Total number of admissions per 100,000 to hospital for stab wounds* and gunshot wounds'* for years 1996-97 - 2006-07, broken down by age for South Tyneside PCT, North East SHA and England
South Tyneside PCT
Gunshot wounds
Stab wounds
2006-07
*
22.51
2005-06
*
25.80
2004-05
*
32.39
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2003-04
*
38.18
2002-03
0.00
28.19
Gunshot Wounds
Stab Wounds
North East
Under 16
16-18
Over 18
Total
Under 16
16-18
Over 18
Total
2006-07
2.98
10.81
2.32
2.78
7.88
63.89
31.19
28.21
2005-06
2.32
9.78
1.47
1.96
5.27
74.36
33.49
29.89
2004-05
3.13
8.72
1.48
2.08
9.39
72.64
35.37
31.98
2003-04
2.06
9.72
2.05
2.36
7.41
66.07
34.01
30.22
2002-03
4.47
14.81
1.64
2.72
7.31
64.16
30.87
27.63
2001-02
5.39
18.22
2.01
3.31
7.39
67.83
33.14
29.41
2000-01
7.47
18.56
1.24
3.15
7.27
54.64
27.51
24.49
1999-20000
3.69
15.26
2.22
3.02
6.41
59.02
27.93
24.78
1998-99
6.32
19.16
1.75
3.36
5.17
50.42
24.74
21.79
1997-98
4.74
13.08
1.75
2.80
5.88
54.35
21.63
19.66
Gunshot Wounds
Stab Wounds
England
Under 16
16-18
Over 18
Total
Under 16
16-18
Over 18
Total
2006-07
1.87
10.41
2.37
2.59
5.12
56.15
24.01
21.68
2005-06
1.60
9.34
2.30
2,44
5.27
54.32
23.79
21.43
2004-05
2.04
8.95
2.05
2.32
4.86
46.62
22.45
19.98
2003-04
2.72
9.37
2.42
2.75
4.30
44.73
22.03
19.44
2002-03
2.57
11.13
2.17
2.59
4.49
41.49
20.71
18.29
2001-02
3.24
11.25
2.36
2.87
4.83
46.31
20.99
18.83
2000-01
2.88
10.77
1.71
2.28
4.64
43.69
20.27
17.99
1999-2000
3.61
10.52
1.66
2.39
4.37
43.64
19.72
17.51
1998-99
2.79
8.74
1.48
2.02
3.86
37.38
17.80
15.71
1997-98
2.60
8.11
1.57
2.04
3.89
38.94
17.35
15.63
Liver Diseases
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to monitor the incidence of liver disease as a marker for the performance of public health programmes on alcohol, obesity and blood-borne viruses. [222375]
Dawn Primarolo:
Liver disease is a growing problem. Often it is associated with people’s choices throughout their lives.
The Government have published strategies for alcohol misuse, viral hepatitis and obesity, designed to improve diagnosis and treatment for the future. However, we are aware that despite these strategies, there is a problem in the shorter term of managing the primary causes of liver disease.
We are now considering what the national health service needs to do over the next few years in order to address these pressures, and how this should be monitored. We shall announce next steps in due course.
London Ambulance Service: Standards
Justine Greening:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what operational levels have been achieved by the London Ambulance Service since March, broken down by borough; and if he will make a statement. [222725]
Mr. Bradshaw:
This information is not held centrally by borough level and is not available for the period requested.
Information on trust-level operational performance standards achieved by each national health service ambulance trust is published annually in the KA34 statistical bulletin. The latest statistical bulletin, “Ambulance Services, England, 2007-08”, was published in June 2008, which has already been placed in the Library. It can also be found on the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care’s website at:
Justine Greening:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies in the London Ambulance Service there are, broken down by borough; and if he will make a statement. [222726]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The information is not held in the format requested. The information available on the number of vacancies is for London Ambulance Service NHS Trust as a whole, and not broken down by borough.
Three month vacancy rates at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust at 31 March 2008 can be found in the table. This is the latest information available.
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The provision of health services, including members of staff at ambulance trusts, is a matter for the local national health service.
I nformation centre for health and social care vacancies survey March 2008: NHS three month vacancies in the London ambulance service NHS trust—three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post
March 2008
September 2007
London ambulance service
Three month vacancy rate percentage
Three month vacancy number
(Staff in post) full- time equivalent
(Staff in post) headcount
Health care assistants and support staff within LDP definitions
0.0
0
0
0
Other health care assistants
0.0
0
0
0
Administrative and clerical staff
0.0
0
1,008
1,046
Ambulance staff
0.0
0
2,938
3,034
Notes:
1. Vacancy data are from the Vacancies Survey 2008.
2. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2008.
3. Three month vacancies are vacancies which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (full time equivalents).
4. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post.
5. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Non-medical Workforce Census September 2007.
6. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
7. Staff in post data are from the Non-Medical Workforce Census September 2007.
8. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.
9. Calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates.
10. Strategic health authority figures are based on trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of health care. Source:
The Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census, Vacancies Survey
