Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 18 March 2005. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Friday, 18 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional provision has been made should the hepatitis B awareness campaign result in a large increase in people coming forward for treatment.

Answer: Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional provision has been made should the hepatitis B awareness campaign result in a large increase in people coming forward for treatment. [220785] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 10 March 2005]: The current health care professional and public awareness campaigns are for hepatitis C, rather than hepatitis B. Over the three year period 2005-06 to 2007-08, funding for the national health service will increase on average by 7.1 per cent. a year over and above inflation--a total increase over the period of 23 per cent. in real terms. Over three years, this will take the total spent on the NHS in England from £69 billion in 2004-05 to £92 billion in 2007-08. This is a significant increase over historic levels of growth.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c516W; 220785
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Health services Finance Disease control Health education Hepatitis Medical treatments Publicity
Contains statistics: Yes
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