§ Mr. Ian TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what reciprocal health care arrangements are in place between the UK and other EU states; how many people were treated under these arrangements in the UK in each of the last five years, broken down by region; and what the cost of this arrangement to the UK was for each of the past five years, broken down by region. [184370]
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§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 20 July 2004]: Regulations (EEC) 1408/71 and 574/72 co-ordinate the social security and health care schemes of the European economic area countries (EEA). These regulations apply to employed or self-employed people and pensioners who are insured for health care under the state health system of a member slate. The regulations provide, among other things, for health care for persons temporarily visiting another member state, referrals of patients specifically for treatment in another member state and health care for pensioners who relocate to another member state. Non-employed persons are also covered but only for health care during temporary visits.
Member states reimburse each other for treatments given to each others people. The following table shows costs for the last four years. Numbers of patients treated are not available since claims may cover several episodes of care for a single individual. No data are available on patients' United Kingdom region of origin.
Table 1: UK obligation under the (EEC) Regulation 1408/71— Resource estimates £000 Member states claims against the United Kingdom UK claims against member states 1999–2000 176,400 26,500 2000–01 188,000 25,000 2001–02 231,900 31,300 2002–03 249,700 31,500 Notes: 1. Figures are based on latest available information and used in the 2002–03 Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) outturn exercise. This information is compiled in line with the requirements of "Government Accounting 2000" and National Audit Office (NAO). Information for 1998–99 is not on a comparable basis. 2. Claims against UK are made in national currency and converted in sterling by using the quarterly mean exchange rates published by the Commission.
New diagnoses of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs)1 in teenagers (under 20 years of age) by strategic health authority (SHA) in England, 1995–2002
SHA 1995 1996 1997 1998 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 848 862 1,051 1,090 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 465 450 578 626 Birmingham and the Black Country 857 1,048 1,228 1,139 Cheshire and Merseyside 884 987 1,164 1,292 County Durham and Tees Valley 332 375 485 535 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 520 570 652 698 Cumbria and Lancashire 629 677 882 878 Dorset and Somerset 373 416 516 606 Essex 398 409 544 582 Greater Manchester 1,052 1,283 1,519 1,668 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 538 635 764 833 Kent and Medway 397 510 490 560 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 652 643 804 842 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 699 809 912 1,052 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 514 637 730 723 North Central London 535 678 706 940 North East London 596 696 858 950 North West London 837 861 955 1,016