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Liver Diseases
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients were admitted to each hospital in the East of England as a consequence of (a) alcoholic liver disease and (b) cirrhosis of the liver in each of the last 10 years; [291482]
(2) how many patients were admitted to hospital as a consequence of (a) alcoholic liver disease and (b) cirrhosis of the liver in each of the last 10 years. [291483]
Gillian Merron: Data on the number of patients admitted for alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver for the last 10 years to each hospital in the East of England are not available. However, the following tables provide the number of admissions to hospital for alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver for the last 10 years in England and for each hospital provider for the East of England strategic health authority.
When considering this data, it is important to note the following:
that data for 2008-09 is provisional;
to protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with "*" (an asterisk) and where it was possible to identify numbers from the total due to a single suppressed number in a row or column, an additional number (the next smallest) has been also been suppressed;
that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year; and
K70, the ICD-10 code for alcoholic liver disease, was used to identify admissions due to alcoholic liver disease, while K70.3, K71.7, K74.3-K74.6 and A52.7 with K77.0 were the ICD-10 codes used to identify admissions due to cirrhosis of the liver.
Table 1: Number of finished admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver for 1999-2000 to 2008-09 for each hospital provider for the East of England strategic health authority has been placed in the Library.
Maternity Services
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on NHS maternity services in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. [291713]
Phil Hope: Information is not collected in the format requested. In the following table we show information on maternity expenditure by the primary care trusts (PCT) that cover the York and North Yorkshire area. In 2006-07, the Selby and York, Hambleton and Richmond, Craven, Harrowgate and Rural District, Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCTs amalgamated to form the North Yorkshire and York PCT.
| Purchase of secondary health care-maternity services 2004-05 to 2007-08 | ||||
| £000 | ||||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
| Note: Where possible any inter PCT expenditure is eliminated to avoid double counting in the England figures. Source: Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules | ||||
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times hospitals in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England closed maternity units to expectant mothers in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. [291796]
Phil Hope: Information is not collected centrally on the number of maternity unit closures.
Patients from the Vale of York and North Yorkshire access obstetric care at the Friarage hospital, but there are also women who receive their obstetric care from the James Cook University hospital in Middlesbrough. There has been one occasion when maternity services have closed for a significant amount of time. This is the closure of the Friarage hospital between the 17 July 2009 and the 26 October 2009.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 June 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr A I Ul Haq. [290234]
Phil Hope: A reply was sent to Sir Gerald Kaufman, the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 27 July 2009.
Mental Health Services
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what systems are in place to address non-adherence to treatment or medication amongst mental health service users; and what information his Department holds on the number of mental health services where these systems are applied; [290318]
(2) how many serious untoward incidents where treatment or medication adherence was a contributing factor there have been in the last 12 months. [290319]
Phil Hope: The information requested about serious untoward incidents and treatment or medication adherence is not held centrally.
There are no national systems in place that are specific to addressing non-adherence to treatment or medication. However, non-adherence is a key issue in mental health risk assessment and as such should, where appropriate, form part of a service user's care plan. The introduction of supervised community treatment helps to ensure that service users get the right treatment at the right time and will help with adherence.
This represents a 52 per cent. decrease between the first quarter of 2006 and the first quarter of 2009.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what data his Department collects on the availability of low, medium and high secure beds in the independent sector; and if he will make a statement. [290244]
Phil Hope: There are no high secure beds in the independent sector. High secure services can only be provided under licence by the Secretary of State, and such licences can only be granted to national health service trusts approved for this purpose.
Information is not collected centrally on the availability of low and medium secure beds in the independent sector.
Mental Health Services: Hertfordshire
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated for provision of mental health services in west Hertfordshire for 2009-10. [289409]
Phil Hope: Funding is allocated to primary care trusts and they are responsible for commissioning services, including mental health services to meet the needs of the communities that they serve.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health at what locations in Hertfordshire severely mentally impaired children may be treated; and what choice parents have about the location at which treatment is provided. [289411]
Phil Hope: It is for primary care trusts to commission services in order to ensure that Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) services are available to the children and young people for which they are responsible, taking into account the needs and wishes of the patients and their carers.
The Department provided £2.5 million capital funding to enable Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to recently refurbish a facility for children and young people being treated for mental health problems, specifically designed to eliminate the inappropriate use of adult psychiatric wards by children and young people.
The East of England Strategic Health Authority has advised that on 17 September 2009 the £7 million redevelopment of Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust was officially re-opened. This newly expanded and upgraded unit will accommodate 16 young people (up to the age of 18); with several of the beds earmarked for young people with eating disorders. This extra capacity means the trust will be able to care for the most vulnerable young people who need in-patient care within the county, and in easy reach of their families.
Mental Health Services: Prisons
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to implement each of the recommendations of Lord Bradley's review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system which were accepted by his Department. [290010]
Phil Hope: Lord Bradley made 82 recommendations, many of which Lord Bradley himself recognised needed further work to ensure that all implications are considered for children, young people and adults. The Government have accepted all recommendations and the direction set out in the report and has committed to publish a cross-departmental Health and Criminal Justice Strategic Delivery Plan by the end of October 2009.
A Health and Criminal Justice National Programme Board has been fully operational since June 2009 bringing together senior officials in the key departments (Department of Health, Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Department for Children, Schools and Families). The Programme Board has been meeting monthly to pull together the national delivery plan and ensure appropriate cross-government representation and engagement as actions are being developed.
The Delivery Plan will set out our shared vision for improving health and social care services for all those in touch with the criminal justice system and the newly established Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board are working hard to ensure that all the Bradley recommendations are fully incorporated into this cross-government plan.
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners with acute, severe mental illnesses who have waited more than 14 days for transfer to an appropriate health-care setting in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [290012]
Phil Hope: National data on prison transfers for the current 12-week waiting standard are collected on a quarterly basis with transfer rates compared against a 2005-06 baseline. The data indicate a downward trend in prisoners waiting in excess of 12-weeks for transfers; since 2005-06, these numbers have reduced by 33 per cent.
| Prisoners waiting longer than 12 weeks for mental health transfer | |
| Date | Number of prisoners |
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