(3) how many organisations are using prescriptions for wheelchairs under the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model.

(3) how many organisations are using prescriptions for wheelchairs under the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many equipment stores have been decommissioned as a result of the implementation of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; and what model is in place to provide the complex aids to daily living in areas in which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many equipment stores have been decommissioned as a result of the implementation of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; and what model is in place to provide the complex aids to daily living in areas in which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what (a) research and (b) consultation his Department undertook before instructing local authorities to become the accrediting bodies for the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; and how many retailers have registered with local authorities for the purpose of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what (a) research and (b) consultation his Department undertook before instructing local authorities to become the accrediting bodies for the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; and how many retailers have registered with local authorities for the purpose of...

(2) how many retailers have registered with the Community Equipment Dispensing Accreditation Board;

(2) how many retailers have registered with the Community Equipment Dispensing Accreditation Board;

(2) how many organisations have been using the retail model since his Department's (a) stakeholder events and (b) endorsement of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; whether those organisations are using that model for simple aids to daily living alone; and how much has been paid to...

(2) how many organisations have been using the retail model since his Department's (a) stakeholder events and (b) endorsement of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; whether those organisations are using that model for simple aids to daily living alone; and how much has been paid to...

(2) how much funding his Department allocated for the purchase of (a) densitometers, (b) defibrillators, (c) dental equipment, (d) patient monitors and (e) blood analyzers for hospitals in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a...

(2) how much funding his Department allocated for the purchase of (a) densitometers, (b) defibrillators, (c) dental equipment, (d) patient monitors and (e) blood analyzers for hospitals in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding his Department has allocated for the purchase of (a) spirometers, (b) anaesthesia machines, (c) electrosurgical units, (d) powered chairs and tables, (e) autoclaves, (f) ultrasound equipment, (g) pulse oximeters and EKG machines for hospitals in (i) Mid Bedfordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding his Department has allocated for the purchase of (a) spirometers, (b) anaesthesia machines, (c) electrosurgical units, (d) powered chairs and tables, (e) autoclaves, (f) ultrasound equipment, (g) pulse oximeters and EKG machines for hospitals in (i) Mid Bedfordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure his Department has incurred on the procurement of services from (a) Deloitte and (b) other consultants in respect of the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and what estimate he has made of the total expenditure to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure his Department has incurred on the procurement of services from (a) Deloitte and (b) other consultants in respect of the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and what estimate he has made of the total expenditure to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to report on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to report on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what timetable he has set for the introduction of the new arrangements for stoma and incontinence products under Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what timetable he has set for the introduction of the new arrangements for stoma and incontinence products under Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish the consultation document on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish the consultation document on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

(2) when he plans to publish his Department's response to the most recent consultation on changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

(2) when he plans to publish his Department's response to the most recent consultation on changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many items of correspondence he received relating to the Review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff from members of the public in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many items of correspondence he received relating to the Review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff from members of the public in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish the Government's response to the latest consultation on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish the Government's response to the latest consultation on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements must be met for a company to receive remuneration for the dispensing of incontinence appliances under a dispensing appliance contractors licence; what recent representations he has received about the issue; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements must be met for a company to receive remuneration for the dispensing of incontinence appliances under a dispensing appliance contractors licence; what recent representations he has received about the issue; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the proposal to require dispensing appliance contractors to provide a home delivery service will apply in circumstances where the contractors would be providing such a service at a financial loss; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the proposal to require dispensing appliance contractors to provide a home delivery service will apply in circumstances where the contractors would be providing such a service at a financial loss; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he made of the British Healthcare Trades Association's response to the Government's consultation on the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances under Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he made of the British Healthcare Trades Association's response to the Government's consultation on the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances under Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a full summary of responses to the consultation on the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff will be made available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a full summary of responses to the consultation on the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff will be made available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the weight of an average monthly supply of intermittent catheters for a patient; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the weight of an average monthly supply of intermittent catheters for a patient; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many letters which mentioned intermittent catheters his Department has received in response to its latest consultation on the proposed new arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and urology appliances and related services in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many letters which mentioned intermittent catheters his Department has received in response to its latest consultation on the proposed new arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and urology appliances and related services in...