§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where 432W equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(3) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the North-East Metropolitan Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(4) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(5) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Wessex Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(6) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Oxford Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(7) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Manchester Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(8) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(9) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Liverpool Regional 433W Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(10) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the South-Western Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(11) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(12) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Leeds Regional Hos-
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Regional Hospital Board Numbers of patients assessed Numbers for whom equipment prescribed, by disability Number of Assessors by Specialty South West Metropolitan 76 Sclerosis … … … … … 31 One Consultant in Physical Medicine Spasticity … … … … 3 Poliomyelitis … … … … 5 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 5 Paralysis … … … … 4 Neurofibromatosis … … … 1 Spinal Deformities … … … 4 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 5 Motor Neurone Dises … … 4 Total … … … 62 South East Metropolitan 44 Sclerosis … … … … … 7 Four Consultants in Physical Medicine Tetraplegia … … … … 2 Progressive Neurological Lesion … 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 2 Cerebellar Degeneration … … 1 Viral Myelitis … … … … 1 Poliomyelitis … … … … 3 Demyelinating Disease … … 1 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 1 Syringomyelia … … … … 1 Total … … … 20 North East Metropolitan 54 Sclerosis … … … … … 10 One Consultant in Physical Medicine Acute anterior poliomyelitis … … 1 Paralysis … … … … 3 Quadriplegia … … … … 1 Tetraplegia … … … … 1 Muscular Atrophy … … … 1 Cerebella Ataxia … … … 1 Poliomyelitis … … … … 3 Dermatomyocytis, with generalised calcinosis … … … … 1 Ankylosing Spondylitis … … 1 Spasticity … … … … 3 pital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(13) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement;
(14) how many items of Possum equipment have been assessed and how many prescribed by the East Anglia Regional Hospital Board; what were the numbers of each disability where equipment has been granted; if he will indicate the number and speciality of the assessors; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlisonFollowing is the information at 31st May. 1972:
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Regional Hospital Board Numbers of patients assessed Numbers for whom equipment prescribed, by disability Number of Assessors by Specialty Paraplegia … … … … 1 Cerebral Palsy … … … … 1 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 2 Syringomyelia … … … … 1 Friedreich Ataxia … … … 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 2 Spinal Injuries … … … … 1 Total … … … 35 North West Metropolitan 51 Sclerosis … … … … … 25 Two Consultant Neurologists Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 2 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 2 Syringomyelia … … … … 3 Motor Neurone Disease … … 3 Cerebral Palsy … … … … 1 Poliomyelitis … … … … 3 Paralysis … … … … 6 Total … … … 45 Wessex … 15 Nil, but a number of recommendations have been made for the supply of simpler forms of control equipment One Consultant in Physical Medicine Oxford … 27 Poliomyelitis … … … … 5 Medical Director of National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Sclerosis … … … … … 4 Motor Neurone Disease … … 1 Tetraplegia … … … … 3 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 1 Paralysis … … … … 2 Traumatic … … … … 1 Cerebral Palsy … … … … 2 Quadriplegia … … … … 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 1 Total … … … 22 Manchester … 65 Sclerosis … … … … … 17 Two Consultants in Physical Medicine Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 2 Tetraplegia … … … … 1 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 3 Quadriplegia … … … … 1 Cerebral Palsy … … … … 1 Parkinsons Disease … … … 1 Spasticity … … … … 1 Motor Neurone Disease … … 1 Total … … … 34 Birmingham … 41 Motor Neurone Disease … … 7 One Consultant in Physical Medicine. One Consultant Physician Tetraplegia … … … … 7 Myasthenia Gravis … … … 1 Sclerosis … … … … … 7 Spasticity … … … … 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 3 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 3 Paraplegia … … … … 1 Polyarthritis … … … … 1 Total … … … 31
Regional Hospital Board Numbers of patients assessed Numbers for whom equipment prescribed, by disability Number of Assessor by Specialty Liverpool … 29 Spasticity … … … … 2 One Consultant Physician Tetraplegia … … … … 2 Quadriplegia … … … … 2 Poliomyelitis … … … … 1 Arthritis … … … … … 2 Sclerosis … … … … … 3 Paralysis … … … … 3 Motor Neurone Disease … … 1 Total … … … 16 South Western 55 Motor Neurone Disease … … 3 One Consultant Anaesthetist Tetraplegia … … … … 1 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 4 Paralysis … … … … 6 Sclerosis … … … … … 20 Quardriplegia … … … 2 Paraplegia … … … … 1 Spinal Injuries … … … … 1 Spasticity … … … … 2 Total … … … 40 Sheffield … 25 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 1 One Consultant in Physical Medicine. One Consultant in Neurosurgery Poliomyelitis … … … … 2 Quadriplegia … … … … 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 1 Paralysis … … … … 3 Sclerosis … … … … … 4 Total … … … 13 Leeds … 34 Quadriplegia … … … … 12 One Consultant in Neurology Sclerosis … … … … … 10 Poliomyelitis … … … … 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 1 Total … … … 24 Newcastle … 53 Sclerosis … … … … … 12 Two Consultant Neurologists. One Consultant in Physical Medicine/Rheumatology Paraplegia … … … … 8 Muscular Dystrophy … … … 5 Spinal Injuries … … … … 4 Syringomyelia … … … … 3 Friedreich Ataxia … … … 1 Total … … … 33 East Anglian … 8 Rheumatoid Arthritis … … … 1 One Consultant in Physical Medicine Traumatic … … … … 2 Spasticity … … … … 2 Total … … … 5
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place ineach case; and if he will make a statement;
438W(2) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(3) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities 439W to Possum equipment prescribed by the Hospital Board; how much consultation North-East Metropolitan Regional takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(4) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(5) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Wessex Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(6) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Oxford Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(7) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Manchester Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(8) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(9) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(10) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the South-Western Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(11) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each; and if he will make a statement;
440W(12) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Leeds Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(13) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement;
(14) to what extent local authorities or other organisations have added facilities to Possum equipment prescribed by the East Anglia Regional Hospital Board; how much consultation takes place in each case; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation about additional facilities provided for individual Possum installations is not maintained centrally. Items most commonly supplied include power circuits, cabinets to house the equipment and door lock intercommunication systems. The needs of each Possum user are carefully assessed at a domiciliary case conference at which the local authority is always represented.