§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list those illnesses and conditions for which the Prodigy prescribing pilot system is able to print information leaflets; [19125]
(2) if he will list the patient groups which have been consulted while developing the patient information provided under the Prodigy prescribing pilot system. [19124]
§ Mr. MalonePhase 2 of the Prodigy project will include patient information leaflets for the majority of conditions covered by the system. A full list of the conditions covered in phase 1 and copies of the phase 1 guidelines were placed in the Library in July 1996, following publication of the Prodigy interim report.
Comments on the patient information leaflets for phase 2 were sought from various interested parties in November 1996, and are now being taken into account.
The following organisations received a full set of patient information leaflets:
- Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance
- Patients' Association
- Consumers' Association
- Association of Health Councils for England and Wales
- The following organisations received a selection of leaflets relevant to the conditions they represent:
- Acne Support Group Age Concern
- Al-Anon Family Groups UK and Eire
- Alcohol Concern
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Alzheimer's Disease Society
- Arthritis and Rheumatism Council
- Arthritis Care
- Ash
- Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
- Association of Continence Advice
- British Deaf Association
- British Diabetic Association
- British Heart Foundation
- British Liver Trust
- British Lung Foundation
- British Migraine Association
- British Polio Fellowship
- Brook Advisory Centres
- CITA
- CRY-SIS Support Group
- Depression Alliance
- ERIC
- Family Heart Association
- Family Planning Association
- Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous
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- Herpes Viruses Association
- Hypothyroidism Support Group
- Hysterectomy Support Network
- INCONTACT
- International Glaucoma Association
- ISSUE
- La Leche League
- Manic Depression Fellowship
- Migraine Trust
- MIND
- Mind Over Matter
- Miscarriage Association
- NAPS
- National Asthma Campaign
- National Back Pain Association
- National Deaf Children's Society
- National Eczema Society
- National Endometriosis Society
- National Osteoporosis Society
- Psoriasis Association
- Quitline
- Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association
- Save our Sons
- Stroke Association
- Women's Health
- Women's Health Concern.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of guidelines in phase I of the Prodigy prescribing pilot system; and how many, and which, of these have been updated for phase II. [19127]
§ Mr. MalonePhase 1 of the Prodigy system incorporated advice and recommendations covering 244 main diagnoses and 566 sub-categories. These were placed in the Library in July 1996. In the light of comments received from users of the system and others, a proportion of the guidelines have been reviewed beginning with those most frequently used by general practitioners in the phase 1 trials. A team is currently working on reviewing further guidelines for use in phase 2, and will continue to seek comments on the use and content of the guidelines as the project progresses.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred to date on the Prodigy prescribing pilot system. [19126]
§ Mr. MaloneTo date, approximately £2.3 million has been spent on Prodigy phases 1 and 2, incorporating software development, hardware and evaluation costs. As a full breakdown of costs would include commercially sensitive information relating to the suppliers involved, it would not be appropriate to publish such details.
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