HC Deb 14 May 1998 vol 312 cc208-9W
Ms Shipley

To 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. Milburn

This 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

Mr. Oaten

To 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. Milburn

I 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. Oaten

To 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. Milburn

The 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.

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