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Total over 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 14,828
Total under 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 8,014
| Data by SHA | 18 and over 18 | Under 18 | Total |
| Source: NDTMS | |||
Total over 18s receiving treatment of cannabis was 11,057
| Data by SHA | 18 and over 18s |
| Source: NDTMS | |
Carers UK: Finance
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department will provide to Carers UK in 2007-08. [177163]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: In 2007-08, Carers UK received core funding of £125,000 from the Department under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. This is the second year of three year grant funding.
In addition, Carers UK received an additional £200,000 as one off grant funding to help build their capacity and enable them to respond to National Carers Strategy. In particular, the grant was awarded to allow them to engage with carers throughout the United Kingdom and ensure that their voice was heard in the process of developing the strategy.
Childbirth
Anne Milton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of the quality of the childbirth experience on (a) the incidence of intervention during labour, (b) the quality of the bond between parents and baby, (c) the success
and duration of breast-feeding and (d) the incidence of post-natal depression; and if he will make a statement. [165444]
Dawn Primarolo: No such formal assessments have been made.
However, the Healthcare Commission published a report on 27 November of their survey of women's experiences of maternity care in England. The survey found that 89 per cent. of women rated the overall care received during labour and birth as ‘excellent’, ‘very good’ or ‘good’.
All our policies are developed with the help and support of stakeholders and therefore clinical and user opinion is taken into account.
Chiropody: Waiting Lists
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the maximum waiting time target is for NHS chiropody services; and if he will make a statement. [174046]
Ann Keen: Chiropody treatment is included in the 18-week maximum waiting time target if a consultant-led service decides that chiropody is the best treatment to manage the patient’s disease, condition or injury and avoid further interventions.
Detailed rules and definitions for the 18-week target are available at www.18weeks.nhs.uk
Other access to chiropody services is a matter for primary care trusts based on the assessed needs of their local population. Guidance is included in the national service frameworks for older people, diabetes, and long-term conditions, and the White Paper “Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services”.
Chlamydia Infection
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diagnoses of sexually transmitted Chlamydia infection there were in England in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age, (b) strategic health authority area and (c) sex; and how many diagnoses were in (i) genito-urinary medicine clinics, (ii) other outpatient settings, (iii) inpatient settings and (iv) other healthcare settings in each year. [174053]
Dawn Primarolo: Currently data are only collected nationally on Chlamydia diagnoses in genito-urinary clinics (GUM) and in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme.
Information on the diagnoses of Chlamydia in GUM clinics by strategic health authority (SHA) level by age band and sex in each year since 1997 has been placed in the Library.
The total number of people who have been diagnosed with Chlamydia within the National Chlamydia Screening Programme by SHA since 2003-04 when the programme was launched, has been placed in the Library.
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