§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Crosby in the past five years. [160433]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is not collected on a constituency basis, but at national health service trust level. Data for NHS trusts is shown in the table.
§ Jim Dobbinhow many residents in Stalybridge and Hyde over 60 have benefited from the aboliton of charges for eye tests. [168773]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData for the number of sight tests by constituency by the number of senior citizens is not collected centrally.
1469WThe total number of national health service sight tests paid for by the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority in 2002–03 for patients aged 60 and over was 189,900. The total number eligible for a free sight test for those aged 60 and over was 493,100. Sight tests cannot be equated to the numbers of patients.