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| Stillbirths by gestational age at birth: England and Wales, 2005 | |
| Gestational age (weeks) | Number |
| Notes: 1. The tables show figures for gestational ages 22 to 25 weeks for live births, deaths under seven days of age, deaths between seven and 28 days old, deaths at 28 days and over but under one year and deaths under one year old for babies born in 2005 in England and Wales (the latest year for which figures are available). Data are not available by gestational age at birth on survival beyond one year. 2. The tables includes figures for stillbirths at gestational ages 24 and 25 weeks as a stillbirth is defined as a baby born dead after 24 completed weeks gestation. Source: Office for National Statistics | |
Departmental Official Visits
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost was of overnight accommodation for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in his Department staying overnight in (i) mainland Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) the Republic of Ireland and (iv) other countries in the last 12 months. [193531]
Mr. Bradshaw: We do not record the costs of overnight accommodation separately for Ministers, civil servants and special advisers, as this is not a requirement of our statutory reporting. Neither do we record this information by country of destination. To collect the information requested would incur disproportionate costs.
Details of the cost of overseas travel for Cabinet Ministers, including the cost of travel and accommodation are contained in the Overseas Travel by Cabinet Ministers list. The latest list for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 was published on 25 July 2007 and is available at:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinet office.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/ministerial_gifts_0607.pdf
Details for the 2007-08 financial year will be published as soon as possible after the end of the financial year.
All ministerial travel is made in accordance with the Ministerial Code. Travel for staff and special advisers is made in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code.
Departmental Orders and Regulation
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many regulations have been (a) introduced and (b) removed by his Department since 1997. [192825]
Mr. Bradshaw: The number of Statutory Instruments (SIs) made since 1997 is shown as follows:
| Number | |
The number of SIs revoked in 1997 was 25, plus part of one other. The number of SIs revoked in previous years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 666W, on departmental public expenditure, how many doses of each of the vaccines listed were distributed in 2006-07; and what the shelf life of each such vaccine is. [191418]
Dawn Primarolo: The quantities of vaccines distributed in the UK in 2006-07 were:
Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine—1,359,400 doses were distributed for the targeted BCG vaccination programme;
measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine—1,732,356 doses of MMR vaccine licensed for use in the United Kingdom were distributed. No doses of the MMR vaccine in non-UK presentation were distributed;
combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine—none (as this vaccine was no longer used in the childhood vaccination programme);
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus influenzae type B, (DTwP/Hib) vaccine—none (as this vaccine was no longer used in the childhood vaccination programme);
tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine—24,155 doses. Although the Td vaccine was also no longer part of the programme, there remained a demand from private customers, for example as a travel vaccine;
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine—2,362,500 doses;
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, inactivated polio and haemophilus influenzae type B, (DTaP/IPV+Hib) vaccine—2,311,496 doses; and
meningococcal C vaccine—1,932,928 doses.
The shelf life varies for different vaccine types, brands and batches of vaccines. Generally the shelf life of BCG vaccine is 12 months. The other vaccines have a shelf life of between 18 months to three years.
Dietary Supplements
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on dietary supplements, how many nutritional support products were dispensed in the community in each year since 1997, broken down by primary care trust area; and what estimate he has made of the number of individual patients who required nutritional support items in the community in the last year for which figures are available. [195132]
Dawn Primarolo: Information on the number of nutritional support products dispensed in the community by primary care trust from 2003 to 2006 has been placed in the Library. Data for earlier years are not available. The Department has made no estimate of the number of individual patients requiring such items.
Doctors: Torbay
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors were registered in Torbay constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. [192257]
Ann Keen: This information is not held in the format requested. Information is held for national health service organisations.
There are no doctors in training and equivalents within Torbay Care Trust. However, the following table shows doctors in training and equivalents by grade within South Devon Health Care NHS Trust. The latest available data are for September 2006.
| Hospital and community health services: medical and dental doctors in training and equivalents within South Devon Health Care NHS Trust (as at 30 September 2006) | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Junior doctors are now referred to as doctors in training and equivalents. 2. Doctors in training and equivalents is the term used to refer to people in the registrar group, senior house officers and other staff in equivalent grades who are not in an educationally approved post. 3. All doctors are registered doctors. The doctors within foundation year 2, senior house officer and the reegistrar group have full registration status. Some house officer and foundation 1 year staff will have a full registration, although the majority of these staff will have provisional registration status. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census. | |
Drugs: Rehabilitation
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been spent on cannabis cessation services in each primary care trust in each of the last five years; how much has been allocated for 2008-09; and whether he has plans to integrate such services with smoking cessation services. [195098]
Dawn Primarolo: Since 2001, the Department and the Home Office have provided specific resources for drug treatment in the form of the pooled drug treatment budget. This funding is allocated to the 149 drug action teams across the country to use, along with local mainstream funding, to provide for treatment and services according to the specific needs of each locality. We do not hold information on how much of this funding was spent on treatment and services for cannabis.
There are no plans to integrate cannabis cessation services within national health service stop smoking services.
Fertility: Health Services
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to (a) monitor and (b) encourage the implementation of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems; and if he will make a statement. [195007]
Dawn Primarolo: The Department has recently carried out a survey of in vitro fertilisation provision and will publish the results in due course.
We are working with the patient support organisation Infertility Network UK to help primary care trusts (PCTs) share best practice in the provision of fertility services and move to the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations. To build on the progress being made we are establishing an expert group to advise the project and consider how to help PCT commissioners.
The Department will be monitoring IVF provision across the national health service on an on-going basis to see where further assistance may be needed.
General Practitioners: Manpower
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general practitioners and (b) NHS dentists there were per head of population in (i) England and (ii) Torbay constituency in each year since 1997. [192576]
Ann Keen: Information about general practitioners is not available at constituency level but is shown for Torbay primary care trust (PCT) which was formed in 2001. Prior to this the national health service was structured in health authorities which covered much larger areas than current PCTs.
| General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars)( 1) per 100,000 population by selected area in England, 2001 to 2006 | ||||||
| Numbers (headcount) | ||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| (1 )General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP providers and GP others. Note: Data as at 30 September 2001 to 2006. Sources: ONS Resident Estimates 2001 based The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics | ||||||
The information requested about NHS dentists is not available at constituency level.
Numbers of persons per NHS dentist in England as at 31 March, 1997 to 2006 are available in Annex F of the “NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006”. Information is provided by PCT and by strategic health authority (SHA).
This information is based on the old contractual arrangements, which were in place up to and including 31 March 2006. This report (published 23 August 2006) is available in the Library and is also available at:
Numbers of NHS dentists per 100,000 population in England as at 30 June 2006, 30 September 2006, 31 December 2006, and 31 March 2007 are available in Table E1 of Annex 3 of the “NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2006-07” report. Information is provided by PCT and SHA.
This information is based on the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006. This report (published 23 August 2007) is available in the Library and is also available at:
Genito-Urinary Medicine
Christopher Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure prostate assessment clinics are provided by urology departments of district general hospitals. [192641]
Ann Keen: In 2002, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published “Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers”.
This guidance sets out recommendations on how services for patients with urological cancers, including prostate cancer, should be organised in order to ensure the best outcomes. In particular, the guidance recommends that prostate assessment clinics should be provided by urology departments of district general hospitals.
Strategic health authorities have submitted action plans to demonstrate how they will implement this guidance. The Department and the Healthcare Commission monitor progress against these plans.
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