HC Deb 11 June 1993 vol 226 cc372-4W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the forms CGS2 as supplied by each regional health authority to her Department in 1988.

Mr. Sackville

The information requested is available in the Library.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the categories of material currently requested from regional health authorities and district health authorities, and which is held at her Department.

Mr. Sackville

The Department obtains from health authorities information necessary for the compilation of the following publicationsStatistical Bulletins (all annual and relating to England only unless otherwise stated)

  • FHS related
    1. 1. Statistics for general medical practitioners in England and Wales.
    2. 2. Prescriptions dispensed in the Family Health Services.
    3. 3. General Pharmaceutical Services.
    4. 4. Ophthalmic Services (occasional).
  • HCHS related
    1. 5. NHS Hospital Activity Statistics.
    2. 6. Elective admissions and patients waiting (six-monthly).
    3. 7. Bulletin on smoking.
    4. 8. HCHS medical staff.
    5. 9. HCHS non-medical staff.
  • Other
    1. 10. In-patients formally detained in hospital under the mental health act 1983 and other legislation.
  • Other publications (England only and annual except where otherwise stated)
  • Hospital activity and facilities
    1. 11. Health Service indicators (issued on computer disk).
    2. 12. Summary of bed availability.
    3. 13. NHS operating theatres: availability and use.
    4. 14. Out patient and ward attenders.
    5. 15. Ordinary admissions, day case admissions and regular day and night admissions.
    6. 16. Private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
    7. 17. Section 17(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, 1970.
  • Community activity
    1. 18. Immunisation programmes.
    2. 19. Cervical cytology screening
    3. 20. Maternity services-midwife clinics and domiciliary visits.
    4. 21. Health visitor activity.
    5. 22. District nurses activity.
    6. 23. Community psychiatric nurses activity.
    7. 24. Community mental handicap nurses activity.
    8. 25. Other community nurses activity.
    9. 26. Genito-urinary medicine clinics, new cases seen (quarterly).
    10. 27. Breast cancer screening.
    11. 28. Chiropody services.
    12. 29. Clinical psychology services.
    13. 30. Dietetic services.
    14. 31. Occupational therapy services.
    15. 32. Physiotherapy services.
    16. 33. Speech therapy services.
    17. 34. Family planning clinic services.
    18. 35. Patient transport services.
    19. Other

Admissions of working holidaymakers at United Kingdom ports
Number of persons
Nationality 1990. May to December 1991 1992 1993, January to March1
Australia 11,600 14,200 15,400 3,540
Canada 1,800 1,750 1,750 230
Jamaica 50 30 70 2
Malaysia 30 40 30 2
New Zealand 6,440 7,260 6,500 1,290
Zimbabwe 160 190 170 50
Other Commonwealth 120 120 130 50
Total 20,100 23,600 24,000 5,160
  1. 36. Public health common data set, data definitions and user guide for computer files.
  2. 37. Public health common data set 'Health of the Nation' baseline data and trends, data definitions and user guides for computer files.
  3. 38. Public health common data set national volumes.
  4. 39. Public health common data set regional volumes.
  5. 40. National health service day care facilities.
  6. 41. In-patients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation regional figures.
  7. 42. Electro convulsive therapy (ECT).
  8. 43. Data from the Addicts index.
  9. 44. National health service workforce in England.

addition, the Department from time to time obtains a disparate range of unvalidated administrative and management data obtained from a number of sources, including health authorities.