HC Deb 25 May 2004 vol 421 cc1601-2W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether current research being carried out by the mobile telephone health research team at King's College London is examining mobile and wireless communications systems. [174394]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Link Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme is jointly funded by Government and industry. It currently supports about 20 projects under the management of an independent programme committee. One of these projects is being undertaken at the mobile

Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and practice nurses employed by unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1
South Staffordshire

Health Authority

 Burntwood, Lichfield and

Tamworth Primary Care Trust
1994 — —
1995 2,666 —
1996 2,849 —
1997 2,835 —
1998 2,955 —
1999 2,932 —
2000 3,125 —
2001 3,165 171
2002 — 345
2003 — 376
1 UPEs include general medical service unrestricted principals, personal medical services contracted GPs, and personal medical services salaried Gps.
Notes:
1. Headcount practice nurse figures are estimated for these years.
2. Data as at 30 September every year except practice nurses as at 1 October 1997–99.

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) general practitioners' surgeries and (b) health clinics have been (i) modernised and (ii) removed to other premises in the Tamworth constituency since 1997. [174548]

Ladyman

The data are not available in the format requested.

The table shows the number of primary care premises replaced and the number refurbished in the following areas since 2000: South Staffordshire Health Authority; North Staffordshire Health Authority; Shropshire Health Authority.

Tamworth was within the former South Staffordshire Health Authority.

These three organisations were replaced by Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority in 2002.

phone research unit at King's College London. It is a study designed to examine whether mobile phone signals cause unpleasant symptoms such as headaches, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. Details of the programme and each project currently funded can be found on the website www.mthr.org.uk