HC Deb 01 April 2004 vol 419 cc1675-6W
Angela Watkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many school-age children were receiving speech therapy in each of the primary care trust areas in Greater London in each year since 1997 in the(a) primary and (b) secondary sector; [164175]

(2) how many pre-school children were receiving speech therapy in each of the primary care trust areas in Greater London in each year since 1997. [164176]

Mr. Hutton

Information is not available in the form requested. Information about children receiving speech therapy is available by service provider and not by primary care trust area, and does not distinguish primary from secondary sector provision. The available data for 2002–03 are shown in the table. Information for earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Initial contacts (new episodes of care) with speech therapy services, by age and trust, London 2002–03
Age
Strategic Health Authority/Provider Trust Trust type 0-4 5-15
London 17,100 16,520
North Central London 3,420 3,790
Barnet PCT 590 920
Enfield PCT 320 440
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHST 580 420
Haringey PCT 620 880
Islington PCT 1,310 1,130
Royal Free Hampstead NHST 0 10
University College London Hospitals NHST 0 0
North East London 4,030 2,600
Barking and Dagenham PCT 750 450
Barts and The London NHST 130 60
City and Hackney PCT 580 0
Homerton Hospital NHST 0 0
Newham PCT 890 1,220
Redbridge PCT 340 160
Tower Hamlets PCT 740 450
Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone PCT 600 260
North West London 2,670 1,580
Brent PCT 390 380
Initial contacts (new episodes of care) with speech therapy services, by age and trust, London 2002–03
Age
Strategic Health Authority/Provider Trust Trust type 0-4 5-15
Central and NW London Mental Health NHST 0 0
Ealing PCT 580 250
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 260 120
Hammersmith Hospitals NHST 120 80
Harrow PCT 0 0
Hillingdon PCT 220 120
Hillingdon Hospital NHST 0 40
Hounslow PCT 200 130
Kensington and Chelsea PCT 90 50
North West London NHST 510 240
Royal Marsden NHST 0 10
St. Mary's NHST 150 40
West London Mental Health NHST 0 0
Westminster PCT 140 110
South East London 3,760 4,000
Bromley PCT 750 290
Greenwich PCT 520 250
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHST 0 0
King's College Hospital NHST 40 20
Lambeth PCT 750 1,210
Lewisham PCT 590 950
Oxleas NHST 470 270
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHST 0 0
South London and Maudsley NHST 0 0
Southwark PCT 630 1,020
South west London 3,230 4,560
Croydon PCT 700 1,210
Kingston PCT 300 250
SW London and St. George's Mental Health NHST 0 0
Sutton and Merton PCT 1,200 1,780
Wandsworth PCT 1,030 1,320

Notes:

  1. 1.All trusts that provide speech therapy services are shown; some may provide services principally for adults.
  2. 2.Figures are rounded to the nearest 10: 0 means fewer than 5 cases in the year.

Source: DH Statistics Division; return KT29

Angela Watkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many pre-school children were diagnosed as needing speech therapy in each of the primary care trust areas in Greater London in each year since 1997; [164177]

(2) how many school-age children were diagnosed as needing speech therapy in each of the primary care trust areas in Greater London in each year since 1997 in the (a) primary and (b) secondary sector. [164178]

Mr. Hutton

No data are held centrally about the number of school-age children diagnosed as needing speech therapy.

Back to