§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the projects and their associated funding arising from the Merseyside Health Action Zone (MHAZ) since 1997; what the total amount 1431W allocated to MHAZ is; and how many administrative posts are required to administer the funding. [147938]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonA copy of the information requested on Merseyside Health Action Zones (MHAZ) projects and associated funding has been placed in the Library.
The Department does not hold information relating to the number of administrative posts that were required to administer the funding.
Age groups Week 0-4 5-14 15-44 45-64 65+ Total (all ages)
2003 27 October to 2 November 97 129 789 211 110 1,336 3 November to 9 November 95 159 818 235 132 1,439 10 November to 16 November 112 280 820 238 109 1,559 17 November to 23 November 97 240 736 248 113 1,434 24 November to 30 November 92 182 635 217 100 1,226 1 December to 7 December 120 252 646 229 103 1,350 8 December to 14 December 73 129 537 183 84 1,006 15 December to 21 December 61 96 524 192 113 986 22 December to 28 December 85 108 683 290 235 1,401 Total—27 November to 28 December 2003 832 1,575 6,188 2,043 1,099 11,737 The figures provided in the answer are the total number of calls where a NHS Direct nurse has used the cold/flu clinical algorithm. These totals do not include NHS Direct callers with a cold or influenza where the NHS Direct nurse has not used the `cold/flu' algorithm.
§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what figures he has collated on the use of NHS Direct(a) broken down by region and (b) within the constituency of Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East. [148404]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonNHS Direct usage figures broken down by NHS Direct site for the last six months (July to December 2003) are shown in the table.
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Calls answered by site by month for July 2003—December 2003 Site Calls answered Anglia 112,024 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 127,050 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 132,909 East Midlands 199,630 Essex 165,545 Hampshire 146,462 Kent, Surrey, Sussex 211,104 Manchester 210,333 North and Central London 94,865 North East 158,149 North East London 77,912 North West Coast 193,686 South East London 93,783 South West London 74,757 South Yorkshire And South Humberside 120,679 Staffordshire 148,258 Tees, East and North Yorkshire 115,786 Thames Valley and Northamptonshire 136,650 West Country 188,582 West London 133,384 West Midlands 140,232 West Yorkshire 172,411 Grand total 3,154,191