HC Deb 21 May 2004 vol 421 cc1268-70W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Warrington North are being treated with statins. [172846]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested is not collected on a constituency basis and neither is the number of people currently being prescribed statins. However, the number of statins prescribed for Warrington Primary Care Trust is shown in the table.

Total number of statins prescribed by general practitioner practices in the community, in England, for the year beginning January 2003.
Region/type of region Prescription items prescription items per 1,000 population
Warrington (PCT) 99,462 522
Cheshire and Merseyside (SHA) 1,363,439 582
England Total1 21,606,624 441
1The England total includes a small number of prescription items, prescribed by GPs, that the PPA have been unable to allocate to a PCT or SHA.

Notes: 1. The information, by PCT and strategic health authority (SHA), was obtained from the Prescribing Analysis and Cost (PACT) system, which covers prescriptions prescribed by general practitioner practices and dispensed in the community. Prescriptions written within a GP practice but dispensed outside the PCT or SHA will be included in the PCT or SHA in which,

In-patient waiting list by provider for the Burnley area (1996–2004)
Months waiting to be seen
Unit name Total 0–2 3–5 6–8 9–11 12–14 15–17
1997–98 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 6,157 3,061 1,470 968 625 33 0
1997–98 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 6,569 3,224 1,844 1,087 412 2 0
1998–99 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,895 2,908 1,092 546 288 61 0
1998–99 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 5,357 3,231 1,103 691 318 14 0
1999–2000 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,803 2,458 1,190 639 377 120 19
1999–2000 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 5,084 2,977 1,202 606 251 48 0
2000–01 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,554 2,335 1,207 686 326 0 0
2000–01 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 5,032 2,924 1,283 593 232 0 0
2001–02 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,749 2,266 1,165 778 405 135 0
2001–02 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 4,883 2,532 1,303 692 356 0 0
2002–03 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,595 2,219 1,223 761 392 0 0
2002–03 Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 3,968 2,375 1,078 432 83 0 0
2003–04 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 8,100 5,045 2,200 855 0 0 0

Out-patient waiting list by Provider for the Burnley area (1996–2004)
Weeks waiting to be seen from a GP referral to consultant appointment
Unit name Not seen 13 to 25 Not seen 26 plus
1997–98 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 1,266 69
1997–98 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 66 0
1998–99 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 2,371 895
1998–99 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 815 258
1999–2000 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 2,158 1,455
1999–2000 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 516 147
2000–01 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 1,548 521
2000–01 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 283 24
2001–02 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 1,094 0
2001–02 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Healthcare NHS Trust 246 0

Weeks waiting to be seen from a GP referral to consultant appointment
Unit name Not seen 13–17 Not seen 17–21 Not seen 21–26 Not seen 26 plus
2002–03 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 603 273 0 0
2002–03 Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 164 55 0 0
2003–04 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 291 0 0 0
Source:
Department of Health QM08
respectively, the GP pr ictice is based. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included. Prescriptions written in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man but dispensed in England are excluded.

2. Prescriptions are written on a prescription form. Each single item written on the form, is counted as a prescription item.

3. The figures for Statins represent data on the following chemical entities: atorvastatin; cerivastatin; fluvastatin sodium; lovastatin; pravastatin sodium; rosuvastatin calcium; simvastatin.