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Human Papilloma Virus: Children
Mr. Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many girls aged between 12 and 13 years have been vaccinated against human papilloma virus in (a) the UK and (b) Bolton. [262024]
Dawn Primarolo: The Department collects data for England on the Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme.
Provisional data at the end of January 2009 for HPV vaccine uptake in England show that:
a total of 256,531 12 to 13-year-old girls have received the first dose; this represents 83.3 per cent. of the total number of girls in this age group; and
a total of 227,156 12 to 13-year-old girls have received the first and second doses; this represents 73.3 per cent. of the total number of girls in this age group.
Provisional data at the end of January 2009 for HPV vaccine uptake in the area covered by Bolton primary care trust (PCT) show that:
a total of 1,627 12 to 13-year-old girls have received the first dose; this represents 90.1 per cent. of the total number of girls in this age group in schools in Bolton PCT; and
a total of 1,445 12 to 13-year-old girls have received the first and second doses; this represents 80.0 per cent. of the total number of girls in this age group in schools in Bolton PCT.
The HPV vaccination is a three-dose schedule and the current cohorts of 12 to 13-year-old girls will be offered their third dose later this year.
Learning Disability
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications of likely future trends in the number of adults with a learning disability in England for levels of funding for services for such people during the next Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement; [261379]
(2) if he will hold meetings with representatives of the learning disability sector on levels of funding for services for people with a learning disability during the next Comprehensive Spending Review period. [261381]
Phil Hope: Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) have yet to announce the timing of the next spending review and make available the associated guidance. We will have discussions with HMT in due course, as part of that process. The meetings the Department are engaged in with the Learning Disability Coalition help inform the data and evidence we need to make the best possible case for adequate funding for all adults with social care needs, including those with a learning disability.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has evaluated on likely changes in the numbers of people with a learning disability during the next three years. [261380]
Phil Hope: By the end of spring 2009, the Department will be disseminating a report by Professor Eric Emerson (February 2009) from the Centre for Disability Research, Lancaster university, ‘Estimating Future Numbers of Adults with Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities in England’. It is envisaged that this information will help local services to better estimate the numbers of adults with profound multiple disabilities and therefore provide support where it is required. Departmental officials are also in discussion with the Learning Disability Coalition on options about possible research on the prevalence of learning disabilities.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by his Department on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month in each of the last five years. [261350]
Phil Hope: In line with our commitment to valuing diversity and ensuring that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people are treated with respect as both service users and employees within health and social care, the Department has formally recognised LGBT History Month since 2005. This has included the following expenditure:
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Local Public Health Laboratories
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 877W, on local public health laboratories, which department had responsibility for the Public Health Laboratory Service between 1999 and 2003; and where the information relating to local public health laboratories during that period is held. [261817]
Dawn Primarolo: The Public Health Laboratory Service was a non-departmental public body of the Department of Health, under the NHS Act 1977. Its Annual Reports and Accounts, which included information about the local public health laboratories which it managed, were laid before Parliament.
Mental Health Services
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many and what proportion of the 35 improving access to psychological therapy sites have complied with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on computerised cognitive behavioural therapy; and if he will make a statement; [261489]
(2) how many treatments of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence-approved cognitive behavioural therapy programmes (a) Beating the Blues and (b) FearFighter have been provided by the 35 improving access to psychological therapy sites; and if he will make a statement; [261490]
(3) what recent progress has been made on establishing a national contract for the purchase of treatments for depression under the Beating the Blues programme; and if he will make a statement; [261502]
(4) what the average cost to the NHS of treating an individual for depression and anxiety was in the latest period for which information is available; what estimate his Department has made of the effect on those costs of nationwide implementation of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on computerised psychological therapies; and if he will make a statement. [261503]
Phil Hope:
The core aim of the Department's improving access to psychological therapies programme is to support the national health service to implement the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
guidelines and deliver effective treatment for people with depression and anxiety disorders. Compliance with clinical guidelines published by NICE forms part of the developmental standards for the NHS and NHS organisations are expected to move towards their full implementation. The Department recognises the important contribution of the effective provision of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) and primary care trusts (PCTs) are obliged to provide funding for NICE-recommended cCBT packages where clinicians want to use them, however, the Department does not collect information on the uptake of cCBT.
Information is not held centrally about how many treatments of Beating the Blues or FearFighter have been provided by PCTs.
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency have provided procurement advice to the NHS. However, the Department is not in a position to ring-fence funds specifically for cCBT, including Beating the Blues, as decisions about local services are made by local commissioners based on local needs assessments.
Information is not held centrally on the cost to the NHS of treating an individual for depression and anxiety so no comparison can be made as to the impact of the nationwide implementation of NICE guidance on cCBT.
Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average cost of complying with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on computerised cognitive behavioural therapy, broken down by (a) primary care trust and (b) strategic health authority. [261978]
Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally.
Mental Health Services: Finance
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the tariff uplift breakdown for 2009-10 published by his Department on 5 February 2009, when he intends to develop a tariff for mental health services. [262636]
Mr. Bradshaw: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 24 February 2008, Official Report, column 660W.
NHS Treatment Centres: Private Sector
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which independent sector treatment centres have contracts due for renewal in the next (a) six and (b) 12 months. [262045]
Mr. Bradshaw: The following Independent Sector Treatment Centres have contracts currently due for expiry in the next six and 12 months:
Six months (to 30 September 2009):
Ophthalmic Chain (OC123); and
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Bradford;
Kidderminster;
Plymouth;
East Cornwall;
East Lincolnshire;
North East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire;
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear;
Southampton;
Thames Valley Milton Keynes;
Thames Valley Reading; and
West Lincolnshire.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what independent sector treatment centre projects are under contract in (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2. [262046]
Mr. Bradshaw: The following Independent Sector Treatment Centre projects are under contract in Wave 1 and Phase 2:
LP2 Bradford
LP3 Burton
LP4 Barlborough
LP7 Shepton Mallet
LP8 Manchester
LP9 Plymouth
GC4 East Cornwall
GC4 East Lincolnshire
GC4 North East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire
GC4 North Oxford
GC4 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
GC4 Southampton
GC4 Thames Valley Milton Keynes
GC4 Thames Valley Reading
GC4 West Lincolnshire
GC5E Nottingham
GC5WKidderminster
GC5WCheshire & Merseyside
GC6 Maidstone
GC7 North East London
GC8 Wycombe
GC8 Portsmouth
GC8 Medway
GC8 Brighton
GC8 Havant Ophthalmic Chain
D01 London
D8N Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography North
D8S Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography South
E01 Avon Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
E05 Cumbria and Lancashire
E06 Cheshire and Merseyside
E08 Greater Manchester Clinical Assessment Treatment and Support
E09 Hampshire and Isle of While
E15 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
E16 Renal
NHS: Alcohol Cleaners
Mr. Greg Knight: (1) To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS hospitals have removed alcohol-based hand cleaning solutions in order to prevent people from drinking them; and if he will make a statement; [261891]
(2) if he will instruct NHS trusts to ensure that alcohol-based hand cleaning solutions remain available at NHS hospitals. [261902]
Ann Keen: The national patient safety agency patient safety alert ‘Clean Hands Save Lives’ issued in September 2008 (which has been placed in the Library) provides guidance for the national health service, and explains the benefit of using alcohol handrubs at the point of care. It states:
‘There are a number of risks to patients and staff associated with the use of alcohol handrub, however the benefits in terms of its use far outweigh the risks. A risk assessment should be undertaken and a management plan put in place. This particularly applies to clinical areas managing patients with alcohol use disorder and patients at risk of deliberate self harm.’
Removing alcohol handrub from areas of hospitals is a decision for local determination, according to local risk, and the Department does not keep information on the decisions of individual hospitals centrally.
As the patient safety alert makes clear, what is important is that staff are able to undertake hand hygiene at the point of care, if necessary using soap and water.
NHS: Apprentices
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget for NHS apprenticeships was in each year for which figures are available. [260844]
Ann Keen: The Department has not allocated a specific budget for national health service apprenticeships. NHS organisations use their existing sources of income to cover any training and employment costs. Organisations in all sectors of the economy can access external sources of funding for apprenticeships, including funding from the Learning and Skills Council, but no data are held centrally on the external funding sources. The funding arrangements for future years are under review.
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