Statement on what funding was provided (a) for the current year and (b) for each of the previous five years for increasing awareness of the early symptons of meningitis; what funds are available for this purpose to local community based groups and if he will institute a programme of awareness...

Statement on what funding was provided (a) for the current year and (b) for each of the previous five years for increasing awareness of the early symptons of meningitis; what funds are available for this purpose to local community based groups and if he will institute a programme of awareness...

What assessment he has made of the recent publication Stroke: National Tragedy, National Priority, published by the Stroke Association; and what measures he proposes to assist district stoke services; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that all people who had strokes are treated as emergency cases...

What assessment he has made of the recent publication Stroke: National Tragedy, National Priority, published by the Stroke Association; and what measures he proposes to assist district stoke services; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that all people who had strokes are treated as emergency cases...

What measures are being taken to encourage GPs and health authorities to make greater use of bone density measurements in those cases where an individual is identified as being at high risk of developing osteoporosis; what guidance he (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to health authorities to...

What measures are being taken to encourage GPs and health authorities to make greater use of bone density measurements in those cases where an individual is identified as being at high risk of developing osteoporosis; what guidance he (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to health authorities to...

If he will estimate how long it currently takes, on average, for a microbiology laboratory test to identify whether a patient is suffering from the C-group of meningitis. - (Holding answer 27 January 1997).

If he will estimate how long it currently takes, on average, for a microbiology laboratory test to identify whether a patient is suffering from the C-group of meningitis. - (Holding answer 27 January 1997).

What assessment he has made of the most common laboratory difficulties involved in diagnosing whether a patient is suffering from C-group meningitis. - (Holding answer 27 January 1997).

What assessment he has made of the most common laboratory difficulties involved in diagnosing whether a patient is suffering from C-group meningitis. - (Holding answer 27 January 1997).

What plans he has for centres of excellence in Scotland similar to those in England, for the assessment and diagnosis of children with specific speech and language disorders; and how the planned provision in Scotland differs from that in England and Wales.

What plans he has for centres of excellence in Scotland similar to those in England, for the assessment and diagnosis of children with specific speech and language disorders; and how the planned provision in Scotland differs from that in England and Wales.

If he will comment on progress towards developing a test for BSE in live animals.

If he will comment on progress towards developing a test for BSE in live animals.

Wednesday adjournment debate on neurological disorders.

Wednesday adjournment debate on neurological disorders.

Statement on question of whether Government plans to make CJD a notifiable disease; and other questions relating to notification, post-mortems, age of victims and means of confirming living people have CJD. - Inc table and ref to letter from director of the national CJD surveillance unit, in Library (Dep/3 4509).

Statement on question of whether Government plans to make CJD a notifiable disease; and other questions relating to notification, post-mortems, age of victims and means of confirming living people have CJD. - Inc table and ref to letter from director of the national CJD surveillance unit, in Library (Dep/3 4509).

If he will make it his policy to ensure that every child moved from one foster home to another more than three times should be assessed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and what recent evidence he has evaluated in respect of the number of times children in care are moved;...

If he will make it his policy to ensure that every child moved from one foster home to another more than three times should be assessed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and what recent evidence he has evaluated in respect of the number of times children in care are moved;...

What measures he is taking to promote evidence-based medicine. (Failed OPQ) - Reference to NHS strategy White Paper, "A Service with Ambitions" and Executive letter (96)110 about "Improving the effectiveness of clinical services" in the Library.

What measures he is taking to promote evidence-based medicine. (Failed OPQ) - Reference to NHS strategy White Paper, "A Service with Ambitions" and Executive letter (96)110 about "Improving the effectiveness of clinical services" in the Library.

What plans he has to improve the detection rate of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by child psychiatrists and paediatricians.

What plans he has to improve the detection rate of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by child psychiatrists and paediatricians.