House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 06 Mar 2008 (pt 0013)

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Patients: Surveys

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the GP patient survey is; and
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how much has been spent on translation services for the survey. [191006]

Mr. Bradshaw: The Department has budgeted around £10 million for this year's general practitioner patient survey. This includes costs to conduct both the access and choice parts of the survey. It is not possible to give a more detailed breakdown of costs as this would require disclosure of commercially sensitive and confidential information provided by our suppliers.

Peterborough Primary Care Trust: Screening

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women were screened for (a) breast cancer and (b) cervical cancer in the Peterborough primary care trust and predecessor trusts in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [190699]

Ann Keen: Screening for cancer saves lives. The earlier that cancer can be diagnosed the greater the chance of it being cured and screening is vital to diagnosing some cancers early. It is for strategic health authorities working in partnership with their primary care trusts (PCTs), local screening services and stakeholders to provide appropriate screening services for their local populations.

Women aged between 50 and 70 are invited for free breast screening every three years. The numbers of women screened for breast cancer in the Peterborough PCT and its predecessor trusts in each year since 2001 are shown in the following table.

For ease of interpretation, the proportion of eligible women that have had a test with a recorded result at least once in the previous three years has also been provided. Information has been provided for the 53-64 age group, because coverage is dependant on the three year screening round. As the breast screening programme was not extended to women aged 65-70 until April 2006, three year coverage will not be fully available for this age group until 2008-09.

N umber of women aged 53-64 screened for breast cancer in Peterborough PCT and its predecessor trusts and the proportion of the eligible population that this represents in each year since 2001
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
North Peterborough :
Eligible population⁽¹⁾	6,583	6,710	6,707	6,743	6,848	⁽³⁾—
Women screened (less than three years since last test)	5,114	4,669	5,336	4,992	5,464	⁽³⁾—
Coverage (less than three years since last test) (percentage)	77.7	69.6	79.6	74.0	79.8	⁽³⁾—
South Peterborough :
Eligible population⁽¹⁾	6,182	6,462	6,796	6,889	7,176	⁽³⁾—
Women screened (less than three years since last test)	4,861	5,139	5,532	5,648	5,933	⁽³⁾—
Coverage (less than three years since last test) (percentage)	78.6	79.5	81.4	82.0	82.7	⁽³⁾—

Peterborough^{( 2)}^{( :)}
Eligible population⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	10,198
Women screened (less than three years since last test)	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	8,006
Coverage (less than three years since last test) (percentage)	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	78.5
⁽¹⁾ This is the number of women in the resident population less those with recall ceased for clinical reasons. ⁽²⁾ Following the restructuring of PCTs in October 2006, Peterborough PCT comprised North Peterborough PCT and a proportion of South Peterborough PCT (other proportions went to make up Northamptonshire PCT and Cambridgeshire PCT). Consequently, data for 2001-02 to 2005-06 are not directly comparable with 2006-07. ⁽³⁾ Data are not applicable. Source: KC63, The Information Centre for health and social care

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Women aged between 25 and 64 are invited to participate in the national cervical screening programme. The numbers of women screened for cervical cancer in Peterborough PCT and its predecessor trusts in each year since 2001
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are in the following table. For ease of interpretation, the proportion of eligible women that have had a test with a recorded result at least once in the previous five years has also been provided.

N umber of women screened for cervical cancer in Peterborough PCT and its predecessor trusts and the proportion of the eligible population that this represents in each year since 2001
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
North Peterborough :
Eligible population⁽¹⁾	25,363	25,586	25,852	26,191	26,683	⁽³⁾—
Number of women screened (less than five years since last adequate test)	20,588	20,574	20,620	20,446	20,510	⁽³⁾—
Coverage (less than five years since last adequate test) (percentage)	81.2	80.4	79.8	78.1	76.9	⁽³⁾—
South Peterborough :
Eligible Population⁽¹⁾	22,640	23,106	23,684	24,342	25,258	⁽³⁾—
Number of women screened (less than five years since last adequate test)	19,177	19,456	19,848	20,232	20,853	⁽³⁾—
Coverage (less than five years since last adequate test) (percentage)	84.7	84.2	83.8	83.1	82.6	⁽³⁾—
Peterborough^{( 2:)}
Eligible population⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	39,748
Number of women screened (less than five years since last test)	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	30,851
Coverage (less than five years since last adequate test) (percentage)	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	77.6
⁽¹⁾ This is the number of women in the resident population less those with recall ceased for clinical reasons. ⁽²⁾ Following the restructuring of PCTs in October 2006, Peterborough PCT comprised North Peterborough PCT and a proportion of South Peterborough PCT (other proportions went to make up Northamptonshire PCT and Cambridgeshire PCT). Consequently, data for 2001-02 to 2005-06 are not directly comparable with 2006-07. ⁽³⁾ Data are not applicable. Source: KC53, Parts A2 and A3 The Information Centre for health and social care.

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of bowel cancer screening among men aged over 60 years of age in the Peterborough primary care trust area from April; and if he will make a statement. [190700]

Ann Keen: The national health service bowel cancer screening programme is the first cancer screening programme in England to invite men as well as women.

National roll out of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme began in April 2006, with the first invitations sent out in July 2006, and is expected to be complete by December 2009.

This is an ambitious project and when the programme is fully rolled out, it is expected to detect around 3,000 cancers per year in England.

Strokes: East of England

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission research into the time taken for the East of England region stroke patients to receive a brain scan; and if he will make a statement. [191353]

Ann Keen: A national sentinel audit for stroke has been carried out by the Royal College of Physicians since 1998. The latest audit in 2006 was funded by the Healthcare Commission. The aims of the audit include enabling national health service trusts, including those in the East of England region, to evaluate the quality of their stroke services by comparison with national standards. The audits results cover facilities for and access to brain scans. A further audit will be undertaken in 2008. The 2006 audit is available on the Royal College of Physicians website at:

www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/strokeaudit/

Transport

A1079: Accidents

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of road safety on the A1079 road between Hull and York; and if she will make a statement. [192432]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of road safety on the A1079. As part of the local authority's Primary Route Network, this road is the responsibility of the East Riding of Yorkshire council. It is for the council to assess the needs and priorities of all the roads within its control and decide how best to target its resources.

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in road traffic incidents on the A1079 road in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [192568]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The numbers of casualties resulting from reported personal injury road accidents that were (a) killed and (b) injured on the A1079 in 2002 to 2006 are shown in the table.

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Number of casualties
	Killed	Injured^{( 1)}
2002	3	246
2003	4	255
2004	5	198
2005	11	184
2006	2	154
⁽¹⁾ Seriously or slightly injured

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