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The total number of C. difficile reports received for patients aged 65 years and over in each trust in the London region:

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	Number of C. difficile reports for patients 65 years
Name of NHS trust	January to December 2004	January to December 2005	January to December 2006
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals	648	927	622
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals	514	692	723
Baits and the London	(1)—	(2)183	402
Bromley Hospitals	169	275	319
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital	117	97	116
Ealing Hospital	218	210	119
Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals	366	551	404
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children(3)	—	—	—
Guy’s and St. Thomas’	140	141	153
Hammersmith Hospitals	323	317	235
Homerton University Hospital	50	153	195
King’s College Hospital	236	177	248
Kingston Hospital	227	363	278
Mayday Healthcare	125	161	319
Moorfields Eye Hospital	0	0	0
Newham University Hospital	(1)—	(2)93	185
North Middlesex University Hospital	81	185	196
North West London Hospitals	438	361	314
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	206	262	306
Queen Mary’s Sidcup	160	251	172
Royal Brompton and Harefield	25	21	20
Royal Free Hampstead	133	107	132
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital	5	1	3
St. George’s Healthcare	484	386	390
St. Mary’s	219	172	262
The Hillingdon Hospital	219	140	196
The Lewisham Hospital	301	321	132
The Royal Marsden	29	30	26
The Whittington Hospital	71	174	189
University College London Hospitals	89	77	104
West Middlesex University Hospital	201	212	204
Whipps Cross University Hospital	271	318	403
(1) Missing data for all four quarters (2) Missing data for one quarter (3) Children’s trust Note: Data are provisional

Obesity

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the locations are of the 13 specialist NHS obesity clinics located across England. [179147]

Dawn Primarolo: There are 12 obesity clinics, locations of which are shown in the following tables.

National health service operated obesity clinics for children in England
Clinic	Address
The Royal London Hospital	Nutrition and Dietetic Department, 59 Philpot Street, London E1 1BB
Surrey Hampshire Borders NHS Trust	Jarvis Centre, 60 Stoughton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1LJ
Royal Hospital for Sick Children	St. Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8BJ
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital	Department of Paediatrics, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS
Alder Hey Hospital	Eaton Road Liverpool L12 2AP
University of Leeds	Belmont House, 3-5 Belmont Grove, Leeds LS2 9DE

NHS operated obesity clinics for adults in England
Centre	Address
University Hospital Aintree	University Clinical Department, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL
Leeds General Infirmary	Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital	Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS
Queens Medical Centre	The Clinical Nutrition Unit, Nottingham NG2 7HU
The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust	Medical Unit, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB
Luton and Dunstable Hospital	Centre for Obesity Research, Lewsey Road, Luton LU4 ODZ

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Clostridium

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of clostridium difficile were reported in the Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust in each month in 2007; and if he will make a statement. [177919]

Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of clostridium difficile reports for patients aged 2 to 64 years old and for those patients aged 65 and over at Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust (which are the latest data available).

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C. difficile reports for patients
	Number
Aged >65 years
January to March 2007	63
April to June 2007	54
Aged 2-64 years
April to June 2007	2

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Orthopaedics

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for elective orthopaedic surgery in the Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust in each month in 2007; and if he will make a statement. [177920]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the average time waited by patients for in-patient treatment for trauma and orthopaedics for 2007 at Peterborough and Stamford hospital NHS foundation trust (these are the latest data available).

Month end as at 2007	Median waiting time (weeks)
January	13.1
February	14.6
March	15
April	14.9
May	15
June	14.3
July	13.2
August	12.4
September	12.1
October	11.8
November	10.6
December	will be published on 1 February 2008
Source: MMRPROV—Monthly Monitoring Return

Pharmacy

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the total difference, in respect of pharmacies in England, between the acquisition price of generic medicines and the reimbursement provided by his Department (a) in 2005-06 and (b) in 2006-07; and what the estimated amount is for 2007-08; [179134]

(2) what the total profit margin of pharmacists was in 2006-07 in respect of the reimbursement of generic medicines; [179135]

(3) what profit margin is allowed under the reimbursement arrangements for pharmacies for generic medicines, in line with the Pharmacy Contract. [179136]

Dawn Primarolo: The community pharmacy contractual framework allows pharmacy contractors to retain £500 million difference between the acquisition price of all medicines and the reimbursement. It makes no distinction between generic and branded medicines. The framework also provides for surveys to assess the
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level of this retained margin. Surveys in 2005-06 showed a net excess of £411 million on generic medicines, and surveys in 2006-07 showed a net excess of £558 million on generic medicines. Surveys are in progress for 2007-08, but no results are yet available.

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