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Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the percentage of patients dying while on the waiting list for bypass surgery, (a) nationally and (b) by region. [10748]
Description | Run by | Number of calls | Cost £ |
Blood Donor line | Managed by the Central | 78,516 (April to December | 33,074 |
Office of Information for | 1995) | ||
the Department of Health | |||
Drinkline | Drinkline (non-profit making | 44,000 (October 1993 to | 516,000 (DH funding for |
limited company) | January 1996) | 1993–94–1995–96) | |
Health Information Service | NHS—regionally provided | 1,000,788 (April 1992 to | 8,113,170 (April 1992 to |
Service | December 1995) | March 1996 Includes all | |
costs associated with | |||
establishing the service and | |||
in initially publicising its | |||
availability) | |||
Health Literature line (including the | Managed by the Central | 255,885 (April to December | 108,026 |
Organ Donor line) | Office of Information for | 1995) | |
the Department of Health | |||
National AIDS Helpline and National | Network of Scotland Ltd. | 386,953 (April to December | 1,569,000 (estimated total |
Drugs Helpline | (independent company | 1995) | 1995–1996 cost) |
contracted by the | |||
Department of Health) | |||
National AIDS Helpline | Broadcasting Support Services | 4,200,514 (January 1990 to | 6,038,000 |
and Network Scotland | December 1994) | ||
(contracted by the | |||
Department of Health) | |||
Sexwise helpline | Managed by the Central | 784,016 (April to December | 366,854 |
Office of Information for | 1995) | ||
the Department of Health | |||
Committee safety medicines freephone | Medicines Control Agency | 1,977 (January 1994 to | 7,510 (call costs only) |
December 1995) |
Details of the helpline numbers are as listed:
- Blood Donor line: 0345 711 711
- Drinkline: O345 32 02 02
- Health Information Service: 0800 66 55 44
- Health Literature line: 0800 555 777
- National Drugs helpline: 0800 77 66 00
- National AIDS helpline: 0800 567 123
- Sexwise: 0800 28 29 30
Mr. Malone
I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the then Minister for Health (Dr. Mawhinney) gave the hon. Member for Bristol, South (Ms Primarolo) on 19 May 1994, Official Report, column 557.