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29 Oct 2009 : Column 578W—continued
| Mike O'Brien | |
| Type of organisation | Number of visits 8 June 2009 - 14 October 2009 |
| Ann Keen | |
| Type of organisation | Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 14 October 2009 |
| Dawn Primarolo | |
| Type of organisation | Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 5 June 2009 |
| Gillian Merron | |
| Type of organisation | Number of visits 8 June 2009 - 14 October 2009 |
| Phil Hope | |
| Type of organisation | Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 14 October 2009 |
Eyesight: Testing
Natascha Engel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency have received free eye tests since 1999. [295946]
Ann Keen: This information is not available in the format requested.
The number of national health service sight tests is available in Table B1 of Annex C of the "General Ophthalmic Services for England and Wales: Year Ending 31 March 2009" report. However, these are the number of NHS sight tests and are not a count of individuals.
Information is provided by primary care trust (PCT) and by strategic health authority (SHA) but is not available by parliamentary constituency. Information at national and SHA level is available annually from 1996-97 to 2008-09. Information at PCT level is only available from 2003-04 onwards.
This report, published on 19 August 2009, has been placed in the Library and is also available on the website of the Information Centre for health and social care at:
General Practitioners: Birmingham
Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner surgeries in south Birmingham have offered extended opening hours in each quarter since April 2008. [296275]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information on the number of general practitioner (GP) surgeries, located in the area covered by South Birmingham primary care trust (PCT), offering extended opening hours between April 2008 and July 2009 is shown in the following table.
| GP surgeries located in the area covered by South Birmingham PCT, offering extended opening hours | |
| Number | |
This information is also available on the Department's website at:
Data since July 2009 are no longer centrally collected and can instead be obtained direct from the PCT.
Health Services: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have received treatment at York NHS walk-in centre in each year of its operation. [295232]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested in provided in the following table:
| First attendances at North Yorkshire and York and Selby and York Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) walk in centre | |||||
| Organisation name | Year | Quarters | Number of first attendances at walk-in centres | Number of follow-up attendances at walk-in centres | Total attendances at walk-in centres |
| Note: Selby and York PCT merged to form North Yorkshire and York PCT in October 2006. Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE | |||||
HIV Infection
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage general practitioner surgeries in areas with high levels of HIV/AIDS to include an HIV test in their registration health checks; and if he will make a statement. [295562]
Gillian Merron: As part of the work the Department is undertaking to reduce the level of undiagnosed HIV in the population, and to make HIV testing outside specialist centres more routine, we are funding eight pilot projects (four in London) in a variety of settings to examine the feasibility and acceptability of HIV testing. The settings chosen include general practitioner surgeries, and we will be undertaking an evaluation of the pilots to determine their wider implementation.
This work follows publication of the UK National Guidelines for HIV Testing (2008) by the British HIV Association, British Association of Sexual Health and HIV and the British Infection Society. The work is also supported by the documents, "HIV in Primary Care" (2005), and "HIV for non-HIV specialists", (2008), both published by the Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health. Additionally, in September 2007, the chief medical officer and chief nursing officer wrote to all doctors and nurses, highlighting best practice about offering HIV testing, where appropriate, in all healthcare settings.
The chief medical officer sent a further letter to Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties of Medicine in September 2009, encouraging them to take further action to diagnose HIV outside specialist settings.
Hospital beds: Elderly
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 75 years and over who had at least one emergency readmission to hospital in (a) 1997, (b) 2003 and (c) 2007 in (i) Vale of York constituency, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) England. [294570]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available from the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development (NCHOD) has been placed in the Library.
Further analyses from this source could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
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