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Influenza: Health Services

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many primary care trusts had designated influenza treatment distribution centres on 1 July 2009; [284985]

(2) what his most recent assessment is of the preparedness of primary care trusts for an influenza pandemic. [285001]

Gillian Merron: Data on the number of primary care trusts (PCTs) who have set up antiviral collection points are not collected centrally.

The Department has been working closely with PCTs across the country to ensure their plans are robust, and so far the response from PCTs, particularly in areas of sustained transmission, has been very good in challenging circumstances.

Kidney Patients: Bexley

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the London Borough of Bexley are receiving kidney dialysis treatment. [285734]

Ann Keen: This information is not held centrally. Information on the prevalence of people on dialysis is collected by the UK Renal Registry.

Mental Health Services: Finance

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust spent per capita on mental health services in each year since 2004-05; what proportion of the Trust's expenditure such spending represented in each such year; and where the Trust was placed in national rankings relating to primary care trust expenditure on mental health services in each such year. [285713]

Ann Keen: The information is shown in the following table:


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North Yorkshire and York primary care trust (PCT)-Expenditure on mental health disorders (estimated from programme budgeting data)
Financial year Estimated spend on mental health disorders (£/capita) Expenditure on mental health disorders as a percentage of total expenditure PCT ranking for mental health disorders by expenditure per capita

2004-05

123.41

10

117

2005-06

140.44

10

107

2006-07

138.64

10

122

Notes:
1. Data are best estimate of expenditure on own population.
2. Continual refinements made to the calculation methodology and to underlying data sources which makes like-for-like comparisons between years difficult.
3. Expenditure across all sectors is included.
4. Disease specific expenditure will not include expenditure on prevention, or GP expenditure, but will include prescribing expenditure.
5. Source of data are PCT financial programme budgeting returns.
6. 2007-08 Programme Data has not yet been published.
7. The population values used to calculate expenditure per capita are those used for PCT resource allocations, and have been weighted for age, sex and need.
8. Total expenditure is total expenditure on own population.
Source:
Programme Budgeting Data.

Methadone

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of people prescribed methadone were aged under 30 in each year since 1997; [285216]

(2) how many people have been prescribed methadone for more than three years in each year since 1997. [285218]

Gillian Merron: This information is not collected centrally.

Necrotizing Fasciitis

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of necrotizing fasciitis were recorded in each of the last five years. [285444]

Gillian Merron: These data are not collected centrally, but available information suggests cases of necrotising fasciitis are uncommon. Further information can be found at:

NHS Litigation Authority

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the monetary value was of the tax levied on claimant costs in cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in each of the last five years. [286088]

Ann Keen: This answer can be provided only at disproportionate cost, as it would involve the NHS Litigation Authority working through each and every claim within the five-year period.

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the largest (a) absolute and (b) reduction in claimant costs consequent on the levying of tax in cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed was in each of the last five years; and what the names of the solicitors were in each case. [286089]

Ann Keen: This answer can be provided only at disproportionate cost, as it would involve the NHS Litigation Authority working through each and every claim received within the five-year period.

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed involving claimant costs of over £50,000 contested those costs in each of the last five years; in how many such cases those costs were reduced in each such year; and what the total monetary value was of such reductions. [286090]

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases involving claimant costs of over £50,000 the NHS Litigation Authority contested in the last 12 months; in how many of those cases costs were reduced following contest by the authority; and what the combined monetary value of such reductions was. [286275]

Ann Keen: While the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) contests the value of claimant costs on the vast majority of claims, to provide this answer would be at disproportionate cost as it would involve the NHSLA working through each and every claim within the five-year period where claimant costs were settled above £50,000.

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed claimant costs exceeded the amount of compensation awarded in each of the last five years. [286092]

Ann Keen: The information requested was supplied by the NHS Litigation Authority in the following table.

Number of claims closed where claimant costs exceeded damages Total number of claims closed

2004-05

2,384

11,250

2005-06

2,330

9,369

2006-07

2,555

9,879

2007-08

3,438

10,611

2008-09

3,380

10,006

Total

14,087

51,115


Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority claimant costs have exceeded the compensation awarded in the latest period for which figures are available. [286277]


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Ann Keen: In 2008-09, the NHS Litigation Authority closed 10,006 claims. Of those claims, 3,380 were closed with claimant costs exceeding the compensation awarded.

NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which recruitment agencies are approved by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency to supply the NHS with medical staff. [286378]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The following recruitment agencies have been awarded a place on the current NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency national framework agreement for the supply of medical locums:


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Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria a recruitment agency must meet in order to be approved by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency to supply the NHS with medical staff; and if he will make a statement. [286438]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: All recruitment agencies must meet the following criteria in order to enter the tendering process to supply the national health service with medical locums:

NHS: ICT

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many NHS trusts the National Programme for IT is fully operational. [285830]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The National Programme for Information Technology (IT) is a long-term programme which presents an unprecedented opportunity to use IT to reform the way the national health service in England uses information, and to improve health services and patient care. As reported by the National Audit Office in May 2008, elements of the programme are already fully deployed across the NHS, some ahead of schedule. The NHS could not now function without the systems and services the programme has delivered.

In line with best practice, the new IT services are being implemented incrementally across the NHS throughout the duration of the programme, with increasingly richer functionality being provided in successive software releases. For example, it is likely to be 2014-15 before all trusts have fully deployed systems to support the NHS care records service, though some should receive final releases of the software much sooner.

National programme-delivered systems and services will continue to require upgrading over time in the light of new technology and the evolving requirements of the NHS.


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