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Calls referred to pharmacy | ||||
Quarter | Number | Percentage of symptomatic calls | Percentage of all calls | |
Calls referred to another service( 1) | ||||
Quarter | Number | Percentage of symptomatic calls | Percentage of all calls | |
(1 )Includes all GP referrals. Source: National Operations Centre, NHS Direct |
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members of the NHS Pension Scheme have received pension overpayments due to guaranteed minimum pension data not being properly transferred. [256405]
Ann Keen: NHS pensions are continuing to work with other organisations to confirm the numbers of members of the NHS Pension Scheme who have been overpaid as a result of the incorrect indexation of the guaranteed minimum pension. We estimate that around 51,000 pensioners will be affected. We anticipate that final figures will be known by the end of February 2009.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of student nurses are studying for a (a) diploma and (b) degree; [255749]
(2) what support is available to nursing students studying for a (a) diploma and (b) degree. [255750]
Ann Keen: The actual number of student nurses studying degree and diploma courses is not held centrally. However, the number of training posts commissioned each year by strategic health authorities in England in the financial years 2005-06 to 2007-08 are as follows:
2005-06 Commissions | 2006-07 Commissions | 2007-08 Commissions | |||||
No. | Proportion | No. | Proportion | No. | Proportion | ||
Source: Multi Professional Education and Training quarterly monitoring returns |
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