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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet manufacturers of radio-diagnostic equipment to discuss increasing the weight limit of 21 to 22 stones for use of such equipment.

Asked by

Anthony Steen (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

195914; 426 c1983-4W;426 c1989W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency accounts 2003/04.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 02.02.05

Date

21 October 2004

Reference

HC 1087 2003/04

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area have the equipment that can carry out a duel energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan; and which hospitals in the area have machines which can measure the density of the wrist...

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 October 2004

Reference

425 c922-3W; 191175

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many DEXA scanners are available in the NHS; what plans he has to increase the numbers of DEXA scanners; and if he will make a statement. - Inc fact that this info is not collected centrally. Work is currently under way...

Asked by

Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

424 c1994W;424 c1992W; 188181

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

What trials or research have been conducted to assess the value of expanding the use of x-ray equipment in detecting illegal meat imports. [HL 3445].

Asked by

Lord Rotherwick (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2004

Reference

HL 3445; 663 c51WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a chest x-ray is mandatory at a port of entry for immigration in the United Kingdom where it is clinically indicated.

Asked by

Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 June 2004

Reference

422 c145W; 174002

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of x-ray technology in detecting illegal meat imports; what use Customs and Excise make of x-ray technology to detect illegal meat imports; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to 23 February...

Asked by

Alan Reid (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 May 2004

Reference

421 c1510W; 175636;175749

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of (a) an electro-cardiogram , (b) a blood pressure test, (c) an electron beam tomography scan, (d) a lung function test, (e) a blood test, (f) a mammogram, (g) bowel cancer screening, (h) an X-ray and...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 May 2004

For answer on

25 May 2004

Answered on

25 May 2004

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of (a) an electro-cardiogram, (b) a blood pressure test, (c) an electron beam tomography scan, (d) a lung function test, (e) a blood test, (f) a mammogram, (g) bowel cancer screening, (h) an X-ray and (i) a cervical smear test. [174455] Mr. Hutton: Current cost data, for the specified tests are detailed, where available. No data are available for blood pressure tests of lung function tests. (a) Electro-cardiogram or ECG. for tests undertaken as part of an out-patient consultation, the national average cost is £101. where the test is undertaken as a direct access test (general practitioner request), the national average cost is £29.48. (b) Electron beam tomography scan. No data are available centrally for this specific scan. Data are available for computer tomography scans, of which electron beam tomography is one type. CT scans, are undertaken in a wide range of specialties. the national average cost for CT scans undertaken in an outpatient setting range from £164-£209 depending on specialty; the national average cost of a CT scan undertaken as a direct access test (GP request) is £102. (c) Blood test. These are undertaken in a variety of pathology specialties, depending upon the reason for undertaking the test. The national average cost of a blood test undertaken as a direct access test (GP request) is detailed by specialty as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Phlebotomy test 10.63 General pathology test 1.72 Chemical pathology test 2.48 Haematology test 3.32 Histology/Histopathology test 17.87 Immunology test 7.45 Microbiology/Bacteriology test 7.09 Neuropathology test 14.00 Virology test 7.82 Biochemistry test 2.05 Other test 5.43 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (d) Mammogram. The cost of a mammogram undertaken in a direct access setting is £31.67. (e) Bowel Cancer screening. A faecal occult blood test (FOB) test for bowel cancer costs £5. 2 per cent. of all tests are positive and require a subsequent diagnostic colonoscopy, at a cost of £127. At present, the FOB test is being piloted with two sites. There is currently no national programme for bowel cancer screening. (f) X-ray. The national average cost for a direct access test (GP request) is £14.97 for a standard (Band A) X-ray. (g) Cervical smear test. The cost of a cervical smear test is £37.50 (uplifted for inflation from data source). Data sources: Items (a, b, c, d, f): National Schedule of Reference Costs Appendix 1, Payment by Results Core Tools Publication. The information requested has been placed in the Library. Item (e): "The Evaluation of the UK Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot--Final Report, revised May 2003"--a report undertaken for the national screening programme. Item (g): "The NAO report on the Performance of The NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England", published in 1998, and adjusted for inflation.

Date

25 May 2004

Reference

174455; 421 c1598-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals are equipped to perform DXA scans (a) in total and (b) broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. - This info is not collected centrally.

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2004

Reference

419 c593W;419 c595W; 161923

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for DXA scans was (a) in total and (b) broken down by strategic health authority in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2004

Reference

419 c592-3W;419 c594-5W; 161922

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average distance travelled by patients in need of a DXA scan has been since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (This info is not collected centrally).

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2004

Reference

419 c593W;419 c595W; 161924

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what trials Her Majesty's Customs & Excise has undertaken of x-ray equipment to detect illegal meat imports; and when they took place.

Asked by

Barry Gardiner (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 February 2004

Reference

155690; 418 c116W

House

House of Commons

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