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The NDTMS started collecting these data in 2004-05. The data for 2003-04 are not available centrally.
The increase in the numbers of young people in treatment for drugs misuse reflects both the growth in treatment services for young people, and the success in getting more young people into treatment, rather than any increase in the actual incidence of substance misuse.
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many babies have been diagnosed as having foetal alcohol syndrome in each year since 1997. [283427]
Gillian Merron: Analysis of Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data on the number of babies ‘diagnosed’ with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) at birth shows that there are approximately 20 such babies diagnosed each year. This is not the number of babies actually born with FAS: it is widely recognised that many cases of FAS are only diagnosed later in childhood, and hence will not be identified through the national HES database, or may remain undiagnosed as children with learning or behavioural difficulty of unknown cause.
Health Services: Armed Forces
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many armed forces veterans have received priority NHS care in each of the last 10 years. [283662]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Priority access to national health service secondary care for any conditions which are likely to be related to their service (subject to the clinical needs of all patients) previously available only to war pensioners, was extended to all veterans (someone who has served at least one day in the United Kingdom armed forces) from 1 January 2008. Data on numbers of veterans receiving priority treatment are not collected centrally.
In Vitro Fertilisation
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the number of primary care trusts which have implemented National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations on provision of both single embryo transfer and three cycles of in vitro fertilisation/intracytoplasmic sperm injection. [283984]
Gillian Merron: A recent survey on the number of cycles of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) offered by primary care trusts was published on the Department's website in June 2009 and can be found at:
The references to IVF also include intracytoplasmic sperm injection. We do not collect information centrally on the local implementation of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's policy of licensed fertility clinics increasing single embryo transfer in order to reduce the incidence of multiple births following IVF.
Incontinence
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to revise his Department's guidance on good practice in continence services issued in 2000. [283982]
Intensive Care
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many episodes of level (a) 3 and (b) 2 critical care there were in each NHS trust in England in 2008. [284192]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: This information is not available centrally. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 343W.
NHS: Waiting Lists
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for an NHS operation was in (a) the East of England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years. [282857]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Data is not available in the format requested.
Data is provided by the strategic health authority (SHA) and by their preceding organisations. national health service organisations have changed structure over time. For the periods requested, the best possible fit of organisation(s) has been used to reflect the median in patient waiting time in each of the three areas for 1997 and 2005-09.
| March 1997 | March 2005 | March 2006 | March 2007 | March 2008 | March 2009 | May 2009 | ||
| March 1997 | March 2005 | March 2006 | March 2007 | March 2008 | March 2009 | May 2009 | ||
| March 1997 | March 2005 | March 2006 | March 2007 | March 2008 | March 2009 | May 2009 | ||
| Notes: In April 2006-07 weekly timebands were introduced which replaced the monthly timebands. In April 2005-06 monthly timebands were introduced replacing the three monthly timebands. Source: QF01 and Monthly Monitoring | ||||||||
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