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HIV Infection
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of those diagnosed with HIV and AIDS have received treatment in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. [244896]
Dawn Primarolo: The following tables contain data for diagnosed HIV-infected individuals who attend for HIV-related care at national health service sites. Not all HIV-infected individuals are recommended to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately; British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidelines for this period recommended that individuals with CD4 cell counts of 200 cells per mm(3) or less should be on therapy—this threshold has been used in the following tables to calculate the number of individuals who were recommended to be on ART.
| 2004 | |||||
| Region | (a) Total number of HIV diagnosed individuals | (b) Number recommended ART( 1) | (c) Number receiving ART | (c)/(a) Percentage on ART of total HIV diagnosed | (c)/(b) Percentage on ART of those recommended ART |
| 2005 | |||||
| Region | (a) Total number of HIV diagnosed individuals | (b) Number recommended ART( 1) | (c) Number receiving ART | (c)/(a) Percentage on ART of total HIV diagnosed | (c)/(b) Percentage on ART of those recommended ART |
| 2006 | |||||
| Region | (a) Total number of HIV diagnosed individuals | (b) Number recommended ART( 1) | (c) Number receiving ART | (c)/(a) Percentage on ART of total HIV diagnosed | (c)/(b) Percentage on ART of those recommended ART |
| 2007 | |||||
| Region | (a) Total number of HIV diagnosed individuals | (b) Number recommended ART( 1) | (c) Number receiving ART | (c)/(a) Percentage on ART of total HIV diagnosed | (c)/(b) Percentage on ART of those recommended ART |
| (1 )Includes all individuals currently on antiretroviral therapy (ART) plus individuals with a CD4 count of 200 cells per mm(3) or less. Almost all individuals have CD4 cell count reported. (2 )Tees Valley data are produced by combining data for Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees local authorities. (3 )HPA does not have data by constituency. Middlesbrough PCT covers the same geographical area as Middlesbrough local authority and Redcar and Cleveland PCT covers the same geographical area as Redcar & Cleveland local authority. Source: Health Protection Agency's Annual Survey of Prevalent HIV Infections Diagnosed (SOPHID), Institute of Child Health National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood. | |||||
HIV Infection: Grants
Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding the Government is providing to each local authority in AIDS support grant in 2008-09. [246308]
Dawn Primarolo: The 2008-09 AIDS support grant allocations to each local authority in England have been placed in the Library.
Hospices
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department plans to give to hospices in the next two years. [245853]
Phil Hope:
For children's services, the Department in May 2006 committed central grant funding of £27 million over three years for children’s hospice services. In 2008, this was increased by a further £20 million to continue
the support for children's hospices over the comprehensive spending review period—amounting to a funding package of £47 million over the five years 2006-07 to 2010-11.
For adult services, we are making £286 million of revenue and capital funding available in the two years to 2011 to support the implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy. Most of this will be allocated to primary care trusts. The funding includes a £40 million capital grant for adult hospices in 2010-11.
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) children's hospices and (b) all hospices have received from the Government in each of the last five years. [245854]
Phil Hope: This information is not held centrally. It is for individual primary care trusts (PCTs) to decide the level of funding they allocate to end of life care services, including hospices, based on assessments of local needs and priorities. The level of funding a hospice receives is a matter for negotiation between the local PCT and the hospice.
However, the Department has made available an additional £27 million over three years to be given to hospices as grants. 36 grants were awarded in 2006, 40 more in 2007 and a further 40 in 2008.
In September 2006, the Government established a £40 million capital fund, which adult hospices were able to bid for to improve their physical environments. 146 hospices, with 191 projects, were allocated funding from the fund.
Influenza
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, columns 203-4W, on influenza, (1) whether the antiviral stockpile referred to in the answer has now been procured; over what period he intends the antiviral stockpile to be built; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the tender for the procurement; [245505]
(2) what further consideration his Department has given to a policy of using antivirals for (a) household and (b) other prophylaxis; [245506]
(3) which antibiotics will be needed to treat the bacterial complications of pandemic influenza; when he intends to begin to stockpile those antibiotics; and if he will make a statement. [245812]
Dawn Primarolo: Suppliers have responded to the Invitation To Tender for antiviral medicines to increase the stockpile which was published in the Official Journal in August 2008, and these have now been evaluated. Orders have not yet been placed. For reasons of commercial confidentiality, it is not yet possible to make any announcements on the speed of the stockpile build. I will arrange for a copy of the tender documents to be placed in the Library when public procurement procedures allow.
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