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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what incidence of cancer there has been, on a postcode basis, for the Severn Estuary region for the most recent three year period for which figures are available. - Includes fact that Dept does not collect information in form requested.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2001

Reference

368 c400W; 160788

House

House of Commons

15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER

That this House notes that this year marks the 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the world's worst civilian nuclear accident; further notes that the Chernobyl explosion was 200 times stronger than the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; deplores the fact that thousands of people in the Ukraine, Russia...

Primary sponsor

Ann Clwyd (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

654

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to health authorities on their allocation of resources to individual medical specialties. - Includes table and fact that copy of the NHS plan implementation programme will be placed in Library. (Dep 01/783).

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 May 2001

For answer on

9 May 2001

Answered on

9 May 2001

Mr. Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to health authorities on their allocation of resources to individual medical specialties. [160263] Mr. Denham: To enable health authorities to manage flexibly the totality of resources available to them, there is limited earmarking of funds within allocations. For 2001-02 the national health service plan implementation programme identified the following sums included in allocations with an intention that they be spent on the purpose for which they were allocated: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Priority £ million Cancer and coronary heart disease 450 Waiting times and access 423 Intermediate care and community equipment 188 Information management and technology 113 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These sums reflect national estimates of investment needed to deliver targets and milestones in implementing the NHS plan. They are intended as a guide for local health communities in ensuring that their own plans will meet these targets and milestones. A copy of the NHS plan implementation programme will be placed in the Library.

Date

9 May 2001

Reference

368 c205W; 160263

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who, having been diagnosed with (a) lung cancer, (b) bowel cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) cervical cancer and (e) prostate cancer survive for five years; and what the comparable figures are for (i)...

Asked by

Lord Davies of Stamford (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 April 2001

For answer on

8 May 2001

Answered on

8 May 2001

Mr. Quentin Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who, having been diagnosed with (a) lung cancer, (b) bowel cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) cervical cancer and (e) prostate cancer survive for five years; and what the comparable figures are for (i) France, (ii) Germany, (iii) Sweden and (iv) the USA. [160240] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Quentin Davies, dated 8 May 2001: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the five year survival rates are for (a) lung, (b) bowel, (c) breast, (d) cervical, and (d) prostate cancer, and what the comparable figures are for (i) France, (ii) Germany, (iii) Sweden, and (iv) the USA. (160240) The latest available five-year survival rates for England are for cases diagnosed in the three year period 1992-94 and followed up to 31{st }December 1999. Data for eight common cancers including (a) lung, (b) colon, (c) female breast, (d) cervical, and (e) prostate cancer are available on the National Statistics website, www.statistics.co.uk, under "Health and Care". (Figures for (a) and (b) are presented for males and females separately). Survival from cancers of the colon and rectum, which together form the large bowel, are similar. Hence figures for colon alone are included in the presentation of survival in eight common cancers on the National Statistics website for patients diagnosed in 1992-94. Survival from cancer of the rectum for patients diagnosed in 1991-93 in England and Wales was published in the summer 2000 edition of Health Statistics Quarterly (number 6). Five-year survival data for the USA can also be found on the National Statistics website, at the address shown above, for patients diagnosed during 1986-90 and followed up to 31{st} December 1995 for equivalent sites. Comparable data for France, Germany and Sweden are published in Berrino F, Sant M, Verdecchia A, Capocaccia R (eds). Survival of cancer patients in Europe-the EUROCARE study II. IARC Scientific Publications No.151. Lyons: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1999, a copy of which is in the House of Commons library.

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c50W;368 c50-1W; 160240

House

House of Commons

RADIOTHERAPY DAMAGE

That this House welcomes the submission by the Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure to the Prime Minister about patients who have suffered injuries as a result of radiotherapy treatment; notes the College of Radiologists' survey of cancer centres which shows a clustering of injuries at certain hospitals in certain years to...

Primary sponsor

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

640

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people presenting with symptons of (a) breast cancer and (b) colo/rectal cancer were seen by a specialist within (i) two weeks and (ii) four weeks during (A) 2000-01 and (B) 1996-97 in Sefton Health Authority. - Includes table for breast...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 April 2001

For answer on

1 May 2001

Answered on

1 May 2001

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people presenting with symptoms of (a) breast cancer and (b) colo/rectal cancer were seen by a specialist within (i) two weeks and (ii) four weeks during (A) 2000-01 and (B) 1996-97 in Sefton health authority. [158514] Yvette Cooper: In April 1999, we introduced the standard that patients with suspected breast cancer referred urgently by their general practitioners should be offered an appointment with a specialist within two weeks of requesting an appointment. Central monitoring of this information began in April 1999. The table gives the number of urgent breast cancer referrals seen in Sefton health authority between 1 April 2000 and 31 December 2000. Data for 1 January 2001 to 31 March 2001 will be available in June 2001. Central monitoring on all other urgent suspected cancer referrals, including bowel cancer, began on 1 January 2001 and the first data will be available later this year. Sefton health authority: Waiting times for suspected breast cancer patients, 2000-01 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Number seen during quarter 296 300 318 {1}-- by a specialist within 14 days of the decision to refer by their GP Number seen during quarter 310 300 321 {1}-- by a specialist within 28 days of the decision to refer by their GP Total number seen during 310 300 321 {1}-- quarter Percentage seen during 95.5 100.0 99.1 {1}-- quarter by a specialist within 14 days of the decision to refer by their GP Percentage seen during 100.0 100.0 100.0 {1}-- quarter by a specialist within 28 days of the decision to refer by their GP _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Available June 2001 Source: QMCW quarterly returns

Date

1 May 2001

Reference

158514; 367 c570W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of population to the number of CT scanners is in each NHS region. - Including table. (Holding answer 9 April 2001).

Asked by

Michael Jack (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 April 2001

For answer on

26 April 2001

Answered on

26 April 2001

Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of population to the number of CT scanners is in each NHS region. [157018] Yvette Cooper: [holding answer 9 April 2001]: Data for population estimates have been obtained from the Office for National Statistics. Data for the numbers of CT scanners have been derived from a survey of trusts carried out in 2000. Data correct as at 1 April 2001. More detailed information is available at www.canceruk.net, where the statistical information is updated on a monthly basis. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region CT scanners per region Population Population per CT scanner London 58 7,285,045 125,604 Northern and Yorkshire 41 6,335,729 154,530 North West 44 6,595,330 149,894 South West 21 4,935,669 235,032 West Midlands 29 5,335,597 183,986 South East 40 8,698,745 217,469 Trent 26 5,147,851 197,994 Eastern 22 5,418,898 246,313 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

157018; 367 c328W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards are applied to determine the number of NHS CT scanners per head of the population for each NHS region. - Including figures. (Holding answer 9 April 2001).

Asked by

Michael Jack (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

157017; 367 c327-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for West Derbyshire (a) dated 6th February and 19th March regarding Miss Holland of Doveridge in Derbyshire, (b) dated 26th February regarding the treatment and diagnosis of bowel cancer, (c) dated...

Asked by

Lord McLoughlin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

158074; 367 c330W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the five year survival rate was for each main group of cancer sufferers in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years from 1990 to 1996. - Includes text of letter from Karen Dunnell of Office for...

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 April 2001

For answer on

23 April 2001

Answered on

23 April 2001

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five year survival rate was for each main group of cancer sufferers in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years from 1990 to 1996. [156911] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 5 April 2001]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 23 April 2001: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the five year survival rates for each main group of cancer sufferers, in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years 1990 to 1996 (157036). I am replying in his absence. For England, the latest available data on the survival of patients diagnosed with cancer, which are for cases diagnosed in the three year period 1992-94 and followed up to 31 December 1999, were published on the National Statistics website, www.statistics.co.uk on 31 January 2001 for eight common cancers. The most recent published figures by health regional office area are for cancers of the female breast, lung, cervix and colon diagnosed in 1991-93. These were published in Quality and Performance in the NHS: NHS Performance Indicators which can be found at www.doh.gov.uk/nhsperformanceindicators. Comparable figures for cancers of the stomach, prostate and bladder were made available in the House of Commons Hansard of 28 November 2000 (Number 169, Volume 357, Column 594 W). The latest available data for Wales are available in the publication Cancer Registration and Survival in Wales 1985-1994 and are for patients diagnosed in 1985-89. The Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit published their latest survival data for patients diagnosed in 1991-95 by cancer in Trends in Cancer Survival in Scotland 1971-1995. Comparable information is not available for Northern Ireland.

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

156911; 367 c186W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women with learning difficulties over the age of 50 are eligible to receive breast screening services; what percentage of women with learning difficulties receive cervical cancer screening. - No figures given and fact that information is not held centrally.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

367 c176W; 158093;158092

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the standardised mortality ratio for all cancers in (a) England, (b) the north west, (c) north Cheshire and (d) Halton was in the last year for which figures are available. - Includes table and text of letter from Len Cook of...

Asked by

Derek Twigg (Labour)

Answering body

Office for National Statistics

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 April 2001

For answer on

23 April 2001

Answered on

23 April 2001

Mr. Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the standardised mortality ratio for all cancers in (a) England, (b) the north west, (c) north Cheshire and (d) Halton was in the last year for which figures are available. [157820] Miss Melanie Johnson: I have been asked to reply. The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Derek Twigg, dated 23 April 2001: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the standardised mortality ratio for all cancers in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) North Cheshire and (d) Halton was in the last year for which figures are available (157820). These figures are given in the table below. They are presented for the combined years of 1997 to 1999, using England and Wales death rates as the standard of comparison. Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for deaths from cancer ICD9 140-208{ 1} for 1997-99{ 2} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Area of usual residence SMR England and Wales 100 England 100 North West Health Regional Office 109 North Cheshire Health Authority 115 Halton Unitary Authority 132 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes 140-208--all malignant neoplasms {2} Pooled deaths registered in years 1997-99

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

367 c181W; 157820

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when it was originally planned that the cobalt radiotherapy unit would be phased out at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital; when he expects the new linear accelerator unit to be treating patients at the hospital; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Paul Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

156495; 366 c603-4W;366 c604W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Alan Milburn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c833

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Alan Milburn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c833

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

1st supplementary on facilities in Lancashire.

Asked by

Peter L Pike (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c833

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Alan Milburn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c834

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Supplementary on cancer treatments.

Asked by

Lord Lilley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c834

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Supplementary on cancer particularly mesothelioma.

Asked by

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c834

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Alan Milburn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c834

House

House of Commons

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