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Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many speech therapists completed their training in the UK in each of the last five years; and what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of (a) job vacancies in this profession and (b) trained speech therapists. [297999]
Ann Keen: The following table contains the number of speech and language therapy commissions in each of the last five years.
| Allied Health Professionals Training Commissions 1996-97 to 2008-09 | ||
| Source | Speech therapy | |
| (1 )Unvalidated 1998-99 outturn. Note: BS = Balance Sheet. A/R = non-medical education and training (NMET) accountability report. QMR = NMET quarterly monitoring reports. Source: NHS Pay Review body. | ||
The last national health service vacancy survey showed that at March 2008 there were 30 vacancies in speech and language therapy that trusts had actively been trying to fill.
A table giving the number of trained speech therapists as at September 2008 is as follows.
| England as at September 2008 | |
| Speech and language therapy | |
Swine Flu: Vaccination
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria were used to decide which areas should receive swine influenza vaccines first. [297828]
Gillian Merron: The distribution of swine flu vaccine is currently organised through external contractors Movianto, who handle the distribution of all national health service vaccine supplies. Movianto were provided with criteria that each primary care trust location should receive vaccine throughout the estimated three to four week period needed to distribute the vaccine. Based on their experience of scheduling vaccine for the national childhood programme they have planned deliveries to achieve the most efficient way of getting vaccine delivered.
Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects general practitioner surgeries in the south-west of the New Forest to receive supplies of the influenza vaccine. [297856]
Gillian Merron:
The distribution of vaccine to support the swine flu vaccination programme across England will take around three to four weeks to complete delivery
of the first supplies to all general practitioner (GP) practices. This part of the programme started on 26 October 2009. The timing of our overall delivery schedule is reliant on predicted supplies from the manufacturer.
GPs order seasonal influenza vaccine directly from the manufacturer and are responsible for managing their own stock.
In the letter of 15 October from the Chief Medical Officer to all GPs, the arrangements for checking delivery dates of swine flu vaccine were clearly identified. GPs were informed that they would be able to find out the expected day of delivery of their first supplies of swine flu vaccine by checking with their primary care trust immunisation co-ordinator or by consulting the www.immform.dh.gov.uk website themselves.
Tuberculosis: Drugs
Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the availability of drugs appropriate for the treatment of paediatric tuberculosis patients. [297331]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Medicines for the treatment of paediatric tuberculosis patients are available and we are not aware of any supply problems.
Whipps Cross Hospital
Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on capital costs associated with each (a) development and (b) treatment project at Whipps Cross Hospital in the last nine years. [297494]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: This information is not held centrally.
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Manpower
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed as (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff by York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years. [297560]
Ann Keen: The information requested is shown in the following table:
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