Public Services (Hansard, 17 April 2002)

§ Mr. Llwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings he has had and representations he has received, by date and subject, from Members of the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Executive, regarding the increased use of private sector funding on delivering public services, broken down by date and subject. [43219]

§ Mr. Hutton
No meetings have been held with Members of the National Assembly for Wales, or the Welsh Assembly Executive, nor representations received

£ million

1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 ¹2001–02

Nurse and other staff recruitment 1.43 1.30 4.90 4.21 4.90 6.00

Organ and blood donation 0.38 0.62 2.47 ²0.69 0.43 0.18

Mental health —— —— —— —— —— 0.18

Smoking cessation —— —— —— ³6.18 8.97 ⁴7.79

Anti-fraud —— —— 0.38 —— 0.18 0

Flu immunisation —— —— —— —— 2.01 1.45

NHS Direct —— 0.12 0.78 1.24 0.28 1.25

Appropriately prescribed medicine (ie antibiotics) —— —— —— 0.91 —— 0.44

Others 0.58 —— —— 2.08 4.20 2.52

Total 2.39 2.04 8.53 15.31 20.97 19.81

¹Planned (to be updated).

²The Department's spend on blood donation advertising reduced in 1999–2000 because most of this activity was funded directly by the National Blood Authority, who took over full responsibility for this expenditure on 1 April 2000.

³Prior to 1999–2000 advertising on smoking was undertaken by the Health Education Authority (HEA).

⁴Including Asian specialist press

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the publicity and advertising campaigns run by his Department in each of the last four years, specifying the(a) purpose, (b) cost to public funds, (c) number of staff involved and (d) method of evaluation in each case. [39101]

Campaign and purpose Evaluation

Antibiotics

To encourage the public not to over use antibiotics and thus reduce their effectiveness Pre and post tracking research of advertising campaign

Blood donation¹

To encourage more members of the general public to become blood donors The number of people registering to give blood, calls to the blood donation helpline and amount of blood given

CALM

To promote the CALM mental health helpline to young men on the onset of depression Feedback from regional co-ordinators in the active zones, calls to the helpline, pre and post launch campaign research

Drugs

To publicise services provided by National Drugs Helpline Calls to the helpline monitored

Flu

To advise general public that those at risk (people 65 and over and others suffering from specified illnesses) should see their GP for a free flu jab Returns from health authorities on immunisation take up among the target age group. Pre and post campaign tracking research

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from them regarding the increased use of private sector funding on delivering public services.

£ million
	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	¹2001–02
Nurse and other staff recruitment	1.43	1.30	4.90	4.21	4.90	6.00
Organ and blood donation	0.38	0.62	2.47	²0.69	0.43	0.18
Mental health	——	——	——	——	——	0.18
Smoking cessation	——	——	——	³6.18	8.97	⁴7.79
Anti-fraud	——	——	0.38	——	0.18	0
Flu immunisation	——	——	——	——	2.01	1.45
NHS Direct	——	0.12	0.78	1.24	0.28	1.25
Appropriately prescribed medicine (ie antibiotics)	——	——	——	0.91	——	0.44
Others	0.58	——	——	2.08	4.20	2.52
Total	2.39	2.04	8.53	15.31	20.97	19.81
¹Planned (to be updated).
²The Department's spend on blood donation advertising reduced in 1999–2000 because most of this activity was funded directly by the National Blood Authority, who took over full responsibility for this expenditure on 1 April 2000.
³Prior to 1999–2000 advertising on smoking was undertaken by the Health Education Authority (HEA).
⁴Including Asian specialist press

Campaign and purpose	Evaluation
Antibiotics
To encourage the public not to over use antibiotics and thus reduce their effectiveness	Pre and post tracking research of advertising campaign
Blood donation¹
To encourage more members of the general public to become blood donors	The number of people registering to give blood, calls to the blood donation helpline and amount of blood given
CALM
To promote the CALM mental health helpline to young men on the onset of depression	Feedback from regional co-ordinators in the active zones, calls to the helpline, pre and post launch campaign research
Drugs
To publicise services provided by National Drugs Helpline	Calls to the helpline monitored
Flu
To advise general public that those at risk (people 65 and over and others suffering from specified illnesses) should see their GP for a free flu jab	Returns from health authorities on immunisation take up among the target age group. Pre and post campaign tracking research