
5QE
|
Oxford PCT
|
455
|
75.5
|
| |
5FE
|
Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
|
116
|
61.2
|
| |
5L1
|
Southampton City PCT
|
164
|
73.9
|
|
Q39
|
South West
| |
3,807
|
75.0
|
| |
5FL
|
Bath and North East Somerset PCT
|
127
|
73.1
|
| |
5QN
|
Bournemouth and Poole PCT
|
233
|
77.5
|
| |
5QJ
|
Bristol PCT
|
327
|
82.1
|
| |
5QP
|
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT
|
396
|
76.2
|
| |
5QQ
|
Devon PCT
|
602
|
82.4
|
| |
5QM
|
Dorset PCT
|
300
|
74.8
|
| |
5QH
|
Gloucestershire PCT
|
399
|
69.4
|
| |
5M8
|
North Somerset PCT
|
128
|
65.6
|
| |
5F1
|
Plymouth Teaching PCT
|
188
|
76.4
|
| |
5QL
|
Somerset PCT
|
409
|
79.3
|
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| |
5A3
|
South Gloucestershire PCT
|
170
|
68.5
|
| |
5K3
|
Swindon PCT
|
123
|
64.8
|
| |
TAL
|
Torbay Care Trust
|
101
|
76.1
|
| |
5QK
|
Wiltshire PCT
|
304
|
68.1
|
(1) General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP Providers and GP Others.
Note:
GMP data as at 30 September 2006
Sources:
The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics Resident Population Estimates, Office for National Statistics
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