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Healthcare Parliamentary Monitor Bulletin 462 - 21 Nov 2008

Ambulance services :

• Per capita costs listed

  • The per capita costs of each ambulance trust in England were listed by Health Minister Ben Bradshaw in a parliamentary answer on 18 Nov.

Disability :

• Registered blind or partially sighted in England

  • The numbers of people registered as blind or partially sighted with each local authority in England were detailed by Health Under Secretary Phil Hope in a parliamentary answer on 19 Nov.

Healthcare research :

• Progress report on research translation

  • The first progress report from the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (OSCHR) was welcomed by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Department of Health said on 18 Nov.

Medicines :

• New pricing agreement announced

  • The Department of Health announced a new agreement with the pharmaceutical industry on prices of drugs to the NHS on 19 Nov.

Mental health :

• New National Advisory Council on Children’s Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing

  • A new National Advisory Council on Children’s Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing was promised by the Department of Children Schools and Families and the Department of Health on 18 Nov.

• New in-patient arrangements for armed services personnel

  • South Staffordshire and Shropshire Foundation Trust will lead and direct a new national mental healthcare in-patient network for serving armed forces personnel, Defence Under Secretary Kevan Jones said in a Ministerial statement on 18 Nov.

• NHS psychiatrist numbers

  • The numbers of psychiatrists employed by the NHS in each specialisation in each of the last ten years were detailed by Health Under Secretary Phil Hope in a parliamentary answer on 18 JNov.

NHS management :

• Professional consultation launched on 'next generation' indicators

  • Local NHS organisations are being encouraged to engage with staff to help develop a framework for a new generation of indicators that will measure quality at local, organisational, regional and national levels, the Department of Health announced on 18 Nov.

• Aortic aneurism screening Trusts listed

  • Six "early implementation sites" for aortic aneurism screening in England were listed by Health Under Secretary Ann Keen in a parliamentary answer on 18 Nov.

• New Deputy Chief Nursing Officer

  • David Foster has been appointed to the post of Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health, replacing Janice Sigsworth, the Department of Health announced on 20 Nov.

Official publications :

• Latest listings

  • Latest listings of governmental, parliamentary and associated publications. These are available from The Stationery Office at: http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=38793 .

Organ donation :

• Task Force rejects opt-out scheme

  • The Government will spend an extra £4.5 Million over the next two years on an organ donation publicity campaign after a report from its Organ Donation Task Force concluded that an opt-out donation system  based on presumed consent should not be introduced, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said in  a Ministerial statement on 17 Nov.

Primary care :

• Latest referral to treatment times statistics

  • Latest statistics on NHS referral to treatment times, for September 2008, were published by the Department of Health on 19 Nov.

Public health :

• Cancer mortality rates in England

  • Mortality rates for eighteen types of cancer in England in each year from 1971 to 2005 were detailed by Cabinet Office Under Secretary Kevin Brennan in a parliamentary answer on 18 Nov.

• Injuries to cyclists

  • Injuries to cyclists in England in each of the last five years were detailed by Health Minister Ben Bradshaw in a parliamentary answer on 18 Nov.