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Food Preparation and Cooking NVQ
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with (a) the Department for Education and Skills and (b) the Food Standards Agency on making nutrition a mandatory element of the Food Preparation and Cooking NVQ. [11461]
Caroline Flint: The Department has not had any discussions with the Department for Education and Skills or the Food Standards Agency on making nutrition a mandatory element of the food preparation and cooking national vocation qualification.
Genito-urinary Medicine
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what methods were used (a) to monitor and (b) to record performance against the target set out in her Department's National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV that by the end of 2004 all genito-urinary medicine clinic attendees should be offered an HIV test on their first screening for sexually transmitted infections. [9885]
Caroline Flint: Data on HIV tests taken and offered in genito-urinary medicine clinics are collected and published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Indicators for the national strategy for sexual health HIV goals were published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in their annual report, Focus on Prevention. HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom in 2003" is available on their website at www.hpa.org.uk.
Health Services (Milton Keynes)
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there have been in the Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997. [11571]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The information requested is shown in the table.
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n/a = data are not applicable.
(60) General medical practitioners, excluding retainers and registrars, includes contracted GPs, general medical service (CMS) others and personal medical service (PMS) others. Prior to September 2004 this group included GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other, flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners.
Note:
Data as at 1 October 1999, 30 September 2000–04 and 31 December 2004.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre GMS and PMS statistics.
Hip Replacements
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust have been waiting more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) 12 months for hip replacement operations. [11445]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.
Note:
1. A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the datayear. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. Patient counts are based on the unique patient identifier HESID. This identifier is derived based on patient's date of birth, postcode, sex, local patient identifier and national health service number, using an agreed algorithm. Where data are incomplete, HESID might erroneously link episodes or fail to recognise episodes for the same patient. Care is therefore needed, especially where duplicate records persist in the data. The patient count cannot be summed across a table where patients may have episodes in more than one cell.
3. The main operation is the first recorded operation in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g.,. time waited, but the figures for all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
5. Time waited (days)—time waited statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
Source:
HES, Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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Influenza Vaccinations
Dan Norris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the take-up rate for influenza vaccinations was in (a) north-east Somerset and (b) south Gloucestershire in each of the last five years. [12546]
Caroline Flint: The take-up rates for influenza vaccinations for those aged 65 and over in north Somerset and south Gloucestershire in each of the last five years are shown in the table.
| North Somerset | South Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | (61)67 | (61)67 |
| 2001–02 | (61)65 | (61)70 |
| 2002–03 | 71 | 73 |
| 2003–04 | 72 | 76 |
| 2004–05 | 69 | 75 |
(61) Data collected for these years were by health authority. Data by primary care trust were collected from 2002–03 onwards.
Liquid Eggs (Food Poisoning)
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the incidence of food poisoning from liquid eggs; and if she will make a statement. [13122]
Caroline Flint: The Health Protection Agency receives reports of outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease. No outbreaks associated with liquid eggs were reported in the years 1992 to 2004.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to review the work of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. [10851]
John Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to carry out a review of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; and if she will make a statement. [12153]
Jane Kennedy:
The recent Health Select Committee report into the influence of the pharmaceutical industry recommended that the work of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency should be reviewed. The Government are currently considering its response to the report. This issue will be addressed fully in that response.
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Mumps
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are being taken to reduce the incidence of mumps at universities. [12523]
Caroline Flint: The Department continues to advise that all children receive two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as part of the routine childhood immunisation programme. We are also advising 15 to 24-year-olds to ensure they are properly protected against MMR.
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