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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have had limbs amputated in the last six months.

Asked by
Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 March 2010
Reference
507 c732-3W; 322518
House
House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on peripheral arterial disease.

Lead member
Brian Iddon
Answering member
Baroness Merron
Department
Department of Health
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c245-52WH
House
House of Commons

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Jones, for what I think is the first time. It is also a great pleasure to see the Minister here to respond to the debate. I will try to persuade her that we can avoid lower-limb amputations if the...

Member
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c245WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I will come on to the contribution that obesity can make, which my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, South-East has already referred to. The responsibility for the content of GPs' continuous professional development lies with the royal colleges, as my hon....

Member
Baroness Merron (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c249-52WH
House
House of Commons

I would like to add to the Minister's list obesity, poor diet and lack of exercise, which are also causal factors.

Member
Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c249WH
House
House of Commons

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this matter to the House. He is going through the disease processes, but does he acknowledge that one of the greatest risk factors after genetics is smoking? Will he therefore welcome no-smoking day on 10 March, which will be run in community halls,...

Member
Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c245WH
House
House of Commons

I have been a great advocate of stopping people smoking, including people in my family, and I will refer a little later to smoking as a causative factor of narrowing arteries. Diabetes is a major cause of peripheral arterial disease. Diabetics have an increased risk of developing the disease and...

Member
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c245-8WH
House
House of Commons

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, South-East (Dr. Iddon)on securing this important debate and commend him for his excellent work in the all-party group on diabetes, which is a sign of his commitment to reducing vascular disease. He said that he was seeking to persuade me, and...

Member
Baroness Merron (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
2 March 2010
Reference
506 c248WH
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many orthopaedic surgeons have been employed by the NHS in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by
Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 2010
Reference
504 c1156W; 314163
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) below knee lower limb amputations and (b) above knee limb amputations have taken place in each strategic health authority in the NHS in each of the last five years.

Asked by
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 January 2010
Reference
503 c1085-6W; 309976
House
House of Commons