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Civil Servants: Pay
Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) civil servants, (b) permanent non-civil servants and (c) temporary or agency staff are employed at each (i) grade and (ii) salary range on the 18 week referral to treatment team. [258137]
Mr. Bradshaw [holding answer 23 February 2009]: The 18 weeks referral to treatment commitment is programme managed by a mixture of civil servants, secondees and temporary staff. The majority of these staff work on this area as part of other wider responsibilities. A breakdown of these staff is shown in the following table:
| Civil servants (by civil service pay band from national pay range minimum to inner London pay range maximum) | ||
| Grade | Number | Salary range (£) |
| Temporary or agency staff (by NHS pay band or civil service pay band equivalent) | ||
| Grade | Number | Salary range (£) |
| Temporary NHS clinical advice/patient representation from the charity sector | ||
| Grade | Number | Sessional day rate range (£) |
Death Rate
Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the mortality rate for (a) four-limb deficient thalidomiders and the (b) the general public is; [257353]
(2) how many NHS trusts are equipped to measure the blood pressure of an upper-limb deficient thalidomide survivor. [257354]
Dawn Primarolo: We have made no estimate of the difference between the mortality rate for four limb deficient thalidomiders and the mortality rate for the general public.
Information on the number of national health service trusts equipped to measure the blood pressure of an upper limb deficient thalidomide survivor is not collected centrally.
Dementia
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the evidential basis is for the statement that the level of diagnosis and treatment of people with dementia is generally low in the UK and that there is a 24-fold variation between primary care trusts, as referred to on page 17 of the national dementia strategy; and if he will place in the Library a copy of such evidence. [257558]
Phil Hope: The source of the statement referred to on page 17 in the Dementia Strategy publication “Living well with dementia: A National Dementia Strategy” is from the Dementia UK report, published in 2007 by the Alzheimer’s Society. A copy of the Dementia UK report has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the £150 million he has allocated to fund the National Dementia Strategy will be allocated to each year of the strategy; and how much will be allocated to (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure in each year; [257562]
(2) from which budget the £150 million he has allocated to fund the National Dementia Strategy will be taken; and by what mechanism it will be allocated to the NHS; [257563]
(3) how the £150 million he has allocated to fund his National Dementia Strategy will be broken down between each of the 17 objectives in the strategy. [257566]
Phil Hope: The £150 million is revenue, not capital expenditure. It is being made available as part of primary care trusts’ (PCTs) overall general allocations. These are increasing by 5.5 per cent. in each of 2009-10 and 2010-11, a total increase of £8.6 billion over the two years of which the dementia funding is part. PCTs have flexibility over the use of these resources in line with the operating framework. Total expenditure in each year on dementia, and on each of the 17 objectives that are not central budgets, will therefore be determined by the national health service locally. National estimates of expenditure on each objective are set out in the impact assessment published on the Department’s website alongside the National Dementia Strategy. This information is contained with “Living well with dementia: A National Dementia Strategy”, which has already been placed in the Library.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many dementia advisers there are; how many he plans to recruit in each year; and by what date he plans to complete the proposed complement of additional advisers; [257567]
(2) what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of a dementia adviser. [257568]
Phil Hope: The role of dementia advisor will be an entirely new one. As such, the role will be piloted in the first year of the strategy. Subsequent decisions about the nature, number and funding of dementia advisers will be made locally by primary care trusts, depending on local circumstances.
Dementia: Drugs
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date his Department plans to publish its reviews of the inappropriate use of anti-psychotic drugs for people with dementia. [257738]
Phil Hope: The work of the review will be concluded in spring 2009.
Dementia: Research
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much research funding has been allocated to studies linked to dementia in each financial year since 1997-98 for which figures are available; and how much he plans to allocate in each financial year up to 2010-11. [257737]
Dawn Primarolo: Both the Department and the Medical Research Council (MRC) support research into dementia. Annual expenditure figures are shown in the following table.
| Expenditure on dementia research | |||
| £ million | |||
| Department | Medical Research Council | Total | |
The Departmental figures for the years from 1997-98 to 2003-04 relate to national research programme expenditure. They do not include the part of the research and development allocations made annually at that time to national health service (NHS) providers and spent on dementia research. That information was not collected prior to 2004-05.
The more recent departmental figures are the aggregate of NHS support for degenerative neurological disorder research and comparable expenditure from National Institute for Health Research funding streams, including the cost of the dementias and neurodegenerative diseases research network.
The MRC expenditure figure for 2007-08 includes spend on some projects not previously included in annual totals.
The usual practice of the Department's National Institute for Health Research and of the MRC is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. Future levels of expenditure on dementia research will be determined by the success of relevant bids for funding.
Dental Services: Cornwall
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were seen by dentists in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. [256456]
Ann Keen: This information is not available in the format requested.
The number of patients seen in the previous 24 months in England, as at quarterly intervals, from 31 March 2006 to 30 June 2008 is available in table D3 of annex 3 of the “NHS Dental Statistics, Q1 2008/09” report. Information is provided by the primary care trust (PCT) and by the strategic health authority (SHA). This information is based on the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006.
The “NHS Dental Statistics, Q1 2008/09” report, was published on 27 November 2008 and is available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
This publication has already been placed in the Library.
The patients seen measure is not available under the old dental contractual arrangements, which were in place up to and including 31 March 2006. The closest equivalent measure to patients seen is the number of patients registered with an NHS dentist. However, this is not directly comparable to the patients seen data under the new contractual arrangements.
The number of patients registered with an NHS dentist, in England, as at 31 March, 1997 to 2006 is available in annex A of the “NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006”. Information is provided by PCT and by SHA.
The “NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006” report, was published on 23 August 2006 and is available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
This publication has already been placed in the Library.
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many treatments have been carried out by dentists in Cornwall in each year since 1998. [256460]
Ann Keen: The number of courses of treatment performed in England in 2006-07 and 2007-08 are available in table A4 of annex 3 of the “NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2007/08” report. Information is provided by the primary care trust and the strategic health authority. This information is based on the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006.
Validated information at a regional level under the old contractual arrangements could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The “NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2007/08” report was published on 21 August 2008 and is available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
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