Departmental Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times each Minister within his Department has visited (a) an accident and emergency department, (b) an independent sector treatment centre, (c) a GP surgery, (d) an NHS dentist, (e) an urgent care centre, (f) a GP-led health centre and (g) a NHS hospital trust facility in an official capacity in the last 12 months. (294220)

As part of their official duties, departmental Ministers visit a variety of accident and emergency departments, independent sector treatment centres, general practitioner (GP) surgeries, national health service dentists, urgent care centres, GP-led health centres and NHS hospital trust facilities. The following visits occurred during the period 15 October 2008 to 14 October 2009.

Visits by each Minister during the last 12 months were:

*Alan Johnson*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 5 June 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	3
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	6
NHS hospital trust facility	16

*Andy Burnham*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 8 June 2009 - 14 October 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	1
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	0
NHS hospital trust facility	4

*Lord Darzi*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 21 July 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	1
NHS Dentist	1
Urgent care centre	1
GP-led health centre	4
NHS hospital trust facility	14

*Ben Bradshaw*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 5 June 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	1
GP surgery	1
NHS Dentist	1
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	3
NHS hospital trust facility	4

*Mike O'Brien*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 8 June 2009 - 14 October 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	1
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	2
NHS hospital trust facility	5

*Ann Keen*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 14 October 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	2
GP surgery	0
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	0
NHS hospital trust facility	12

*Dawn Primarolo*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 5 June 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	0
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	0
NHS hospital trust facility	1

*Gillian Merron*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 8 June 2009 - 14 October 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	0
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	0
NHS hospital trust facility	1

*Phil Hope*
Type of organisation	Number of visits 15 October 2008 - 14 October 2009
Independent sector treatment centre	0
GP surgery	0
NHS Dentist	0
Urgent care centre	0
GP-led health centre	1
NHS hospital trust facility	10

Volume 498: debated on Thursday 29 October 2009