Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects work to start on developing a future curriculum for pharmacists so that an improvement in the level of dermatology education can be included; and if he will make a statement. [287877]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
In the White Paper, "Pharmacy in England: Building on strengths-delivering the future" (Cm7341), we set out plans to ensure that the pharmacy undergraduate degree course and pre-registration training provides pharmacists with clinical competencies to deliver the services of the future. Since February 2009, we have been working with the Modernising Pharmacy Careers Programme Board to develop a new model for undergraduate and pre-registration training and proposals for improving pharmacist postgraduate training, including where this supports better patient access to more specialist services. The Board, led by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, brings together wide-ranging pharmacy expertise and experience from schools of pharmacy, professional regulation, hospital and community pharmacy, research and the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry.
Dermatology: Training
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he require dermatology to be a mandatory part of medical student and GP training. [287876]
Ann Keen:
The content of curriculum and quality and standard of training for medical students and general practitioners is not the responsibility of the Department but the responsibility of the appropriate professional regulatory body.
However, the Department is committed to working with the professional regulatory bodies, Royal colleges and others to promote high standards of education and training to ensure that students and doctors are equipped with the up-to-date knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.
Diabetes: Health Services
Anne Milton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated for a diabetic ulcer in each of the last five years. [287376]
Ann Keen:
The information requested is not collected in the requested format. Preventing the long-term complications of diabetes, including diabetic foot ulcers, is a key part of the Diabetes National Service Framework. This is supplemented by guidance from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence on the prevention and management of foot problems in people with diabetes. This recommends that people with diabetes should have their feet examined by trained personnel as part of the annual review process. We continue to work with NHS Diabetes to support the national health service in the 20 July 2009 : Column 971W
provision and delivery of diabetes services. In June 2009, Diabetes UK in partnership with NHS Diabetes published Putting Feet First, which is guidance to support the management and prevention of diabetic foot disease in hospitals. A copy has already been placed in the Library.
Diamorphine
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the stock of diamorphine for the treatment of patients with serious or terminal conditions. [287775]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Torbay (Mr. Sanders) on 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 225W.
Drugs: Counterfeit Manufacturing
Mark Simmonds:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the merits of the European Commission's proposals on an amendment to Council Directive 2001/83/EC in relation to the prevention of the counterfeiting of medicinal products. [287812]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The Government strongly support the overall aims of these proposals to strengthen the medicines supply chain from the growing threat from counterfeit medicines. In drawing up their position for the European Union negotiations, the Government have consulted widely on the European Commission's proposals and continue to discuss the implications of the detailed provisions with the relevant sectors of the pharmaceutical industry and other stakeholders.
Epilepsy: Medical Treatments
Sir Paul Beresford:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts have implemented the clinical guidelines for the treatment of epilepsy set out by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in 2004. [288309]
Ann Keen:
Information on the number of national health service trusts acting on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance for the treatment of epilepsy is not collected.
I will shortly be writing to all the strategic health authority long-term condition leads drawing their attention to the importance of implementing the NICE guidance on epilepsy.
Fujitsu
Mr. Stephen O'Brien:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1199-1200W, for what reason each breach of contract notice to Fujitsu under the Local Service Provider contract was issued; [286966]
(2) with reference to the answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1199-1200W, on NHS: information and communication technology, what definition of the term contractor event of default he uses; to which 20 July 2009 : Column 972W
suppliers and on what dates, each contractor event of default was issued; and for what reason each such notice was issued. [286967]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 171-73W.
"Contractor event of default" is defined in Local Service Provider contracts, and covers a wide range of possible circumstances in which the supplier may fail or cease to be compliant with the supplier's obligations or duties as described in the contract. These include failure to achieve key milestones, level or quality of service failures, breach of confidentiality, loss of patient data, or insolvency.
Health Professions: Training
Anne Milton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) nurse return to practice course places and (b) health visitor return to practice course places were available in each of the last 10 years; [287890]
(2) how many applications for places on (a) nurse return to practice courses and (b) health visitor return to practice courses were received in each of the last 10 years. [287891]
Ann Keen:
This information is not collected centrally.
Health Services: Buildings
Mark Pritchard:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the use of portable buildings for provision of medical and clinical services in acute hospitals. [287027]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The Department does not produce policies on the use of portable buildings.
National health service organisations are locally responsible for the provision of facilities including temporary buildings. All clinical, cleanliness, safety and quality, requirements that apply to permanent buildings will also apply to temporary ones.
Health Services: Oxfordshire
Tony Baldry:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Draft Legislative Programme 2009, Cm 7654, page 70, who in Oxfordshire will have responsibility for ensuring (a) that patients receive (i) hospital treatment within 18 months and (ii) access to a cancer specialist within two weeks and (b) that people between the ages of 40 and 74 years of age receive free NHS health checks. [284937]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
Proposals will be brought forward in the autumn.
Health Services: Prisoners
Anne Milton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisoners received treatment for self- harm in each of the last five years. [287373]
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Phil Hope:
The number of prisoners who have received treatment for self harm in each of the last five years is not collected centrally by the Department.
Anne Milton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisoners received treatment for (a) drug misuse and (b) alcohol misuse in each of the last five years. [287374]
Phil Hope:
The Department does not centrally collect the information on the number of prisoners who have received treatment for alcohol and drug misuse requested for each of the last five years.
However, mechanisms have been put in place as of 1 April 2009 and prisons are now collecting baseline data on the number of drug users in effective treatment. This will enable the Department to collect comparable data for the treatment of drug misuse from April 2010.
Health Visitors: Manpower
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent health visitors were employed per 1,000 of the population in each primary care trust area in England in each year since 2002. [286612]
Ann Keen:
Figures are not collected per 1,000 population. However, the following table outlines the number per 10,000.
It is for individual primary care trusts (PCTs) to determine how to use its funding to commission services to meet the health needs of their local populations. However, to support the Child Health Strategy and the Lord Laming recommendations on safeguarding, an 'Action on Health Visiting' programme was agreed at a joint Department of Health/Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association (CPHVA) summit on 5 May 2009.
This will be taken forward in partnership with the CPHVA and other stakeholders. Action will be prioritised to increase workforce capacity and capability and to clarify the contribution of health visitors to the Healthy Child Programme, to working with vulnerable children and families and to safeguarding.
NHS hospital and community health services: Health visitors in En gland per 10,000 population by strategic health authority (SHA) area and by p rimar y care t rust (PCT) area as at 30 September each specified year
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
England
2.01
2.03
1.96
1.86
1.78
1.72
North East strategic health authority area
2.50
2.50
2.43
2.28
2.25
2.03
County Durham PCT
5ND
2.38
2.69
2.37
2.23
2.17
0.18
Darlington PCT
5J9
2.29
2.32
2.03
2.02
2.13
13.94
Gateshead PCT
5KF
2.11
2.06
2.11
2.23
2.07
1.91
Hartlepool PCT
5D9
2.81
3.15
3.44
1.62
1.43
1.28
Middlesbrough PCT
5KM
3.77
4.11
3.63
3.36
1.28
0.00
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Newcastle PCT
5D7
2.46
2.47
2.47
2.25
2.56
2.37
North Tees PCT
5E1
2.27
2.22
2.07
2.10
1.96
1.75
North Tyneside PCT
5D8
2.36
2.14
1.87
1.70
2.59
2.29
Northumberland Care Trust
TAC
2.60
2.69
2.56
2.54
2.67
1.22
Redcar and Cleveland PCT
5QR
1.63
1.74
1.94
1.92
1.95
3.27
South Tyneside PCT
5KG
2.49
2.29
2.57
2.42
2.57
2.65
Sunderland Teaching PCT
5KL
2.57
2.19
2.50
2.45
2.41
2.04
North West strategic health authority area
2.33
2.43
2.40
2.36
2.20
2.15
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT
5HG
2.67
2.46
2.65
2.79
2.69
2.73
Blackburn with Darwen PCT
5CC
3.90
3.71
3.35
3.13
3.11
3.43
Blackpool PCT
5HP
2.88
3.03
3.20
3.14
3.37
3.81
Bolton PCT
5HQ
2.41
2.42
2.38
2.38
2.56
2.44
Bury PCT
5JX
1.98
2.01
2.04
2.34
2.19
2.47
Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT
5NP
1.91
1.86
1.78
1.70
1.51
1.51
Central Lancashire PCT
5NG
2.44
2.61
2.56
2.55
2.12
1.88
Cumbria PCT
5NE
2.05
2.59
2.35
2.29
1.76
1.75
East Lancashire PCT
5NH
2.75
2.74
2.65
2.47
2.30
2.12
Halton and St. Helens PCT
5NM
1.87
1.96
1.96
1.71
1.66
1.92
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT
5NQ
2.71
2.49
2.51
2.50
2.63
3.09
Knowsley PCT
5J4
3.26
3.23
3.65
3.78
3.87
3.04
Liverpool PCT
5NL
2.36
2.28
2.31
1.96
2.14
2.02
Manchester PCT
5NT
2.23
2.16
2.40
2.55
2.56
2.23
North Lancashire PCT
5NF
1.51
1.53
1.41
1.47
1.50
2.19
Oldham PCT
5J5
1.51
2.74
2.62
2.36
2.27
1.87
Salford PCT
5F5
2.75
2.60
2.63
2.45
2.12
1.49
Sefton PCT
5NJ
1.82
1.92
2.04
1.94
1.91
1.66
Stockport PCT
5F7
3.35
3.96
3.72
4.04
2.17
1.95
Tameside and Glossop PCT
5LH
2.45
2.35
2.08
2.49
2.35
2.13
Trafford PCT
5NR
2.37
2.61
2.27
2.20
2.08
1.86
Warrington PCT
5J2
2.06
1.80
1.87
1.84
1.75
1.96
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West Cheshire PCT
5NN
1.87
1.98
1.90
1.74
2.00
2.09
Wirral PCT
5NK
1.80
2.10
2.21
2.05
2.15
2.11
Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority areas
5JE
2.26
2.25
2.19
2.10
1.99
1.90
Barnsley PCT
5NY
2.43
2.44
2.36
2.19
1.97
2.17
Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT
2.71
2.55
2.43
2.61
2.48
2.39
Calderdale PCT
5J6
2.36
2.41
2.63
2.73
2.43
2.41
Doncaster PCT
5N5
2.42
2.54
2.65
2.44
2.54
2.58
East Riding of Yorkshire PCT
5NW
1.84
1.82
1.75
1.73
1.68
1.57
Hull Teaching PCT
5NX
2.53
2.75
2.71
2.63
2.55
2.34
Kirklees PCT
5N2
2.33
2.10
1.98
1.93
1.61
1.63
Leeds PCT
5N1
1.95
2.09
2.07
1.82
1.74
1.67
North East Lincolnshire Care Trust
TAN
2.37
2.34
2.13
2.23
2.23
2.21
North Lincolnshire PCT
5EF
1.96
2.26
2.04
2.32
2.36
1.91
North Yorkshire and York PCT
5NV
2.16
2.06
1.99
1.71
1.57
1.32
Rotherham PCT
5H8
2.40
2.24
2.34
2.16
2.14
1.98
Sheffield PCT
5N4
2.13
2.01
1.95
1.87
1.75
1.70
Wakefield District PCT
5N3
2.39
2.30
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.24
East Midlands strategic health authority area
1.78
1.80
1.75
1.75
1.65
1.58
Bassetlaw PCT
5ET
1.38
1.20
1.04
1.17
1.46
1.38
Derby City PCT
5N7
2.54
2.31
1.95
1.84
1.92
1.97
Derbyshire County PCT
5N6
1.87
1.93
1.98
1.89
1.93
1.86
Leicester City Teaching PCT
5PC
1.89
2.28
2.64
2.34
2.38
1.94
Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT
5PA
1.21
1.30
1.21
1.20
1.13
1.09
Lincolnshire Teaching PCT
5N9
1.71
1.69
1.60
1.57
1.55
1.62
Northamptonshire Teaching PCT
5PD
1.75
1.69
1.69
1.65
1.61
1.41
Nottingham City PCT
5EM
2.62
2.53
2.36
2.34
2.19
2.38
Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT
5N8
1.69
1.73
1.57
1.91
1.38
1.25
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West Midlands strategic health authority area
2.05
2.05
1.83
1.73
1.85
1.82
Birmingham East and North PCT
5PG
1.95
1.73
1.58
1.48
1.92
1.70
Coventry Teaching PCT
5MD
1.72
1.57
1.51
1.41
1.22
1.15
Dudley PCT
5PE
1.68
1.76
1.76
1.54
1.64
1.91
Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
5MX
1.46
1.28
1.26
1.34
2.66
2.46
Herefordshire PCT
5CN
1.94
1.91
1.23
1.27
1.42
1.09
North Staffordshire PCT
5PH
2.25
2.26
1.88
1.95
1.84
1.78
Sandwell PCT
5PF
2.13
2.47
2.46
2.15
2.24
2.22
Shropshire County PCT
5M2
2.06
2.10
2.02
1.79
1.61
1.47
Solihull Care Trust
TAM
2.10
2.44
2.21
2.32
2.43
2.12
South Birmingham PCT
5M1
1.73
1.63
1.60
1.80
1.58
1.75
South Staffordshire PCT
5PK
1.98
2.11
1.99
1.96
1.76
1.73
Stoke on Trent Teaching PCT
5PJ
3.77
3.06
2.65
2.40
2.31
2.69
Telford and Wrekin PCT
5MK
2.70
2.63
2.43
2.26
1.94
2.09
Walsall Teaching PCT
5M3
1.74
1.90
1.83
1.66
1.85
1.88
Warwickshire PCT
5PM
1.63
1.64
1.56
1.51
1.50
1.44
Wolverhampton City PCT
5MV
2.10
2.34
0.60
0.30
2.03
2.04
Worcestershire PCT
5PL
2.12
2.07
2.13
2.04
1.96
1.87
East of England strategic health authority area
1.64
1.75
1.73
1.64
1.51
1.47
Bedfordshire PCT
5P2
1.78
1.87
1.85
1.74
1.63
1.67
Cambridgeshire PCT
5PP
1.12
1.41
1.28
1.14
1.03
0.75
East and North Hertfordshire PCT
5P3
1.55
1.60
1.78
1.63
1.42
1.52
Great Yarmouth and Waveny Teaching PCT
5PR
1.79
2.18
1.98
2.14
1.83
1.65
Luton PCT
5GC
2.67
2.75
2.56
2.28
1.54
1.89
Mid Essex PCT5PX
5PX
1.29
1.41
1.43
1.36
1.26
1.18
Norfolk PCT
5PQ
1.39
1.52
1.76
1.53
1.44
1.41
North East Essex PCT
5PW
1.32
1.27
1.36
1.41
1.22
1.14
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Peterborough PCT
5PN
2.26
2.69
2.17
2.49
2.50
2.17
South East Essex PCT
5P1
1.85
1.89
1.97
1.97
1.91
1.65
South West Essex Teaching PCT
5PY
1.77
1.86
1.75
1.87
1.88
1.92
Suffolk PCT
5PT
1.62
1.69
1.49
1.48
1.21
1.44
West Essex PCT
5PV
1.51
1.59
1.65
1.60
1.38
1.44
West Hertfordshire PCT
5P4
1.84
1.84
1.79
1.47
1.67
1.50
London strategic health authority area
2.01
1.99
1.93
1.88
1.78
1.73
Barking and Dagenham PCT
5C2
2.20
2.17
2.04
1.99
1.82
1.26
Barnet PCT
5A9
1.66
1.47
1.43
0.96
0.69
0.75
Bexley Care Trust
TAK
1.93
1.85
1.84
1.87
1.78
1.96
Brent Teaching PCT
5K5
0.07
2.14
2.30
1.94
1.60
1.36
Bromley PCT
5A7
2.03
2.21
2.14
2.09
1.97
1.91
Camden PCT
5K7
1.16
1.48
1.17
1.22
0.97
1.19
City and Hackney PCT
5C3
1.87
1.62
1.56
1.90
1.86
2.17
Croydon PCT
5K9
1.71
1.72
1.76
1.74
1.69
1.63
Ealing PCT
5HX
2.11
1.90
1.99
1.94
1.86
1.82
Enfield PCT
5C1
1.67
1.57
1.56
1.48
1.45
1.36
Greenwich Teaching PCT
5A8
2.70
2.40
2.15
2.79
2.22
2.03
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
5H1
2.94
3.04
3.13
3.09
2.82
3.21
Haringey Teaching PCT
5C9
2.25
1.88
1.88
1.46
1.70
0.21
Harrow PCT
5K6
1.73
1.69
1.68
1.14
1.47
1.43
Havering PCT
5A4
3.20
1.54
1.65
1.54
1.45
1.31
Hillingdon PCT
5AT
1.59
1.74
1.98
1.70
1.59
1.59
Hounslow PCT
5HY
1.69
1.63
1.28
1.24
1.25
1.45
Islington PCT
5K8
2.13
1.59
1.37
1.67
1.73
1.48
Kensington and Chelsea PCT
5LA
1.50
1.59
1.18
1.45
1.56
1.47
Kingston PCT
5A5
1.69
1.87
1.70
1.62
1.48
1.26
Lambeth PCT
5LD
2.35
2.27
2.07
1.90
1.43
1.43
Lewisham PCT
5LF
3.77
3.78
2.78
3.06
2.65
2.64
Newham PCT
5C5
1.88
1.46
1.61
1.63
1.68
1.36
Redbridge PCT
5NA
1.29
1.04
0.92
1.23
1.28
1.48
Richmond and Twickenham PCT
5M6
1.90
1.97
1.92
1.85
1.93
1.64
Southwark PCT
5LE
3.07
2.94
2.76
2.96
2.71
3.20
Sutton and Merton PCT
5M7
2.00
2.22
2.13
2.09
2.12
1.92
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Tower Hamlets PCT
5C4
1.61
1.48
1.83
1.89
2.30
2.19
Waltham Forest PCT
5NC
1.83
2.05
1.97
1.87
1.65
1.89
Wandsworth PCT
5LG
2.41
2.32
2.59
2.11
1.87
1.68
Westminster PCT
5LC
2.03
2.60
2.52
2.47
2.48
1.97
South East Coast strategic health authority area
1.78
1.82
1.68
1.39
1.38
1.35
East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT
5P7
2.02
1.71
1.86
0.95
1.59
1.52
Eastern and Coastal Kent Teaching PCT
5QA
1.61
1.55
1.61
1.61
1.55
1.62
Hastings and Rother PCT
5P8
1.76
1.76
1.82
1.79
1.85
1.85
Medway PCT
5L3
2.08
2.43
2.29
2.15
2.10
1.84
Surrey PCT
5P5
1.57
1.59
1.48
1.31
1.22
1.11
West Kent PCT
5P9
1.81
1.76
1.56
0.54
0.59
1.06
West Sussex Teaching PCT
5P6
1.50
1.89
1.47
1.58
1.37
1.08
South Central strategic health authority area
2.05
1.86
1.82
1.67
1.57
1.40
Berkshire East Teaching PCT
5QG
1.92
1.76
1.77
1.73
1.72
1.44
Berkshire West PCT
5QF
1.83
1.84
1.84
1.79
1.70
1.48
Buckinghamshire PCT
5QD
2.60
2.36
2.07
1.54
1.64
1.59
Hampshire PCT
5QC
1.86
1.56
1.49
1.32
1.25
1.03
Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT
5QT
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.97
0.93
1.12
Milton Keynes PCT
5CQ
2.63
2.07
2.34
2.43
2.32
2.14
Oxfordshire PCT
5QE
2.21
2.15
2.13
1.94
1.79
1.79
Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
5FE
1.79
1.91
1.76
1.88
1.81
1.57
Southampton City PCT
5L1
2.08
2.61
2.27
2.36
1.47
1.10
South West strategic health authority area
1.81
1.89
1.84
1.69
1.64
1.61
Bath and North East Somerset PCT
5FL
2.00
2.15
1.97
1.89
1.87
1.71
Bournemouth and Poole PCT
5QN
1.27
1.77
2.05
2.00
1.77
1.90
Bristol Teaching PCT
5QJ
1.76
2.81
2.53
2.45
2.16
2.22
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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT
5QP
1.78
1.72
1.77
1.76
1.66
1.67
Devon PCT
5QQ
1.51
1.45
1.42
1.49
1.30
1.19
Dorset PCT
5QM
2.47
1.75
1.91
1.68
1.59
1.57
Gloucestershire PCT
5QH
2.07
2.12
1.93
1.09
1.70
1.73
North Somerset PCT
5M8
1.34
1.48
1.62
1.49
1.40
1.51
Plymouth Teaching PCT
5F1
2.65
2.45
2.31
2.08
1.91
1.85
Somerset PCT
5QL
0.87
1.55
1.84
1.81
1.60
1.41
South Gloucestershire PCT
5A3
2.46
2.32
1.42
1.29
1.48
1.49
Swindon PCT
5K3
2.17
1.95
1.66
1.90
1.87
1.48
Torbay Care Trust
TAL
1.80
0.00
1.76
1.69
1.50
1.60
Wiltshire PCT
5QK
1.78
1.62
1.63
1.48
1.44
1.45
Notes:
1. Figures are based on full-time equivalent health visitor figures.
2. PCT figures have been mapped to the current organisational structure.
3. 2008 population figures are not yet available. Figures have been calculated using workforce figures and population estimates from the previous year, so 2008 figures are calculated using 2008 census figures and 2007 population estimates.
4. A small number of health visitors are employed by NHS trusts for which population figures are not available. These staff are included in SHA area and England totals.
5. Figures are at one decimal place per 1,000 and two decimal places per 10,000. Sources:
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce census. PCO Mid-Year Final Population Estimates, 2001 Population Census Based. ONS Population Estimates.
