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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 angiograhies were performed by each health authority in descending order of (a) total number and (b) the number of angiographers per 10,000 population in the latest year for which figures are available. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Chris Ruane (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 March 2001

For answer on

9 March 2001

Answered on

9 March 2001

Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many angiographies were performed by each health authority in descending order of (a) total number and (b) the number of angiographers per 10,000 population in the latest year for which figures are available. [152619] Mr. Denham: The number of angiography procedures carried out by health authority in 1999-2000 is shown in the table. Angiographies are carried out under the direction of consultant cardiologists, assisted by cardiac technicians and nurses. The number of cardiologists is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Number of cardiologists Percentage increase Total percentage increase over five years September 1996 388 -- -- September 1997 405 4.4 -- September 1998 458 13.1 -- September 1999 467 2.0 -- September 2000 546 16.9 40.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The figures for 2000 are equivalent to 0.1 cardiologists per 10,000 population in England. Finished consultant episodes (FCEs) where contrast radiology of heart is performed (operation code K63), by HA of residence, listed in descending order of FCEs and by number of FCE per 10,000 population NHS Hospitals, England 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Health authority of residence FCEs Per 10,000 population QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 2,527 33.50 QD9 Birmingham 2,081 20.54 QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 2,021 29.53 QDH Leeds 1,848 25.43 QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1,837 24.36 QAF West Kent 1,782 18.22 QCL Leicestershire 1,777 19.01 QDP Tees 1,696 30.51 QAX North Essex 1,663 18.37 QAR Brent and Harrow 1,635 35.16 QDW Dorset 1,586 22.90 QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 1,580 24.94 QAN West Sussex 1,578 20.75 QET Norfolk 1,509 18.95 QD6 South and West Devon 1,496 25.27 QAY South Essex 1,464 20.55 QER Cambridge 1,378 19.01 QAE East Kent 1,333 21.89 QCY North West Lancashire 1,332 28.58 QAW East London and The City 1,320 21.10 QDR North Yorkshire 1,263 16.89 QAL West Surrey 1,257 19.33 QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,212 24.50 QCE Oxfordshire 1,185 18.92 QA7 Berkshire 1,182 14.76 QEP East and North Hertfordshire 1,182 23.48 QDE County Durham 1,181 19.46 QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,168 21.37 West Hertfordshire 1,164 21.57 Avon 1,158 11.49 Warwickshire 1,150 22.64 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 1,123 20.63 East Riding 1,094 19.07 North Staffordshire 1,090 23.23 Liverpool 1,072 23.41 Calderdale and Kirklees 1,058 18.08 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1,049 23.19 Bexley and Greenwich 1,047 24.10 Buckinghamshire 1,044 15.14 Suffolk 1,042 15.45 Coventry 1,037 34.12 North and Mid Hampshire 1,005 17.89 Wigan and Bolton 940 16.24 Northamptonshire 912 14.68 Manchester 910 21.11 Newcastle and North Tyneside 908 19.47 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 906 22.06 South Derbyshire 880 15.43 QCM Lincolnshire 868 13.81 Bedfordshire 857 15.24 Enfield and Haringey 848 17.25 North and East Devon 844 17.48 South Cheshire 822 12.26 Croydon 808 23.94 Barnet 795 23.39 Camden and Islington 786 21.12 QC9 West Pennine 786 16.70 East Surrey 769 17.98 Bradford 761 15.73 Gateshead and South Tyneside 749 21.31 Somerset 739 14.99 Bury and Rochdale 734 18.72 Wakefield 733 22.93 Sheffield 725 13.66 Salford and Trafford 722 16.22 Worcestershire 711 13.17 St. Helens and Knowsley 702 21.14 South Staffordshire 698 11.80 Bromley 697 23.14 Wirral 676 20.70 East Lancashire 673 13.23 Barking and Havering 667 17.25 North Cumbria 659 20.73 Gloucestershire 644 11.46 South Lancashire 638 20.43 Sandwell 628 21.70 Nottingham 604 9.43 Kingston and Richmond 587 17.15 Northumberland 571 18.41 Hillingdon 567 22.35 Shropshire 564 13.04 Wiltshire 543 8.90 South Humber 534 17.34 Doncaster 531 18.32 Sunderland 521 17.92 Morecambe Bay 516 16.53 North Cheshire 510 16.35 North Nottinghamshire 496 12.65 Walsall 488 18.65 Stockport 481 16.48 Solihull 478 23.25 Dudley 465 14.91 Sefton 437 15.23 Wolverhampton 421 17.48 North Derbyshire 414 11.15 Rotherham 393 15.49 Barnsley 355 15.56 Herefordshire 217 12.89 Isle of Wight 35 2.73 England residents total 95,129 19.12 Scotland 53 -- Wales 1,348 -- Not known 807 -- Northern Ireland 19 -- Total treated in UK 97,356 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. An FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year. 2. Figures in this table are provisional (version 2) and have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Date

9 March 2001

Reference

364 c375-7W; 152619

House

House of Commons

Untitled Oral answer to question

Answered by

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

19 June 1991

Reference

193 c288

House

House of Commons

Untitled Oral question

What information he has on how many people are awaiting angiogram examinations within the Greater Glasgow health board area. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lord Martin of Springburn (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

19 June 1991

Reference

193 c288

House

House of Commons

Untitled Oral answer to question

Answered by

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

19 June 1991

Reference

193 c288

House

House of Commons

Untitled Oral question

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Lord Martin of Springburn (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

19 June 1991

Reference

193 c288

House

House of Commons

Untitled Written question

How many patients within the Greater Glasgow Health Board area have suffered heart attacks while awaiting coronary angiography during the last 12 months. - Information on no of patients who suffer heart attacks is not recorded

Asked by

Lord Martin of Springburn (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 November 1990

Reference

180 c169W

House

House of Commons

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