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Mr. Roy Hemming
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the additional annual cost to the NHS pension fund arising out of the payment of £50,000 to Mr. Roy Hemming of Doncaster Family Health Services Authority.[447]
Mr. Horam: The costs to the national health service pension scheme correctly reflected the level of benefits properly paid to Mr. Hemming on his retirement.
Community Care (Staffordshire)
Sir Ivan Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the cost to Staffordshire county council of a community care place in a residential home run (a) by the county council and (b) by the private sector. [1051]
Mr. Burns: Staffordshire county council has told us that the net cost of a placement in one of its own homes is £198 and in the independent sector varies between £88 and £130. The reason for the cost differences includes the payment of residential allowance of £54, outside London rate, by the Department of Social Security which is made only to residents in the independent sector.
The gross cost of a placement in one of their own homes is £279 and for the three categories of placements in the independent sector are residential old age, £204, very dependent elderly, £236 and physical handicap elderly, £246.
NHS Number System
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the NHS number system identifying each patient individually will be operational. [1119]
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Mr. Horam: The new national health service number system is being introduced through a phased programme across the NHS.
The NHS central register has created New NHS numbers for the whole population of England and Wales and these have been incorporated into health authority primary care patient registers.
New numbers are now being rolled out into general practitioner practice patient registers. At the end of September, this process had been completed in 65 per cent. of practices. By the end of 1996 full operational use of the new NHS number is scheduled in all breast screening office registers. The comparable date for cervical cytology, call and recall systems, diabetes screening systems and child health registers in mid 1997.
Inclusion of the new NHS number in in-patient contract minimum datasets will be mandatory from 1 April 1997.
Ms Jowell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many partnership vacancies currently exist for general practitioners in (a) Leeds, (b) Newcastle, (c) London, (d) Manchester and (e) Liverpool. [1109]
Mr. Malone:
This information is not held centrally.
Ms Jowell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients referred to (a) Great Ormond Street, (b) the Royal Marsden, (c) the Royal Free and (d) University College hospitals were referred by fundholding general practitioners. [1115]
Mr. Malone:
This information is not held centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairmen of the individual trusts for information.
Mr. Blunkett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total amount spent on the school health service for each of the past five years. [1100]
Mr. Horam:
This information is not collected centrally.
Ms Jowell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many family health centres per 1,000 population there are in (a) Inner London, (b) Greater London, (c) Birmingham, (d) Newcastle, (e) Liverpool, (f) Leeds and (g) Manchester. [1124]
Mr. Horam:
The available information is set out in the table.
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| Area | Resident population(4) | Number of Health Centres(5) | Number of Health Centres per 1,000 population | Number of Health Centres per 100,000 population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner London(6) | 2,009,366 | 51 | 0.025 | 2.54 |
| Greater London(7) | 6,910,828 | 124 | 0.018 | 1.79 |
| Birmingham | 1,004,258 | 28 | 0.028 | 2.79 |
| Newcastle | 275,217 | 8 | 0.029 | 2.91 |
| Liverpool | 466,864 | 12 | 0.026 | 2.57 |
| Leeds | 719,880 | 20 | 0.028 | 2.78 |
| Manchester | 433,706 | 11 | 0.025 | 2.54 |
Source:
(4) Office of National Statistics population estimates for mid 1993.
(5) GP census, 1 October 1993.
(6) Inner London comprises the following Family Health Services Authorities: Kensington; Chelsea and Westminster; Camden and Islington; City and East London and Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
(7) Greater London comprises the following Family Health Services Authorities: Barnet; Brent and Harrow; Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow; Hillingdon; Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster; Barking and Havering; Camden and Islington; City and East London; Enfield and Haringey; Redbridge and Waltham Forest; Greenwich and Bexley; Bromley; Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham; Croydon; Kingston and Richmond and Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth.
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The latest available data on the number of health centres are at 1 October 1993. Data have not been collected since then.
NHS Repair and Maintenance
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the outstanding repair and maintenance backlog at all NHS facilities by district health authority for each year since 1991. [1128]
Mr. Horam: Outstanding repair and maintenance backlogs at all national health service facilities are not collected by district health authority.
NHS Administrative Register
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cost of the NHS administrative register to date. [1120]
Mr. Horam: The expenditure to date on the national health service administrative register is £8.8 million.
Waste Incineration
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current cost of incinerating non-clinical waste in the NHS. [1108]
Mr. Horam: This information is not held centrally.
Elective Surgery
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospital trusts have indicated that they will not carry out elective surgery before the end of the current financial year. [1112]
Mr. Horam: The information is not available centrally.
Departmental Cash Limits
Mr. Merchant: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes will be made to the cash limits of his Department in 1996-97. [2552]
Mr. Dorrell: Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class XI vote 1--hospital, community health, family health and related services, England--will be increased by £125,517,000, from £27,682,304,000 to £27,807,821,000. This allows for increases of £124,373,000 in respect of the take up of the end year flexibility entitlement as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on
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12 July 1996 at columns 326-31; £1,758,000 for the drugs challenge fund made up of a claim on the reserve (£879,000) and by transfers from class VII, vote 1--Home Office administration, police, probation, immigration and other services, England and Wales--(£308,000, class IX, vote 1--Department of Education and Employment: programmes and central services--(£263,000) and class XI, vote 2--Department of Health administration, miscellaneous health and personal social services, England--(£308,000); and £65,000 from class XI, vote 2 for Mental Health Act Commission accommodation charges.
The overall increase is partially offset by transfers of £311,000 to class XIII, vote 4--hospital, community health, family health, other health services and welfare food, Scotland--for services provided by the former London postgraduate teaching hospitals (£292,000) and for GP fundholders cross boundary flows (£19,000); £185,000 to Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland for supraregional services (£175,000) and services provided by the former London postgraduate teaching hospitals (£10,000); £111,000 to class XIV, vote 4--Hospital, community health, family health services and other health services (part), Wales--for services provided by the former London postgraduate teaching hospitals and £72,000 to class XI, vote 2--Department of Health administration, miscellaneous health and personal social services, England--in respect of a transfer of capital assets to the Public Health Laboratory Service.
The cash limit for class XI, vote 2--Department of Health, administration, miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England--will be reduced by £857,000 (from £1,209,456,000 to £1,208,599,000). This reduction allows for transfer of £373,000 (£65,000 running costs) to class XI, vote 1 as detailed above; £240,000 for publicity campaigns made up of transfers to class XIII, vote 4--Education, industry, arts and libraries, Scotland--(150,000), Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland (£45,000), class XIV, vote 4--Hospital, community health, family health services and other health services (part), Wales--(£45,000); also a further transfer to class XIV, vote 4 of £234,000 to obtain advice and information about medical devices; £67,000 (running costs) to class XVI, vote 12--Office for National Statistics--for legal services and £15,000 (running costs) to class IV, vote 1--Departmental of Trade and Industry; programmes and administration--for Human Genetics Advisory Committee. The overall reduction is partially offset by a transfer of £72,000 from class XI, vote 1 as mentioned above.
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The non-voted cash limit for supplementary credit approvals for personal social services--DoH/LACAP--in England is to be increased by £1,305,000 from £14,700,000 to £16,005,000 in respect of the take up of the end-year flexibility entitlement as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 12 July 1996 at columns 326-31.
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