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Hearing Impaired: Sight Impaired
David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many communicator-guides there were (a) in 1997 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available; [284215]
(2) how many deafblind people there were in England (a) in 1997 and (b) at the most recent date for which figures are available. [284216]
Phil Hope: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care does not collect information centrally about the numbers of communicator guides.
In 2001 guidance was issued to councils regarding the recording of deafblind registration. Where a person had a number of additional disabilities including deaf or hard of hearing, councils were advised to count these under the category of deaf and hard of hearing. Therefore in 1997, there may have been some people with multiple disabilities who may have been categorised as having a mental illness, learning or physical disabilities rather than in the categories “deaf” or “hard of hearing”.
Registration of blindness is voluntary and so the registers cannot be thought of as providing a definitive number of blind and partially sighted people. In addition, issuing of guidance such as that mentioned above may impact on the numbers and therefore, figures for 2003 (first collection after the guidance was issued) have also been provided in the following tables.
The following tables show the total number of people in England registered as blind or partially sighted who also have an additional hearing related disability.
| Number of people registered “blind” who also have a hearing impairment, as at 31 March 1997, 2003 and 2008, England( 1) | ||||
| Rounded numbers with additional disability of | ||||
| O f which : | ||||
| Deaf | with speech | without speech | Hard of hearing | |
| (1) Estimates have not been made where a council has not been able to provide the information separately for those with an additional disability, therefore the table contains the total only from those councils from which returns were received. (2) Data not available. Notes: 1. Figures for 1997 are based on actual returns received from 85 councils out of 119. Figures for 2003 are based on actual returns received from 131 councils out of 150. Figures for 2008 are based on actual returns received from 149 councils out of 150. 2. Data rounded to the nearest 5. Source: SSDA 902 | ||||
Hospital Beds
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many level (a) three, (b) two and (c) one care beds there were in hospitals for (i) adults, (ii) children and (iii) neo-natal patients in England in each year since 1997; [283926]
(2) how many hospitals in England have established (a) adult, (b) child and (c) neo-natal intensive care units in each year since 1997; [283927]
(3) what his most recent estimate is of the number of critical care beds provided by NHS trusts in England. [284276]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information is not held centrally regarding the opening or closing of units or of intensive care units (ICUs) that merge with high dependency units (HDUs) to form combined units.
This is a matter for local determination in the light of changing service patterns, elective and emergency case mix and anticipated activity.
The number of ICU level 3 beds for adults, children and neonates from 1997 and HDU level 2 for adults beds since 1999 is shown in tables which have been placed in the Library. Data on level 1 beds, and data on level 2 beds for children and neonates are not collected centrally.
Hospital Wards
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general and (b) specialist wards were in use according to data from Estates Return Information collection returns for each NHS organisation in each reporting year since 1997, specifying the organisation code in each case. [284016]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the precise format requested.
Since 2002-03, the Department has collected annual data from national health service trusts on the average total number of general and specialist wards in use over the reporting year, through the Estates Returns Information Collection. The available data for each year since 2002-03 have been placed in the Library.
The information provided has been supplied by the NHS and had not been amended centrally. The accuracy and completeness of the information is the responsibility of the provider organisation.
Intensive Care: Manpower
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) consultants in intensive care medicine and (b) specialist intensive care nurses were working in the NHS in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. [284198]
Ann Keen: Neither intensive care unit (ICU) nurses or ICU consultants are separately identified within the NHS Workforce Census and therefore this information is not collected centrally.
Kidneys: Injuries
Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will establish a code of practice on the identification and auditing of the incidence and outcomes associated with acute kidney injury. [284678]
Ann Keen: We have received the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report. The National Clinical Director for Kidney Care, Dr. Donal O'Donoghue, is working with stakeholders to develop an action plan for acute kidney injury.
Lung Cancer
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated for lung cancer in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Leeds Metropolitan area, (c) Yorkshire and Humberside and (d) England in each year since 2001. [283966]
Ann Keen: The information requested is not available centrally.
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what further steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of treatment to those who have been diagnosed with or treated for lung cancer; and if he will make a statement; [283967]
(2) what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of support provided to those affected by lung cancer; and if he will make a statement. [283968]
Ann Keen: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on the use of erlotinib for the treatment of lung cancer. NICE is also currently preparing guidance on the use of pemetrexed, topotecan and vandetanib for the treatment of lung cancer as well as further guidance on the use of erlotinib.
In 2005, NICE issued clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, which addressed supportive and palliative care for lung cancer patients. An updated version of the guidelines is due to be published in 2011. These guidelines complement the guidance on Improving Outcomes in Lung Cancer, published in 1998, which has since been fully implemented across the national health service.
Alongside NICE’S work programme on lung cancer, the Department will shortly be reconvening the Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Advisory Group (LCAMAG) to further advise the National Cancer Director, Professor
Mike Richards, and the department on the development and delivery of high quality services for lung cancer patients in England.
In addition, the National Lung Cancer Audit, part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcome Programme, helps clinicians improve the quality and outcomes of lung cancer services. It provides comparative data about the incidence, nature and treatment of lung cancer, with the aim of improving patient care and outcomes.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated for lung cancer in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hemel Hempstead, (d) the South East of England and (e) England in each year since 2001. [284558]
Ann Keen: The information requested is not available centrally.
Medical Treatments: Radioactive Materials
Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to secure an adequate supply of medical isotopes. [282473]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The radioisotope supply shortage is a worldwide problem. There are only five reactors worldwide, none of which are located within the United Kingdom, that produce molybdenum-99. Molybdenum-99 is the base material used by UK sites to produce technetium-99m which in turn is used for most nuclear medicine imaging procedures.
The Department is working with key stakeholders such as the Health Protection Agency (HPA), British Nuclear Medicine Society and national health service hospitals to find short and long-term solutions to the shortage. The NHS is embracing the adaptations needed to continue to provide patient care including, maximising activity to fit in with the supply of radioisotopes and undertaking alternative procedures where possible.
In addition, the Department is taking a number of proactive steps in securing adequate supply of medical isotopes both in the short and long-term.
The Department is communicating with the three suppliers of molybdenum-99 and technetium-99m to the UK market to ensure that we maximise patient access during this time of limited supply.
Through its work with the HPA, the Department has asked the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee to provide the Department with advice on sustainable service delivery models for nuclear medicine examinations using different isotopes and scanning systems and provide advice on the future requirements for technetium-99m imaging to inform discussions on the longer term supply options.
Mental Health: Young Offenders
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19-year-olds in each young offenders institution have been diagnosed with mental health problems as a result of their detention. [282918]
Phil Hope: This information is not collected by the Department, or central Government.
Mentally Incapacitated: Community Treatment
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1228W, on the mentally incapacitated: community treatment, how many second opinions for treatment under supervised community treatment have been (a) requested and (b) provided under the Mental Health Act 1983 since 1 April 2009. [284223]
Phil Hope: The Care Quality Commission received 1,195 second opinion requests in the period 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009 for patients subject to supervised community treatment, 64 of which have subsequently been withdrawn. As of 1 July 2009, 242 of the second opinion requests received in that period were recorded as having had all action completed.
As of 1 July 2009, 527 second opinion visits for patients subject to supervised community treatment were recorded as having all action completed in the period 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009. Some of those 527 visits will relate to second opinion requests received prior to 1 April 2009.
As of 1 July 2009, the overall number of second opinion requests received for patients subject to supervised community treatment for the period 3 November 2008 to 30 June 2009 was 2,868, 267 of which were subsequently withdrawn. Of the second opinion requests received in that period, 1,393 were recorded as having had all action completed.
Information on the number of second opinions given but not yet recorded as completed is not available. The figures will change as further information is received.
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects information to be available on the number of community treatment orders (CTOs) that have been (a) issued and (b) revoked under the Mental Health Act 1993; and how many patients have been (i) recalled to hospital while on a CTO and (ii) discharged from a CTO in the latest period for which figures are available. [284224]
Phil Hope: Information on these subjects is being collected in England by the NHS Information Centre by means of the mental health minimum dataset and central statistical return KP90 (admissions, changes in status and detentions under the Mental Health Act). It is expected that information for the year 2008-09 will be published in November 2009.
NHS: Accountancy
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 109W, on NHS: accountancy, what progress has been made in establishing the likely effects on the revenue of NHS organisations of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards from April 2009. [283906]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
National health service organisations have prepared their 2009-10 financial plans on an International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) basis. The Department has established that the main effects on the revenue of NHS organisations arising
from the adoption of IFRS relates to the accounting for private finance initiative and accounting for local improvement finance trust schemes and the accounting treatment of lease arrangements.
We are currently considering the Treasury Consolidated Budgeting Guidance published in June 2009, which deals with aspects of IFRS accounting, to determine how it should be applied to NHS organisations. We are also in discussion with the Audit Commission around the likely affect on the revenue of NHS organisations.
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