To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he estimates will be de-registered from NHS dental practices in the UK during 1998, as a result of the reduction in registration period from 24 to 15 months. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he estimates will be de-registered from NHS dental practices in the UK during 1998, as a result of the reduction in registration period from 24 to 15 months. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who will be de-registered from their dentists, as a result of the new regulations relating to the de-registering of patients who have not visited their dentist within the last 15 months (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who will be de-registered from their dentists, as a result of the new regulations relating to the de-registering of patients who have not visited their dentist within the last 15 months (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the proportion of dental patients who request a second professional opinion before allowing treatment to go ahead.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the proportion of dental patients who request a second professional opinion before allowing treatment to go ahead.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the percentage of (a) the adult and (b) the child population registered with an NHS dentist, by health authority. - Information in Library (Dep 3/5755).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the percentage of (a) the adult and (b) the child population registered with an NHS dentist, by health authority. - Information in Library (Dep 3/5755).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his Department's latest estimate of the number, and proportion, of people registered with a dentist in Coventry. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his Department's latest estimate of the number, and proportion, of people registered with a dentist in Coventry. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly patients are currently in Northwick Park hospital, Kenton. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly patients are currently in Northwick Park hospital, Kenton. - Including figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each health authority area were removed from NHS dentists' registers because they missed a registration period in each year since 1990. - Inc fact that information in Library as DEP 98/1357.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each health authority area were removed from NHS dentists' registers because they missed a registration period in each year since 1990. - Inc fact that information in Library as DEP 98/1357.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what risks to NHS patients will arise from (a) the millennium computer compliance problem and (b) the embedded chip problem; what steps he will take to ensure the safety of patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what risks to NHS patients will arise from (a) the millennium computer compliance problem and (b) the embedded chip problem; what steps he will take to ensure the safety of patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to encourage patients to register with their dentists before the Government regulations relating to patients who have not visited their dentist within the last 15 months are enforced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to encourage patients to register with their dentists before the Government regulations relating to patients who have not visited their dentist within the last 15 months are enforced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received in response to the de-registering of patients who have not visited their dentist within the last 15 months; and if he will make a comment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received in response to the de-registering of patients who have not visited their dentist within the last 15 months; and if he will make a comment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many renal patients from the South Lancashire health area per thousand receive dialysis treatment; and what is the national average. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many renal patients from the South Lancashire health area per thousand receive dialysis treatment; and what is the national average. - Includes figures.

What progress is being made to end mixed sex hospital accommodation in the NHS and whether progress in this area has been speeded up by hospital trusts since the Minister of Health's comment on 6 August "that progress had been too slow". - Includes fact that will write with more...

What progress is being made to end mixed sex hospital accommodation in the NHS and whether progress in this area has been speeded up by hospital trusts since the Minister of Health's comment on 6 August "that progress had been too slow". - Includes fact that will write with more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement the Patient Pack Initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement the Patient Pack Initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the financial implications of implementing the Patient Pack Initiative. - Inc figs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the financial implications of implementing the Patient Pack Initiative. - Inc figs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his estimate of the average level of hospital waiting lists in each quarter from 31st March 1992 to 31st March 1997. - Ref to Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England (in Library).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his estimate of the average level of hospital waiting lists in each quarter from 31st March 1992 to 31st March 1997. - Ref to Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England (in Library).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the basis of the calculation to establish the requirement for £300 million additional expenditure on the NHS this winter. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the basis of the calculation to establish the requirement for £300 million additional expenditure on the NHS this winter. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance staff have been recruited from the Patient Transport Service to the Emergency and Paramedic Service over the past five years (a) in the Mersey region and (b) nationally; and what proportion of staff currently working in the Patient Transport...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance staff have been recruited from the Patient Transport Service to the Emergency and Paramedic Service over the past five years (a) in the Mersey region and (b) nationally; and what proportion of staff currently working in the Patient Transport...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount of officer time spent on negotiating Patient Transport Service contracts in the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service (a) in 1996-97 and (b) in the previous five years; and what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount of officer time spent on negotiating Patient Transport Service contracts in the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service (a) in 1996-97 and (b) in the previous five years; and what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the methodology by which he will calculate the progress made in reducing waiting lists against his target over a five year period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the methodology by which he will calculate the progress made in reducing waiting lists against his target over a five year period.

Whether the figures announced on 8 November 1993, purporting to show that smokers need to consult general practitioners 8 million times a year more than non-smokers, were based on accurate figures or on estimates; and whether other factors including poverty, bad housing conditions and unemployment were also taken into account.

Whether the figures announced on 8 November 1993, purporting to show that smokers need to consult general practitioners 8 million times a year more than non-smokers, were based on accurate figures or on estimates; and whether other factors including poverty, bad housing conditions and unemployment were also taken into account.