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Influenza: Vaccination
Sir Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many influenza vaccinations were administered in Leicester in each of the last five years. [178039]
Dawn Primarolo: The data on influenza vaccination uptake are collected by the primary care trust (PCT). Data have been provided for the last five years for those aged 65 years and over. Data for those aged 65 years in clinical risk groups have only been collected since 2005-06 and are also provided. This information is shown in the following table.
| Vaccination uptake (percentage) among the 65 years and over for Leicester for each year between 2002 to 2006 (cumulative data) | ||||
| 65 years and over | ||||
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Health Authority | ||||
| Survey year | Strategic health authority (SHA)/primary care trust (PCT) Name | Total persons aged 65 and over from returning practices | Total persons vaccinated | Total percentage uptake |
| Under 65 years and at risk( 3) | ||||
| Survey year | SHA/PCT Name | Total persons aged under 65 at risk from returning practices | Total persons vaccinated | Total percentage uptake |
| (1) For seasons 2002 to 2005 Leicester fell under Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland health authority. Data here are provided at PCT level (2) For season 2006-07 the geography changed again and data is shown by both Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland authority and Leicester City PCT. (3) Data for individuals aged under 65 years and in a risk group has only been collated since the 2005-06 season and therefore unavailable for previous years Notes: 1. Uptake figures include only those general practitioner practices who have returned confirmation to the survey and reflect data for individuals vaccinated at these premises. 2. The change in geography reflected in uptake returns by PCT mapped to the designated area: Source: Health Protection Informatics web based reporting site (HPI) Influenza Immunisation Uptake Monitoring Programme Health Protection Agency/Department of Health | ||||
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Hendon residents received influenza vaccinations for the 2007-08 winter. [178180]
Dawn Primarolo: The data on influenza vaccination uptake are collected by the primary care trust (PCT). Provisional influenza vaccination uptake data up to the end of November 2007 are available for Barnet PCT which includes the constituency of Hendon. They show that 34,693 people aged 65 years and over, and 9,504 people aged under 65 years in clinical risk groups, have received influenza vaccine by the end of November 2007.
National Blood Service
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will hold a meeting with hon. and rt. hon. Members with a National Blood Service centre in their constituency to discuss the McKinsey report into the National Blood Service as soon as it is presented to Ministers. [178066]
Mr. Bradshaw: The National Blood Service (NBS) is an operating division of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The chairman and chief executive of NHSBT have indicated that they would be willing to meet with stakeholders, including any hon. Members to explain any changes as a result of the work carried out by McKinsey once they have been agreed.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in relation to the review of the National Blood Service, with particular reference to the Colindale Centre. [179091]
Dawn Primarolo: The National Blood Service (NBS) is an operating Division of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The senior management team and the Board of the NHSBT are currently considering the results of a review of the NBS strategy.
Details of the proposals for NBS, including plans for the centre in Colindale, will be published shortly. As part of this process, NHSBT will write to all hon. Members.
Negligence
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many clinical negligence cases were open on the NHS Litigation Authority database at the most recent date for which information is available; and how many of those cases are being funded by (a) legal aid, (b) conditional fee agreements, (c) before the event insurance, (d) private means and (e) other means. [178411]
Ann Keen [holding answer 14 January 2008]: The information requested is shown in the following table. The NHS Litigation Authority supplied the data.
Number of clinical negligence cases open on the NHS Litigation Authority database and their funding arrangements where known as at 31 December 2007:
| Number of reported incidents( 1) open at 31 December 2007 | Number of actual claims open at 31 December 2007 | Total number of open cases at 31 December 2007 | |
| (1) Reported incidents are incidents that have been reported but which have not yet been made into an actual claim. | |||
Mr. Baron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many clinical negligence cases were brought in the last year for which information is available; and how many of those cases were funded by (a) legal aid, (b)
conditional fee agreements, (c) before the event insurance, (d) private means and (e) other means. [178412]
Ann Keen [holding answer 14 January 2008]: The information requested is in the following table. The NHS Litigation Authority supplied the data.
| Number of clinical negligence cases received by the NHS Litigation Authority in 2006-07 and their funding arrangements where known as at 31 December 2007 | |
| Funded by | Number of clinical negligence cases received in 2006-07 |
NHS Equipment: Private Sector
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department gives to NHS hospital trusts on the use of NHS equipment for private patients; and whether there are restrictions on NHS hospital trusts using specialist equipment purchased by the NHS for treating private patients. [170296]
Mr. Bradshaw: Legislation allows a national health service trust to offer private health care so long as this does not to any significant extent interfere with the performance of its functions or obligations under NHS contracts.
A NHS foundation trust may offer private health care, provided that it complies with any restrictions in its authorisation and that the provision of NHS services remains its principal purpose. Legislation limits the total proportion of income a NHS foundation trust may derive from private charges to its 2002-03 level.
This has been reiterated in guidance. Most recently, the ‘Code of Conduct for Private Practice—Guidance for NHS Medical Staff’, published in 2003, said that
“Provision of services for private patients should not prejudice the interests of NHS patients”.
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