§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 16 July,Official Report, column 910, when baseline data for severe mental illness, gonorrhoea, under-16 conceptions and accidents for regional and district health targets will be ready.
§ Dr. MawhinneyA supplement to the common data set was published in October. This provided baseline data for812W all the key areas in the White Paper except for suicide rates for the severely mentally ill and gonorrhoea. The latter are not routinely collected for local populations. The Department is working with the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys on the feasibility of collecting the information on severe mental illness. Data about the incidence of gonorrhoea are not available by area of incidence. The Department is however examining the data aggregated by National Health Service regions in which clinics are situated to see whether they lend themselves to use for target setting at this level. A copy of the guide to the data file is in the Library.