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Dental Services: Negligence
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many actions for clinical negligence have been brought against dentists doing NHS work in each year since 2005. [202017]
Ann Keen: The information requested is in the following table and was supplied by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA). The data only covers claims made against NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts or primary care trusts providing dentistry; information is not held centrally relating to dentists working under independent contracts.
| Number of claims against NHS employed dentists by notification year to the NHSLA | |
| NHSLA notification year | Number |
Dental Services: Stroud
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to improve access to NHS dentistry in Stroud constituency; and if he will make a statement. [201483]
Ann Keen: I refer my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud to the written answer I gave him on 24 April, Official Report, column 2168W.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Curry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were serving on the boards of the non-departmental public bodies which his Department sponsors at the latest date for which figures are available. [203729]
Ann Keen: The Cabinet Office publication “Public bodies 2007” lists the number of people serving on the boards of public bodies as at 31 March 2007. These figures are broken down by individual Departments. Copies of “Public bodies 2007” are available in the Library and also at:
Diabetes: Peterborough
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on implementing the NHS Diabetes National Service Framework in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement. [202435]
Ann Keen: Responsibility for implementing the Diabetes National Service Framework rests with the national health service, and it is for primary care trusts (PCTs) to commission services that meet the needs of their local population.
Screening for diabetic retinopathy was a target in the Diabetes National Service Framework and has been included in the operating framework for the NHS in England 2008-09. Where (PCTs) are failing to deliver the standard set for diabetic retinopathy, they are obliged to agree recovery plans with their strategic health authorities to ensure improvement. From February 2008, Peterborough PCT began offering screening to all people with diabetes to national standards.
Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust: Cleaning Services
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to (a) Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust and (b) East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust for deep cleaning. [195139]
Ann Keen: All trusts were required to submit and agree costed deep clean plans with primary care trusts in their area by 14 December 2007 and this process has been monitored and assessed by strategic health authorities (SHAs).
As set out in the written ministerial statement given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, on 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 93-94WS, information provided by SHAs shows that they have all made available the funding they promised for the programme. Further information on the implementation of the deep clean of the national health service is available from SHAs.
Eating Disorders: North West
Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the (a) need for and (b) (i) current and (ii) planned future provision of treatment of eating disorders in each primary care trust in the North West. [202214]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Decisions on the planning and provision of treatment for eating disorders are a matter for individual primary care trusts (PCTs). Financial allocations are made directly to individual PCTs as these organisations are best placed to know the needs of the communities they serve and to commission services accordingly.
Embryonic Stem Cells
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many embryonic stem cells exist in the United Kingdom; and how much expenditure has been incurred in acquiring them. [202389]
Dawn Primarolo: We assume that the hon. Member's question refers to embryonic stem cell lines. The Department does not hold information on how many animal embryonic stem cell lines there are in the United Kingdom. As of the beginning of April 2008, 63 human embryonic stem cell lines had been deposited with the UK stem cell bank (UKSCB). The UKSCB does not pay to acquire these lines.
Eyesight: Testing
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the factors influencing the take-up rate of free sight tests for people aged 60 and over; and if he will take steps to increase the take-up rate; [203193]
(2) when he last met national professional and representative optical bodies to discuss free sight tests for people aged 60 and over. [203194]
Ann Keen: The Department has not made an assessment of the factors influencing the take-up rate of free national health service sight tests for people aged 60 and over or met with the national professional and representative optical bodies to discuss free sight tests for people aged 60 and over. Sight tests continue to increase from 4.1 million sight tests for those aged over 60 in 2003-04 to 4.5 million sight tests for those aged over 60 in 2006-07.
General Practitioners: Finance
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether payments made by primary care trusts to general practitioners as part of the Access Directed Enhanced Services payments system are based on per head of population registered on the National Health Application Infrastructure Service (Exeter) system. [200891]
Mr. Bradshaw: Payments made by primary care trusts to primary medical care contractors under the improved access scheme directed enhanced service, are based on per head of practice population registered on the National Health Application Infrastructure Service (Exeter) system.
General Practitioners: Public Participation
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of those registered on the National Health Application Infrastructure Service (Exeter) were surveyed as part of the GP patient survey, Your doctor, your experience, your say access survey in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08, broken down by primary care trust. [200890]
Mr. Bradshaw: In 2006-07, the first year of the general practitioner (GP) patient survey, 9.8 per cent. of patients registered on the National Health Application Infrastructure Service (Exeter) were invited to take part in the GP patient survey. The breakdown by primary care trust (PCT) is shown in the following table .
The survey data for 2007-08 is currently being processed by Ipsos MORI, the appointed survey provider, and remains restricted and unavailable until official publication by the Information Centre for health and social care. Publication has been confirmed for the week commencing 14 July 2008.
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