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Injuries: Offensive Weapons

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished admission episodes there were for injuries from assaults by a sharp object,
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including knives, in each NHS trust where the patient was aged (a) under 10, (b) 10 to 15, (c) 16 to 18, (d) 19 to 25, (e) 26 to 35, (f) 36 to 45 and (g) 46 years and older in each of the last 10 years. [246822]

Mr. Bradshaw: Information is collected on the number of finished admission episodes to hospital. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

Tables which provide information for the clinical code ‘X99’—assault by sharp object, have been placed in the Library. The code ‘X99’ includes cases where someone has been attacked using a sharp object (including but not exclusive to knives). The tables provide data which are broken down by each strategic health authority. It is not possible to provide a response to this question for each national health service trust as the numbers involved are mostly very small and many of them would need to be suppressed in order to preserve confidentiality.

It is important to refer to the footnotes and clinical codes when interpreting the data.

King's College Hospital

Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the new designated space at King’s College Hospital for the former emergency clinic of Maudsley Hospital will be completed. [250308]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information requested is a matter for King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Michael Parker, Chair of King’s College NHS Foundation Trust, informing him of my hon. Friend’s inquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Knee Replacements

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts performed between one and 14 revision knee replacements in the latest year for which figures are available, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database. [249255]

Ann Keen: The following table contains a list of the national health service trusts performing between one and 14 (inclusive) finished consultant episodes with a mention of a revision knee replacement procedure in 2006-07.


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Provider code Provider code name

NT604

Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre

NT826

Horton NHS Treatment Centre

NTC01

Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre

NTD02

The Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Treatment Centre

NTY32

King Edward VII Hospital

RA2

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust

RA4

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

RAL

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

RAP

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

RAX

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

RBK

Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust

RBT

The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust

RBZ

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

RC1

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

RC3

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

RCF

Airedale NHS Trust

RCX

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust

RD3

Poole Hospital NHS Trust

RD8

Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust

RE9

South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

REM

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

RFF

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

RFR

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

RG2

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

RG3TC

Orpington Treatment Centre

RG3-X

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

RGC

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

RGP

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

RGQ

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

RGR

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

RGZ

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

RJ2

The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

RJ5

St. Mary’s NHS Trust

RJDTC

Cannock Chase Treatment Centre

RJLT1

Goole Treatment Centre

RJN

East Cheshire NHS Trust

RJR

Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

RKE

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

RM2

University Hospital Of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

RM3

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

RM4

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust

RMP

Tameside And Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust

RN1TC

Winchester NHS Treatment Centre

RN7

Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust

RNA

Dudley Group Of Hospitals NHS Trust

RNS

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

RPRTC

Chichester Treatment Centre

RPR-X

Royal West Sussex NHS Trust

RRK

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

RTH

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

RTP

Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

RTX

University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

RVR-X

Epsom And St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

RVY

Southport And Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

RXL

Blackpool, Fylde And Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust

RXQ

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

RXW

Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Note:
A finished consultant episode is defined as a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. They are counted against the year in which they end. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.

Lung Diseases

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the incidence of (a) respiratory diseases and (b) cardiovascular disease; and at what levels of disaggregation these statistics are available. [249767]


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Ann Keen: Information on the incidence of different respiratory diseases and cardiovascular disease is not collected centrally.

Maternity Services

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2094W, on maternity services, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by his Department to strategic health authority chief executives on 22 August 2008. [249470]

Ann Keen: The letter has been placed in the Library.

Medicine: Education

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many students (a) started and (b) graduated from medical degree courses in England in each year since 1997. [250174]

Ann Keen: The number of students starting and graduating from medical degree courses in England in each year since 1997 is given in the following table.

Academic year Actual intake Graduate output

1997-98

3,749

3,261

1998-99

3,735

3,097

1999-2000

3,972

3,373

2000-01

4,300

3,286

2001-02

4,713

3,280

2002-03

5,277

3,522

2003-04

6,030

3,734

2004-05

6,294

3,935

2005-06

6,298

4,376

2006-07

6,401

4,904

2007-08

6,264

5,569


Mental Health Services

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to (a) promote the use of cognitive stimulation therapy and (b) provide assistance to the cognitive help and therapy community-based initiative. [248467]

Phil Hope: The Department has no plans to promote the use of cognitive stimulation therapy. The responsibility for the provision of all national health service services rests with primary care trusts (PCTs), and decisions about whether or not to use specific treatments are made by each PCT.

It is also for each PCT to decide upon spending levels for specific health care treatments and services, and to commission these services.

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of mental health services to meet demand for such services over the last 12 months. [250436]

Phil Hope: Since 2001-02, real terms investment in adult mental health services increased by 44 per cent. (or £1.7 billion) putting in place the services and staff needed to transform mental health services. The national
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health service spent £5.53 billion on these services in 2007-08 alone. This is why we now have over 740 new community mental health teams offering home treatment, early intervention, or intensive support for people who might otherwise have been admitted to hospital, and now have 64 per cent. more consultant psychiatrists, 71 per cent. more clinical psychologists and 21 per cent. more mental health nurses than in 1997. In addition we are rolling out a programme to give more access to psychological therapies to people with depression and anxiety. The provision of all NHS services, including mental health treatments, ultimately rests with commissioning trusts and it is for primary care trusts, in conjunction with their strategic health authorities, to plan and develop services according to the needs of their local communities.


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