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Malaria
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the expenditure incurred by the NHS on the treatment of malaria in each of the last five years. [282879]
Gillian Merron: There has been no estimate made of national health service expenditure on the treatment of malaria in the past five years.
Malaria does not naturally occur in the United Kingdom. Cases in the UK are imported. The following table shows the number of cases diagnosed in the UK since 1999 by the Health Protection Agency's Special Pathogens Reference Unit.
| Cases diagnosed | |
| Number | |
| Source: Data provided by the Health Protection Agency's Malaria Reference Laboratory. | |
Malnutrition
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the (a) extent and (b) incidence of malnutrition in England. [281243]
Gillian Merron: There is no national assessment of the extent and incidence of malnutrition.
To improve the nutrition of the population, an independent Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board was set up to monitor progress against the actions named in the plan, chaired by Gordon Lishman, ex-director general of Age Concern. The board will submit its final report in summer 2009.
NHS Business Services Authority
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by the NHS Business Services Authority in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne; [282203]
(2) what his policy is on inviting in-house bids for IT applications and systems developments in the NHS Business Services Authority; [282204]
(3) where the NHS Business Services Authority’s (a) data centres and (b) service centres are located; how many people are employed at each location; and whether potential future locations for such centres have been identified. [282205]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: There are 1,103.58 whole-time equivalent employees working at NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) within the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
There is no policy within NHSBSA relating to inviting in-house bids for information technology (IT) applications and systems developments. As part of the business case process associated with any bid opportunities, the existing in-house solutions are examined and considered in terms of their capability to deliver against the objectives set out in the business case.
Information on NHSBSA’s IT centres and staff employed is shown in the following table.
Potential future locations for these data and service centres have not been determined.
NHS Innovation Expo
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he expects the NHS Innovation Expo event to cost; and from the budgets of which NHS organisations funds will be drawn for that event. [278485]
Gillian Merron: The Healthcare Innovation Expo was the biggest public sector event of its type and brought together the best in healthcare innovation from the public, private, voluntary, scientific and academic communities. It was a unique combination of:
an innovative trade fair including a diversity of exhibitors;
a high profile main stage speaker programme;
a comprehensive programme of innovation seminars; and
an interactive on and off multimedia event.
Net cost to the Department for the NHS Innovation Expo is expected to be £630,000.
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement will contribute a further £350,000.
The Department has worked closely with the private sector to deliver this event; in total they are expected to contribute a further £1.2 million.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people he expects to attend the NHS Innovation Expo event. [278622]
Gillian Merron: Total registrations for the Expo were 5,882. Delegates include national health service and social care chief executives, clinicians, front-line staff, managers and others from patient and other voluntary organisations, academics and researchers in industry.
The Healthcare Innovation Expo was the biggest public sector event of its type and brought together the best in healthcare innovation from the public, private, voluntary, scientific and academic communities. It was a unique combination of:
an innovative trade fair including a diversity of exhibitors;
a high profile main stage speaker programme;
a comprehensive programme of innovation seminars; and
an interactive on and off multimedia event.
NHS: Death Rates
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 628W, on NHS: death rates, how many alerts the Healthcare Commission received in respect of each patient group between July 2008 and March 2009. [282938]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1079W on NHS: Death Rate, which details how many alerts the Healthcare Commission received in respect of each patient group between 1 July 2008 and 31 March 2009.
NHS: Religious Practice
Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the NHS budget has been spent on (a) (i) chaplaincy and (ii) other religious services for each faith and (b) other similar non-faith services. [282818]
Phil Hope: National health service bodies are not required to report their planned or actual spending on chaplaincy and related services to the Department. When planning such services, NHS bodies should take due account of their legal duties, the composition of the communities they serve, and the needs and circumstances of their patients, service users and local populations.
The Department's guidance for the NHS is set out in ‘NHS Chaplaincy: Meeting the Religious and Spiritual Needs of Patients and Staff’ (November 2003). A copy has been placed in the Library.
NHS: Stress
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether provision is made within the NHS for staff training in meditation techniques. [283118]
Gillian Merron: This information is not held centrally as any decision to provide staff training in meditation techniques would be taken locally.
Nutrition
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish the Nutrition Delivery Action Plan Delivery Board’s report. [283264]
Phil Hope: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 228W.
Obesity: Medical Treatments
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people of each age under the age of 18 years were prescribed medicine on the NHS to help them lose weight in each of the last three years; and what types of medicine have been prescribed for this purpose. [282485]
Gillian Merron: The information requested is not available in the format requested relating to the number of people prescribed medicine.
Data are available from the NHS Information Centre on the total number of prescription items for drugs dispensed in England in the community for the treatment of obesity over the last three years. This information is provided in the following table:
| British National Formulary chemical name | Items | |
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