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Health

Augmented Care Period Dataset

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what categories of data his Department collects to maintain the augmented care period dataset. [284199]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The augmented care dataset is no longer collected. It was replaced on 1 April 2006 by the Critical Care Minimum Dataset. The categories of data collected through the Critical Care Minimum Dataset are as follows:

Critical Care Local Identifier;

Critical Care Start Date;

Critical Care Unit Function;

Advanced Respiratory Support Days;

Basic respiratory Support Days;

Advanced Cardiovascular Support Days;

Basic Cardiovascular Support Days;

Renal Support Days;

Neurological Support Days;

Dermatological Support Days;

Liver Support Days;

Critical Care Level 3 Days;

Critical Care Level 2 Days; and

Critical Care Discharge Date.

Validated information for these categories is not available and the NHS Information Centre is conducting an audit process to ensure that reliable information is available for future years.

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Blood Transfusions: Ireland

Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 656, what the evidential basis was for the Minister of State's statement that the Irish Blood Transfusion Service was at fault. [283738]

Gillian Merron: There were two judicial inquiries in Ireland relating to contaminated blood and blood products which found that “wrongful acts were committed” by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

Between 1977 and 1994, a large number of women in the Irish Republic were infected with Hepatitis C from contaminated Anti-D immunoglobulin produced by the Irish national blood transfusion service. An expert group set up by the Irish Government found the blood service to have been at fault, and the same conclusion was reached by a later judicial inquiry chaired by the Honourable Mr. Justice T. A. Finlay. The “Report of the Finlay Tribunal of Inquiry into the Blood Transfusion Service Board” was published on 6 March 1997.

On 2 June 1999, both Houses of the Oireachtas passed a Resolution that a further Tribunal of Inquiry should be established to examine and report on certain matters of urgent public importance relating to the infection with Hepatitis C and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) of persons with haemophilia. The “Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Infection with HIV and Hepatitis C of Persons with Haemophilia and Related Matters” was published on 5 September 2002 by Her Honour Judge Alison Lindsay.

Breast Cancer: Males

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many men in each age group were (a) diagnosed with and (b) successfully treated for breast cancer in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) Essex and (iii) England in each of the last 12 years. [283717]

Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many men in each age group were (a) diagnosed with and (b) successfully treated for breast cancer in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) Essex and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last 12 years [283717].

The latest available figures for (a) newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2006. There were 5 newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in males in (i) Southend West parliamentary constituency over the period 1995 to 2006. The number of cases of male breast cancer in all ages diagnosed in (ii) Essex county is shown in Table 1 for each of the last 12 years. Due to small numbers, further age and year breakdowns are not available for Southend West parliamentary constituency and Essex county.

The number of cases of male breast cancer in each age group diagnosed in (iii) England and Wales in each of the last 12 years is shown in Table 2.

It cannot be stated definitively whether a person has been (b) ‘successfully treated’ for breast cancer. For most cancers, but not breast, five-year survival rates are often taken to be ‘cure’ rates. Survival rates for men diagnosed with breast cancer are therefore not available.

Figures for Essex county do not include Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities.

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Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of male breast cancer( 1) : Essex county, 1995 to 2006
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Essex county	9	7	7	9	6	6	7	5	6	10	6	12
(1) Breast cancer is coded to C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Source: Office for National Statistics.

Table 2: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of male breast cancer( 1) by age group: England and Wales, 1995 to 2006
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Age group
0-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15-19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20-24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
25-29	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
30-34	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	0	3
35-39	2	0	1	1	3	2	4	1	4	4	4	3
40-44	4	3	4	3	6	3	2	4	6	8	7	6
45-49	7	11	9	5	6	9	7	10	9	9	7	11
50-54	14	12	18	22	18	16	15	15	21	10	13	14
55-59	15	21	18	19	23	21	27	19	30	24	31	28
60-64	27	17	26	29	36	26	26	34	43	32	25	36
65-69	30	31	42	48	39	27	32	34	36	39	28	33
70-74	48	40	48	42	44	27	56	47	35	36	48	51
75-79	43	41	28	38	50	52	30	46	56	47	27	42
80-84	22	22	21	38	34	23	28	27	41	43	24	40
85+	18	13	24	28	18	22	24	33	24	30	32	24
England and Wales	232	215	240	274	278	229	253	274	306	286	247	293
(1) Breast cancer is coded to C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Sources: Office for National Statistics; Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit.

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