Luciana Berger:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for his Department's chlamydia screening programme (a) in 2011 and (b) in subsequent years. [16027]
Anne Milton:
Increasing chlamydia screening volumes remains part of Tier 2 of the Vital Signs framework. The Revision to the Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2010-11, published on 21 June 2010, stressed the need for the NHS to ensure that it continues to deliver agreed plans with no reduction in the standards or quality of services, for the rest of the 2010-11 year. A copy of the Operating Framework has already been placed in the Library.
Improving sexual health by reducing unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia, is very important, particularly for young people. While some progress has been made much more needs to be done to ensure people get the right information and advice to make responsible choices, and we are considering how we can tackle these issues. We also need to improve quality and value for money as the National Chlamydia Screening Programme evolves.
Later this year, we will publish a White Paper setting out further details of a new public health service and our programme for public health.
Coeliac Disease: Health Education
Fiona Mactaggart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information the NHS provides to people diagnosed with coeliac disease on managing their condition. [15472]
has detailed information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of coeliac disease. This information is specifically written for health professionals and those newly diagnosed with coeliac disease. The site also has information on how to ensure a gluten-free diet, with examples of foods to avoid and those safe to eat.
Dementia: Carers
Stephen McPartland:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he last met dementia carers from (a) Stevenage and (b) elsewhere; and if he will make a statement; [15818]
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(2) what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department provides to carers and families of dementia patients (i) nationally and (ii) in East and North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement. [15819]
Paul Burstow:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not met separately with dementia carers from Stevenage. He did attend the Fifth International Carers Conference on 9 July 2010 in Leeds, where he talked to many carers who provide support to people with a range of conditions, including dementia. The conference was also broadcast globally via Carers World radio.
The Department's Carers Grant has provided £256 million in 2010-11 to local authorities to enable them to develop innovative and personalised outcomes reflecting the needs of their local carers, including carers of those with dementia. The grant includes £2.5 million for local authorities to provide emergency cover for carers. There is also close alignment between the work of the Carers and National Dementia Strategies to support carers.
The Department has also invested £100 million in primary care trust (PCT) baselines in 2010-11 (including East and North Hertfordshire PCT) to enable them to support carers, including those caring for people with dementia. The Department did not set out how PCTs should spend their resources in 2010-11. PCTs have been given the flexibility to decide how much to invest on individual priorities in the light of their local circumstances.
Dementia: Health Services
Stephen McPartland:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met clinicians to discuss the care and management of dementia. [15817]
Paul Burstow:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has recently met and talked to a wide range of clinicians in relation to his responsibilities. He has also met with the National Clinical Director for Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns.
Dental Services
Eric Ollerenshaw:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS orthodontists there are per head of population in each primary care trust area in England. [15924]
Mr Simon Burns:
The information available centrally, which is for orthodontists employed by dental hospitals and primary care trusts broken down by strategic health authorities, is in the following table. However, most orthodontists work as independent contractors in primary care settings. In addition, some general dental practitioners also undertake simple orthodontic treatments. Information on the number of independent contractors is not held centrally but relevant information is contained in the "Report of the Orthodontic Workforce Survey of the United Kingdom February 2005", a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
11 Oct 2010 : Column 66W
Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): dental staff in the Orthodontics specialty-as at 30 September 2009
Numbers (headcount)
Headcount
Headcount per 100,000 population
England
550
1.07
Q30
North East
36
1.40
Q31
North West
81
1.18
Q32
Yorkshire and The Humber
55
1.06
Q33
East Midlands
47
1.06
Q34
West Midlands
50
0.92
Q35
East of England
37
0.65
Q36
London
122
1.60
Q37
South East Coast
38
0.88
Q38
South Central
27
0.66
Q39
South West
57
1.09
Data quality:
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where changes impact on figures already published, this is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source:
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Mid year 2008 Population Estimate (2001 Census Based), Office for National Statistics
Eric Ollerenshaw:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) dentists and (b) orthodontists on NHS contracts there were in each primary care trust area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [15942]
Mr Simon Burns:
The numbers of national health service dentists, as at 31 March 2006 are available in Annex E of the "NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006". Annex E provides information by strategic health authority (SHA) and by primary care trust (PCT).
This information is based on the old contractual arrangements, which were in place up to and including 31 March 2006. This report, published on 23 August 2006, has already been placed in the Library and is available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
The numbers of dentists with NHS activity during the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2010 are available in Table Gl of Annex 3 of the "NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2009/10" report. Information is provided for England and by SHA and PCT. This information is based on the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006. This report, published on 18 August 2010, has been placed in the Library and is also available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
These published figures relate to a headcount and do not differentiate between full-time and part-time dentists, nor do they account for the fact that some dentists may do more NHS work than others.
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This measure is based on a revised methodology and supersedes any previously published work force figures relating to the new dental contractual arrangements. It is not comparable to the information collected under the old contractual arrangements. This revised methodology counted the number of dental performers with NHS activity recorded via FP17 claim forms in each year ending 31 March.
Separate information of the number of dentists with orthodontic contracts is not available. The following 11 Oct 2010 : Column 68W
table gives the number of dental staff in the orthodontic specialty employed by dental hospitals and PCTs broken down by organisation. Access to orthodontic services varies between areas. We will be addressing this problem through the introduction of a new dental contract the aim of which is to improve the quality of patient care and increase access to NHS dental services, with an additional focus on improving the oral health of schoolchildren.
Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): dental staff in the orthodontics specialty by organisation, as at 30 September each year
numbers (headcount) and full-time equivalents
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
HC
FTE
HC
FTE
HC
FTE
HC
FTE
HC
FTE
England
552
355
544
362
526
352
548
363
550
380
5C5
Newham PCT
-
-
-
-
6
6
3
3
1
1
5CQ
Milton Keynes PCT
-
-
2
2
2
2
1
1
-
-
5F1
Plymouth Teaching PCT
-
-
1
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
5F5
Salford PCT
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
5H1
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
1
0
1
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
5KG
South Tyneside PCT
1
0
1
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
5M1
South Birmingham PCT
16
14
23
22
22
21
12
12
14
14
5MD
Coventry Teaching PCT
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
5NM
Halton and St Helens PCT
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
RA2
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust
7
6
6
5
4
3
6
5
5
4
RA4
East Somerset NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
RA7
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
17
17
26
24
13
13
12
12
14
13
RA9
South Devon Health Care NHS Trust
3
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
RAE
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
5
4
3
2
6
5
3
2
5
3
RAJ
Southend Hospital NHS Trust
5
2
6
2
4
0
4
0
2
0
RAX
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
9
6
8
7
7
6
6
5
6
5
RBA
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
4
1
5
2
7
4
4
2
6
4
RBD
West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust
7
3
8
4
8
5
7
5
6
4
RBK
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust
3
1
3
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
RBL
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
RBN
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RBS
Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust
2
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
3
2
RBT
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RC1
Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust
3
1
4
1
4
1
-
-
2
1
RC3
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
RC9
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
RCB
York Health Services NHS Trust
5
4
6
3
6
3
6
3
6
3
RCD
Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust
4
1
3
0
3
0
4
1
3
0
RCX
Kings Lynn and Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RD1
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
3
2
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
2
RD8
Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust
5
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
RDE
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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RDZ
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
8
3
7
3
7
3
6
2
6
2
REF
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
2
1
3
1
3
1
4
3
3
2
REM
Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust
-
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
-
RF4
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust
7
2
7
2
6
2
7
2
6
1
RFF
Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RFK
Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
RFR
Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RFS
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust
2
1
2
1
4
1
4
1
5
3
RFW
West Middlesex University NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RG3
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust
1
0
1
0
3
2
2
2
-
-
RGC
Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust
3
2
3
2
3
2
4
2
4
3
RGN
Peterborough Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
3
2
3
2
3
3
4
3
4
4
RGP
James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
RGQ
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
RGR
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
-
-
1
1
1
1
-
-
RGT
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
4
2
7
4
7
4
6
3
4
3
RGZ
Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
2
-
-
RH8
Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
-
1
1
RHM
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
4
2
3
2
4
2
3
2
RHQ
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
9
8
12
8
10
8
11
9
11
9
RHU
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
6
6
7
7
5
5
4
4
5
5
RHW
Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust
2
1
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
RJ1
Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust
7
5
3
3
7
6
5
4
7
7
RJ6
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust
4
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
RJ7
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
7
7
6
6
4
4
8
8
7
7
RJC
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
RJD
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
1
1
0
RJE
North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust
4
2
4
2
3
2
5
3
6
4
RJF
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
6
3
RJH
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust
4
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
RJL
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust
2
0
2
0
3
0
4
1
4
1
RJR
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust
7
5
7
5
6
5
7
6
4
4
RJZ
King's College Hospital NHS Trust
19
10
7
6
8
7
10
8
13
10
RK9
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
6
5
6
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
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RKB
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
7
2
5
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
RL4
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RLN
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
4
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
RLQ
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
RLT
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
2
0
2
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
RM1
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
6
3
5
3
5
3
6
2
7
2
RM2
South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
7
6
7
6
5
5
4
4
5
5
RM3
Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
4
3
RM4
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RMC
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
RMP
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust
5
2
5
2
5
2
5
2
6
3
RN1
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust
4
1
4
1
3
1
3
1
2
0
RN3
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust
3
3
2
1
6
1
5
0
5
0
RN5
North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
RNA
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
RNJ
Barts and The London NHS Trust
19
16
23
20
11
8
30
23
27
22
RNL
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
RNQ
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
RNS
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
2
1
2
1
1
0
-
-
-
-
RP4
Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Trust
9
8
-
-
10
9
10
9
9
8
RP5
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
6
3
5
3
5
3
-
-
-
-
RPA
Medway NHS Trust
4
2
4
3
5
3
6
4
7
4
RPC
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
14
11
8
6
9
8
10
7
6
4
RPL
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
3
0
4
1
4
1
3
0
-
-
RPR
Royal West Sussex NHS Trust
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
2
-
-
RQ3
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
RQ6
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals University NHS Trust
7
6
2
1
5
4
9
7
9
8
RQ8
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
RQM
Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
1
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
RQW
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
-
-
RR1
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
-
-
4
2
4
2
4
2
2
1
RR8
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
16
16
17
16
20
19
16
15
17
19
RRF
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
2
RRV
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
23
16
21
17
22
17
29
23
27
22
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RTD
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
9
6
8
6
10
7
10
6
10
7
RTE
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2
2
9
9
6
6
8
8
9
9
RTF
Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
RTG
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10
6
9
6
9
6
7
5
6
5
RTH
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust
6
5
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
RTK
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
2
0
3
0
3
1
4
3
4
3
RTR
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
18
8
21
8
20
8
23
9
22
7
RTV
5 Borough Partnership NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
-
1
1
RTX
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
2
1
2
1
4
3
4
3
RV8
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
RVL
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
4
3
3
2
4
3
4
3
6
5
RVR
Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RVV
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
RVW
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust
2
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
-
-
RVY
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
4
2
3
1
1
0
3
2
3
2
RW3
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
6
5
4
3
4
3
4
3
RW6
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
2
1
2
0
3
2
2
1
2
0
RWA
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
12
5
5
2
6
4
2
1
4
3
RWD
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
14
6
16
7
17
6
19
8
18
6
RWE
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
8
5
11
8
9
5
9
5
11
7
RWG
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
3
2
3
2
4
3
4
3
RWH
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
2
0
2
0
-
-
4
1
4
1
RWJ
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
RWP
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
5
2
6
1
5
3
4
3
3
2
RWW
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust
6
3
7
3
7
3
10
6
12
6
RX1
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
RXC
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
RXF
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
4
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
RXH
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
3
2
5
4
5
4
5
4
4
3
RXN
Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
RXP
County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
RXQ
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust
6
4
6
4
7
5
9
6
6
4
RXR
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
2
1
1
1
5
2
5
3
6
4
RXT
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
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RXW
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust
7
2
7
2
6
2
7
2
8
3
RYQ
South London Healthcare NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
4
RYR
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
3
Note s : 1. "-" denotes zero. 2. Data qualityThe NHS Information Centre for health and social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where changes impact on figures already published, this is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census.
