§ Ms ShipleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in respect of how many people Dudley Health Authority currently provides continence services; and what budget it has allocated to continence care in real terms in each year since 1990–91. [41750]
§ Mr. MilburnThis information is not routinely collected by the Department, but local information provided shows that the number of Dudley Health Authority residents currently provided with incontinence pads and other similar methods is 3,021.
Expenditure from 1992–93 to 1998–99 is as follows:
Year £000 1997–98 1503 1996–97 407 1995–96 357 1994–95 345 1993–94 304 1992–93 242 1 Includes £30,000 winter pressures money Note:
It is not possible to obtain data prior to 1992–93
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§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding his Department has given to voluntary organisations providing support for incontinent people in each year since 1990–91; [41912]
(2) what research his Department has undertaken into the number of incontinent people in the UK seeking advice and products outside the NHS; [41911]
(3) when the NHS will issue national guidance on the treatment of incontinence. [41913]
§ Mr. MilburnI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Belfast, South (Rev. Martin Smyth) on 5 May 1998,Official Report, column 349.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been on waiting lists in(a) Winchester and (b) North and Mid Hampshire for continence pads from the NHS for more than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months. [41910]
§ Mr. MilburnThe information requested is not available centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact Ms Frances Sheldon, Chairman of North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority, for this information.