Kidneys: Dialysis Machines

Mrs Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms will be in place to ensure that kidney dialysis patients (a) receive their choice of treatment at the hospital they have selected and (b) receive their choice of treatment within an appropriate period of time. [32006]

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Mr Simon Burns: We are committed to extending choice for all national health service patients and service users, including those who need dialysis treatment. We are currently consulting on proposals for giving all patients and service users greater choice and control over their care and we will publish our response along with more detailed policy proposals early next year.

For all patients with established renal failure, fully informed choice of all appropriate treatment modalities, together with timely preparation, should be the rule rather than the exception. This should include options for dialysis at home, as well as transplantation, or conservative management.

Dialysis services in Wales are a matter for the Welsh Assembly.

Nervous System: Stem Cells

Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the use of stem cells to repair injury in the central nervous system; and if he will make a statement. [31660]

Mr Simon Burns: The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, funds 12 Biomedical Research Centres and 16 Biomedical Research Units. These are currently undertaking a number of research projects on stem cells but none specifically on the use of stem cells to repair injury in the central nervous system.

Older People: Weather

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of elderly people who fall ill or die because of cold weather. [31782]

Anne Milton: Action aimed at tackling winter illness and deaths in the elderly include winter fuel payments and influenza vaccinations. The Government have also launched their annual Keep Warm Keep Well Campaign for 2010-11 which provides advice on staying warm over the winter and staying in touch with people who may be vulnerable during cold weather, including the elderly, in order to reduce illness and deaths. As part of our further work we are working with the Met Office and public health champions in a number of regions to improve the way we communicate with people in local settings to accurately predict cold weather and provide an appropriate and effective response.

Prescriptions

Eric Ollerenshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued for each (a) benzodiazepine and (b) Z-drug in 2009-10. [31600]

Mr Simon Burns: The information requested is shown in the following tables.

Table 1: Number of benzodiazepine prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England in the financial year 2009-10, as classified as hypnotics and anxiolytics in British National Formulary (BNF) Section 4.1.1 and 4.1.2
BNF chemical name Prescription items (thousand)

Alprazolam

(1)

Chlordiazepoxide Hydrochloride

232.6

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Diazepam

5,051.7

Flurazepam Hydrochloride

(1)

Loprazolam Mesilate

94.8

Lorazepam

942.0

Lormetazepam

69.4

Nitrazepam

1,086.1

Oxazepam

170.1

Temazepam

2,934.8

Total for BNF Section 4.1

10,581.4

(1) less than 50 prescription items dispensed. Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system
Table 2: Number of benzodiazepine prescription items written in the UK and dispensed in the community in England in the financial year 2009-10, as classified as antiepileptic drugs in British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.8.1 and 8.8.2
BNF chemical name Prescriptions items (thousand)

Clobazam

176.5

Clonazepam

589.2

Midazolam

29.9

Total for BNF Section 4.8

795.7

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system
Table 3: Number of benzodiazepine prescription items written in the UK and dispensed in the community in England in the financial year 2009-10, as classified as anaesthesia drugs in British National Formulary (BNF) section 15.1.4
BNF chemical name Prescription items (thousand)

Midazolam Hydrochloride

71.6

Total for BNF Section 15.1

71.6

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system
Table 4: Number of ‘Z-drug’ prescription items written in the UK and dispensed in the community in England in the financial year 2009-10, as classified as hypnotics drugs in British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.1.1
BNF chemical name Prescription items (thousand)

Zaleplon

26.6

Zolpidem Tartrate

717.0

Zopiclone

5,072.0

Total for ‘Z-drugs’

5,815.6

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system

Primary Care Trusts: Prisoners

Dr Thérèse Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2010, Official Report, column 722W, on drugs: prisons, how many prisoners received the treatment in each (a) primary care trust and (b) prison in each of the last three financial years. [32360]

Paul Burstow: Data on the number of prisoners receiving integrated drug treatment systems services (IDTS) in each primary care trust are not collected by the Department.

Some data are held centrally in respect of IDTS services delivered in individual prisons and, where this is available, are shown in the following tables.

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Integrated Drug Treatment Systems provision in National Offender Management Service (NOMS) operated Prisons in England, 2007-10
Year 2007-08
Establishment name Detox programmes Extended prescribing programmes Total 2007-08

Acklington

0

Albany

0

Altcourse

861

0

861

Ashfield

46

9

55

Ashwell

0

Askham Grange

0

Aylesbury

10

0

10

Bedford

594

0

594

Belmarsh

776

90

866

Birmingham

4,359

170

4,529

Blakenhurst

1,829

87

1,916

Blantyre House

0

Blundeston

0

Brinsford

240

124

364

Bristol

1,033

337

1,370

Brixton

1,570

307

1,877

Brockhill

0

Bronzefield

1,168

0

1,168

Buckley Hall

Bullingdon

466

492

958

Bullwood Hall

Camp Hill

Canterbury

Cardiff

737

104

841

Castington

50

0

50

Channings Wood

Chelmsford

745

0

745

Coldingley

0

5

5

Cookham Wood

0

2

2

Dartmoor

Deerbolt

Doncaster

1,727

0

1,727

Dorchester

371

203

574

Dovegate

Dover

Downview

Drake Hall

Durham

891

1,251

2,142

East Sutton Park

Eastwood Park

1,162

342

1,504

Edmunds Hill

Elmley

843

408

1,251

Erlestoke

Everthorpe

Exeter

854

23

877

Featherstone

Feltham

250

8

258

Ford

Forest Bank

898

16

914

Foston Hall

450

446

896

Frankland

Full Sutton

Garth

Gartree

Glen Parva

420

37

457

Gloucester

624

302

926

Grendon

Guys Marsh

Haslar

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Haverigg

Hewell Grange

High Down

808

384

1,192

Highpoint

Hindley

Hollesley Bay

Holloway

1,131

0

1,131

Holme House

1,120

502

1,622

Hull

1,113

158

1,271

Huntercombe

Kennet

Kingston

Kirkham

Kirklevington

Lancaster

Lancaster Farms

Latchmere House

Leeds

1,115

2,447

3,562

Leicester

943

0

943

Lewes

582

127

709

Leyhill

Lincoln

1,279

261

1,540

Lindholme

Littlehey

Liverpool

1,160

360

1,520

Long Lartin

Low Newton

131

224

355

Lowdham Grange

171

45

216

Maidstone

Manchester

1,242

110

1,352

Moorland

Morton Hall

Mount

New Hall

1,217

532

1,749

North Sea Camp

Northallerton

Norwich

695

37

732

Nottingham

855

247

1,102

Onley

Parc

324

40

364

Parkhurst

70

11

81

Pentonville

1,562

204

1,766

Peterborough

Portland

Preston

1,280

0

1,280

Ranby

Reading

73

23

96

Risley

Rochester

Rye Hill

Send

Shepton Mallet

Shrewsbury

825

10

835

Stafford

71

24

95

Standford Hill

5

8

13

Stocken

Stoke Heath

50

0

50

Styal

199

930

1,129

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Sudbury

0

1

1

Swaleside

56

7

63

Swansea

622

184

806

Swinfen Hall

Thorn Cross

Usk Prescoed

Verne

Wakefield

Wandsworth

1,282

818

2,100

Warren Hill

Wayland

Wealstun

Wellingborough

Werrington

Wetherby

31

0

31

Whatton

Whitemoor

Winchester

604

14

618

Wolds

Woodhill

1,231

0

1,231

Wormwood Scrubs

1,470

47

1,517

Wymott

Total

46,291

12,518

58,809

2008-09
Establishment name Detox programmes Extended prescribing programmes Total 2008-09

Acklington

Albany

Altcourse

561

0

561

Ashfield

22

0

22

Ashwell

0

Askham Grange

0

Aylesbury

10

0

10

Bedford

787

0

787

Belmarsh

1,909

676

2,585

Birmingham

3,883

796

4,679

Blantyre House

Blundeston

Brinsford

215

237

452

Bristol

1,110

874

1,984

Brixton

1,801

988

2,789

Bronzefield

1,301

0

1,301

Buckley Hall

Bullingdon

566

606

1,172

Bullwood Hall

Camp Hill

Canterbury

Cardiff

828

0

828

Castington

30

0

30

Channings Wood

Chelmsford

781

392

1,173

Coldingley

0

17

17

Cookham Wood

Dartmoor

Deerbolt

Doncaster

2,139

199

2,338

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Dorchester

211

184

395

Dovegate

0

0

0

Dover

0

0

0

Downview

0

0

0

Drake Hall

0

0

0

Durham

782

1,059

1,841

East Sutton Park

0

0

0

Eastwood Park

654

676

1,330

Edmunds Hill

3

11

14

Elmley

479

373

852

Erlestoke

0

0

0

Everthorpe

0

0

0

Exeter

447

196

643

Featherstone

34

0

34

Feltham

184

24

208

Ford

Forest Bank

908

0

908

Foston Hall

400

351

751

Frankland

Full Sutton

Garth

Gartree

Glen Parva

342

46

388

Gloucester

225

301

526

Grendon

Guys Marsh

Haslar

Haverigg

Hewell

1,583

226

1,809

High Down

1,001

809

1,810

Highpoint

Hindley

Hollesley Bay

Holloway

952

250

1,202

Holme House

790

559

1,349

Hull

1,315

157

1,472

Huntercombe

Kennet

Kingston

Kirkham

Kirklevington

Lancaster

Lancaster Farms

Latchmere House

Leeds

1,306

2,225

3,531

Leicester

964

0

964

Lewes

515

351

866

Leyhill

0

0

0

Lincoln

1,091

503

1,594

Lindholme

Littlehey

Liverpool

759

539

1,298

Long Lartin

16

0

16

Low Newton

3

359

362

Lowdham Grange

387

76

463

Maidstone

0

0

0

Manchester

1,211

73

1,284

Moorland

Morton Hall

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Mount

New Hall

923

429

1,352

North Sea Camp

Northallerton

Norwich

899

81

980

Nottingham

448

634

1,082

Onley

Parc

342

54

396

Parkhurst

111

19

130

Pentonville

1,361

385

1,746

Peterborough

Portland

Preston

1,159

496

1,655

Ranby

Reading

36

8

44

Risley

12

10

22

Rochester

Rye Hill

Send

Shepton Mallet

Shrewsbury

960

0

960

Stafford

30

68

98

Standford Hill

15

37

52

Stocken

Stoke Heath

66

0

66

Styal

226

896

1,122

Sudbury

0

0

0

Swaleside

77

24

101

Swansea

853

217

1,070

Swinfen Hall

Thorn Cross

Usk Prescoed

Verne

Wakefield

4

2

6

Wandsworth

1,566

1,731

3,297

Warren Hill

Wayland

Wealstun

Wellingborough

Werrington

Wetherby

25

3

28

Whatton

Whitemoor

Winchester

827

24

851

Wolds

Woodhill

1,229

248

1,477

Wormwood Scrubs

1,461

133

1,594

Wymott

Total

45,135

19,632

64,767

2009-10
Establishment name Extended Initial Total 2009-10

Acklington

Albany

Altcourse

530

656

1,186

Ashfield

Ashwell

Askham Grange

Aylesbury

26

26

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Bedford

297

332

629

Belmarsh

537

1,055

1,592

Birmingham

1,242

2,556

3,798

Blantyre House

Blundeston

Brinsford

216

140

356

Bristol

818

862

1,680

Brixton

844

1,370

2,214

Bronzefield

1,106

1,106

Buckley Hall

Bullingdon

476

548

1,024

Bullwood Hall

Bure

Camp Hill

Canterbury

Cardiff

870

870

Castington

34

34

Channings Wood

Chelmsford

489

497

986

Coldingley

28

4

32

Cookham Wood

Dartmoor

Deerbolt

Doncaster

722

1,721

2,443

Dorchester

236

194

430

Dovegate

Dover

Downview

Drake Hall

Durham

765

1,049

1,814

East Sutton Park

Eastwood Park

764

327

1,091

Edmunds Hill

70

70

140

Elmley

418

476

894

Erlestoke

Everthorpe

Exeter

552

529

1,081

Featherstone

Feltham

18

94

112

Ford

Forest Bank

54

743

797

Foston Hall

246

276

522

Frankland

Full Sutton

Garth

Gartree

Glen Parva

33

258

291

Gloucester

395

183

578

Grendon

Guys Marsh

Haslar

Haverigg

Hewell

155

493

648

High Down

738

971

1,709

Highpoint

Hindley

Hollesley Bay

Holloway

413

475

888

Holme House

802

419

1,221

Hull

120

1,239

1,359

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Huntercombe

Kennet

Kingston

Kirkham

Kirklevington

Lancaster

Lancaster Farms

Latchmere House

Leeds

1,028

476

1,504

Leicester

867

867

Lewes

372

394

766

Leyhill

Lincoln

834

748

1,582

Lindholme

Littlehey

Liverpool

831

477

1,308

Long Lartin

20

20

Low Newton

345

345

Lowdham Grange

57

707

764

Maidstone

Manchester

189

1,065

1,254

Moorland

Morton Hall

Mount

New Hall

296

476

772

North Sea Camp

Northallerton

Norwich

292

922

1,214

Nottingham

530

373

903

Onley

Parc

190

320

510

Parkhurst

59

93

152

Pentonville

816

1,043

1,859

Peterborough

946

983

1,929

Portland

Preston

986

1,226

2,212

Ranby

Reading

36

17

53

Risley

Rochester

Rye Hill

Send

Shepton Mallet

Shrewsbury

55

535

590

Stafford

244

67

311

Standford Hill

29

14

43

Stocken

Stoke Heath

26

26

Styal

711

815

1,526

Sudbury

Swaleside

30

28

58

Swansea

323

936

1,259

Swinfen Hall

Thorn Cross

Usk Prescoed

Verne

Wakefield

10

15

25

Wandsworth

1,830

1,490

3,320

Warren Hill

Wayland

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Wealstun

Wellingborough

Werrington

Wetherby

2

23

25

Whatton

Whitemoor

Winchester

41

781

822

Wolds

4

18

22

Woodhill

343

700

1,043

Wormwood Scrub

337

1,064

1,401

Wymott

Total

23,744

36,323

60,067