PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES - United Kingdom Parliament

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Written Answers
26 MARCH 2013
Written Answers
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Strategic health authority
Number of patients funded
in 2010-11
Number of patients funded
in 2011-12
Number of patients funded
from April 2012 to end
January 2013
Total number of patients
funded since October 2010 1
South East Coast 306 1,241 1,172 2,719
South Central 290 1,170 2,109 3,569
South West 161 1,459 1,976 3,596
Total 2,780 11,798 13,389 27,967
Note:
Some individual patients may be double-counted where a patient has received more than one drug treatment through the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Source:
Information provided to the Department by SHAs
Cardiovascular System: Diseases
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health (1) what assessment he has made of the
potential effect of the reduction of 2013-14 Healthcare
Resource Group tariffs for percutaneous coronary
interventions against the NHS Outcomes Framework
indicator to reduce the incidence of under-75 mortality
from cardiovascular disease; [149576]
(2) what assessment has been made of the potential
effect of the reduction of 2013-14 Healthcare Resource
Group tariffs for percutaneous coronary interventions
(PCI) on (a) PCI and (b) primary PCI service
provision. [149578]
Dr Poulter: The 2013-14 tariffs for percutaneous coronary
interventions are in line with the costs reported by the
national health service and so there should be no impact
on the access for patients to these treatments and therefore
on mortality rates. Prior to publication of the tariffs,
the financial impact of the 2013-14 prices was assessed
and the prices shared with a wide range of stakeholder
groups including hospital trusts, commissioners and
with industry. In addition, there is a flexibility available
to enable commissioners to provide additional support
to 24 hour primary percutaneous coronary intervention
services (primary angioplasty).
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health what process the NHS Commissioning Board
will use to select (a) the 12 centres allowed to perform
renal denervation procedures under Clinical
Commissioning Policy A9b2 and (b) the high volume
arterial centres allowed to perform highly specialised
interventions under Service Specification A4. [149579]
Anna Soubry: This is a matter for the NHS
Commissioning Board (NHS CB) as an independent
body. We understand from the NHS CB that it will
determine potential providers through a process of assessing
providers against the requirements of the service
specifications.
The service specifications are currently being developed.
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health what representations he has received on
commissioning policy A10b on left atrial appendage
occlusion produced by the NHS Commissioning
Board. [149580]
Anna Soubry: The Department has received four
representations expressing concerns about the draft
commissioning policy A10b on left atrial appendage
occlusion. The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed
that it has taken these concerns into consideration as
part of the consultation process undertaken on the
draft policies and service specifications.
Diabetes
Mr George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State
for Health (1) how many people with type 1 diabetes
have been diagnosed as having related eating disorders
in each primary care trust area in each year since 2008;
[149847]
(2) how many people with type 1 diabetes and related
eating disorders have been the subject of hospital
admissions (a) by hospital and (b) per person for each
year since 2008. [149848]
Anna Soubry: The Health and Social Care Information
Centre (HSCIC) does not hold information relating to
the number of people with type 1 diabetes who have
been diagnosed with an eating disorder. The reason for
this is that Hospital Episode Statistics do not capture
this information as it relates to primary care.
The HSCIC are unable to provide the data to the
requested level of detail due to the rules concerning the
suppression of small numbers (many hospitals would
have fewer than five admissions each year for this
combination of conditions). HSCIC have therefore provided
figures at a national level.
The data provided are for hospital admission episodes
with a diagnosis (primary or secondary) of diabetes and
with a diagnosis (primary or secondary) of an eating
disorder and is provided for the period 2005-06 to
2011-12.
It should be noted that these data should not be
described as a count of people as the same person may
have been admitted on more than one occasion.
Count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary or secondary
diagnosis of diabetes, and a primary or secondary diagnosis of an eating
disorder, 2005-06 to 2011-12: Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English
NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
FAEs
2005-06 155
2006-07 180
2007-08 195
2008-09 226
2009-10 285
2010-11 299
2011-12 354
Epilepsy
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) if his Department will make it a priority to
incorporate the epilepsy quality standards into the
Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator
Set; [150153]