§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what discussions he has had with the British Association of Immediate Care Schemes; and what financial support he has given in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Moyle:Following a meeting between my officials and the British Association of Immediate Care Schemes in December 1977, a grant of £7,500 is being made towards the association's headquarters' administrative expenses in the current financial year. A further meeting is planned shortly to discuss the level of future financial support.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his estimate of the number of lives saved in each of the last three years in road and other accidents as a result of the immediate care schemes ;
(2) what is his estimate of the saving in lives that would result from the introduction of a national system of immediate care schemes.
§ Mr. Moyle:I regret that information on which to base estimates is not available. The protocol of a research project to evaluate immediate care schemes has not yet been received from the British Association of Immediate Care Schemes.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors now give their time voluntarily and unpaid to assist immediate care schemes ;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the names of the areas which have immediate care schemes.
§ Mr. Moyle:I understand from the British Association of Immediate Care Schemes that in England over 1,100 doctors are participating in immediate care schemes based on the following centres: Ashford, Aylesbury, Baslow (Derbyshire), Bath, Binbrook (Lints), Blandford, Bodmin, Bristol, Bromley, Brough (East Yorkshire), Cambridge, Chester. Chesterfield, Chingford, Colchester, Coventry, Cullompton, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Durham, East Birmingham, Exeter, Frome, Grays, Great Yarmouth, Harrogate, Hatfield, 612W Henley-on-Thames, Hythe, Ipswich, Kendal, Launceston, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Newbury, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Shields, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Penrith, Penzance, Plymouth, Preston, Richmond (Yorkshire), Rugby, Saffron Walden, Salisbury, Southampton, Stevenage, Tarporley, Tavistock, Tetbury (Glos), Tewkesbury, Warwick, Welwyn Garden City, Westbury, Whitby, Wye (Kent).
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people involved in road accidents in each of the last three years have received attention from immediate care schemes.
§ Mr. Moyle:I regret that the information requested is not available.