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During
the
six
month
period
ending
March
2001,
the
number
of
users
reported
as
presenting
to
drug
misuse
agencies
increased
marginally
by
0
.
4
%
from
the
previous
six
month
period
(to
33
,
200
)
.
(A10)
Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
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Total
number
of
users
(A10)
Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
|
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HIV
cases
diagnosed
(
number
)
(A12)
Morbidity: HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
|
|
|
AIDS
cases
diagnosed
(
number
)
(A12)
Morbidity: HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
|
|
|
Number
(
thousands
)
(A14)
Fertility: Deliveries and births
|
|
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The
number
of
abortions
in
1998
was
20%
higher
than
in
1986.
(A15)
Fertility: Abortions to residents
|
|
|
Number
(
thousands
)
(A15)
Fertility: Abortions to residents
|
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Figures
represent
the
number
of
deaths
registered
in
each
year
.
(A3)
Indicators of the Nations Health: Male death rates by selected causes
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The
number
of
dentists
in
the
General
Dental
Service
increased
by
1,672
(
10
%
)
in
the
five
years
to
September
2002.
Principals
increased
by
936
whilst
assistants
rose
by
697
to
1,366.
(B1)
General Dental Service: Selected statistics
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The
number
of
patients
registered
fell
in
1998
-
99
because
of
the
change
in
the
registration
period
(
see
General
Notes
section
)
.
(B1)
General Dental Service: Selected statistics
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The
number
of
adult
courses
of
treatment
increased
by
1
million
or
4%
in
the
five
years
to
2002
-
03
(B1)
General Dental Service: Selected statistics
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|
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Number
of
dentists
(1)
(B1)
General Dental Service: Selected statistics
|
|
|
Number
of
patients
registered
(3)
(
thousands
)
(B1)
General Dental Service: Selected statistics
|
|
|
Number
of
courses
of
treatment
(
thousands
)
(B1)
General Dental Service: Selected statistics
|
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The
total
number
of
patient
contacts
in
screening
programmes
has
fallen
from
3.1
million
in
1995
-
96
to
1.8
million
in
2001
-
02
.
Some
screening
is
now
done
in
the
Personal
Dental
Service
(
PDS
)
.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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The
number
of
initial
patient
contacts
for
dental
treatment
was
0.6
million
in
2001
-
02
,
a
decrease
of
about
0.5
million
on
1995
-
96
.
Since
October
1998,
some
patient
care
has
been
transferred
from
the
CDS
to
the
PDS
.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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The
number
of
dental
staff
fell
from
1,037
wte
in
1995
-
96
to
1,018
wte
in
2001
-
02
.
This
has
been
affected
by
the
introduction
of
the
PDS
in
October
1998.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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1.
Each
occasion
on
which
a
patient
was
in
contact
.
The
number
of
individuals
will
be
smaller
than
this
.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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The
figures
do
not
reflect
the
number
of
individual
patients
treated
,
as
one
patient
could
have
more
than
one
episode
of
care
within
the
data
year
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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The
total
number
of
finished
consultant
episodes
increased
by
20%
between
1994
-
95
and
1996
-
97
.
(B13)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by major diagnostic group
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Overall
,
the
average
daily
number
of
available
beds
continues
to
decrease
,
falling
by
0
.
7
%
from
186,091
in
2000
-
01
to
184,871
in
2001
-
02
.
(B16)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Average daily number of available beds by sector; NHS trusts
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In
the
general
&
acute
sector
(
acute
plus
geriatric
)
,
the
average
daily
number
of
available
beds
increased
by
0
.
6
%
from
135,794
in
2000
-
01
to
136,583
in
2001
-
02
.
(B16)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Average daily number of available beds by sector; NHS trusts
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Number
of
bed
days
in
the
year
divided
by
the
number
of
days
in
the
year
.
(B16)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Average daily number of available beds by sector; NHS trusts
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Hospital
Inpatient
Activity
:
Average
daily
number
of
available
beds
by
sector
;
NHS
trusts
(B16)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Average daily number of available beds by sector; NHS trusts
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Between
September
2002
and
September
2003,
the
number
of
patients
waiting
over
one
year
decreased
by
74,400.
(B17)
Inpatient Waiting Lists: Patients waiting for elective admission, September 2003, variation by specialty (ordinary admissions and day cases combined)
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|
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number
(B17)
Inpatient Waiting Lists: Patients waiting for elective admission, September 2003, variation by specialty (ordinary admissions and day cases combined)
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|
The
total
number
of
outpatient
attendances
increased
by
1%
from
43,569,340
in
2000
-
01
to
44,008,362
in
2001
-
02
.
(B18)
Hospital Outpatient Activity: Outpatient attendances, by sector; NHS trusts
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|
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Number
seen
following
(B19)
Outpatient Waiting Times: Patients seen following GP written referral and time waited from referral to consultation - Quarter ended 30 September 2003
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|
The
number
of
examination
and
reports
has
remained
fairly
constant
since
1998
-
99
.
(B2)
General Dental Service: Selected types of adult treatments
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|
|
Number
and
£
thousands
(B2)
General Dental Service: Selected types of adult treatments
|
|
|
Number
(B2)
General Dental Service: Selected types of adult treatments
|
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Between
1992
-
93
and
1998
-
99
the
number
of
hospital
occupied
bed
days
commissioned
for
people
with
a
mental
illness
fell
by
20%
to
11.2
million
.
(B21)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital and community occupied bed days commissioned for people with a mental illness
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|
|
The
average
daily
number
of
beds
avaliable
in
NHS
facilities
has
fallen
by
25%
since
1994
-
95
.
This
is
a
reflection
of
the
fall
in
longstay
beds
from
11,060
in
1994
-
95
to
4,190
in
2000
-
01
(B22)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
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|
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The
number
of
places
in
staffed
residential
homes
has
increased
by
about
5,000
in
the
five
years
to
2000
-
01
(B22)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
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|
|
Data
on
NHS
facilities
are
derived
from
available
bed
day
figures
supplied
by
NHS
trusts
on
form
KH03
.
The
data
are
converted
to
an
annual
average
daily
number
by
dividing
the
total
number
of
available
bed
days
in
the
year
.
(B22)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
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|
|
The
average
daily
number
of
beds
available
in
NHS
facilities
fell
by
10%
in
the
five
years
to
2000
-
01
-
a
fall
of
almost
4,000
beds
.
(B23)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with mental illness
|
|
|
Data
on
NHS
facilities
are
derived
from
available
bed
day
figures
supplied
by
NHS
trusts
on
form
KH03
.
The
data
are
converted
to
an
annual
average
daily
number
by
dividing
the
total
number
of
available
bed
days
in
the
year
.
(B23)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with mental illness
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8,096
ophthalmic
practitioners
held
contracts
with
at
least
one
Primary
Care
Trust
to
carry
out
NHS
sight
tests
in
England
at
31
December
2002,
a
similar
figure
to
2001
and
a
23%
increase
on
the
number
of
practitioners
at
December
1992.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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|
|
In
2002
-
03
,
3.5
million
vouchers
were
reimbursed
,
a
decrease
of
3
.
7
%
on
2001
-
02
and
an
increase
of
9%
on
1992
-
93
.
The
number
of
vouchers
reimbursed
by
HAs
(
previously
FHSAs
)
increased
between
the
first
full
year
of
the
scheme
(
1987
-
88
)
and
1996
-
97
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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|
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Figures
for
the
number
of
practitioners
relate
to
ophthalmic
medical
practitioners
and
ophthalmic
opticians
who
held
contracts
with
FHSAs
/
HAs
to
carry
out
NHS
sight
tests
as
at
31
December
.
Those
with
more
than
one
contract
are
counted
only
once
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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|
|
Number
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
|
|
|
Number
of
practitioners
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
|
|
|
Number
of
GOS
sight
tests
(
thousands
)
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
|
|
|
Number
of
vouchers
reimbursed
(
thousands
)
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
|
|
|
Number
of
prescription
items
(B4)
Pharmaceutical Services: Prescription items dispensed in the community
|
|
|
Number
(B4)
Pharmaceutical Services: Prescription items dispensed in the community
|
|
|
Number
of
prescription
items
(B4)
Pharmaceutical Services: Prescription items dispensed in the community
|
|
|
There
was
little
change
between
1996
-
97
and
2002
-
03
in
the
number
of
pharmacies
in
contract
to
dispense
National
Health
Service
prescriptions
.
(B5)
Pharmaceutical Services: Community pharmacies in contract with health authorities at 31 March
|
|
|
Number
(B5)
Pharmaceutical Services: Community pharmacies in contract with health authorities at 31 March
|
|
|
Number
of
contracting
pharmacies
(B5)
Pharmaceutical Services: Community pharmacies in contract with health authorities at 31 March
|
|
|
Children
may
be
registered
under
more
than
one
of
the
categories
of
abuse
shown
;
the
sum
of
the
categories
therefore
exceeds
the
total
number
of
children
on
the
register
.
(C2)
Children: Children and young people on child protection registers at 31 March
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|
|
The
number
of
care
leavers
aged
16
or
over
has
been
falling
since
1994
/
95
.
(C4)
Children: Aged 16 and over who ceased to be looked after by a local authority
|
|
|
The
number
of
contact
hours
provided
by
the
independent
sector
continues
to
increase
at
a
steady
rate
(
with
the
exception
of
1997
/
1998
)
.
(C5)
Adults: Contact hours of home help and home care provided, by sector
|
|
|
The
number
of
contact
hours
provided
directly
by
local
authorities
has
fallen
by
30%
since
1997.
(C5)
Adults: Contact hours of home help and home care provided, by sector
|
|
|
Contact
hours
are
the
total
number
of
staff
hours
spent
in
contact
with
or
directly
serving
the
client
(
s
)
.
(C5)
Adults: Contact hours of home help and home care provided, by sector
|
|
|
Home
help
carers
are
spending
more
time
with
each
of
their
clients
-
the
average
number
of
contact
hours
has
increased
by
50%
since
1997.
(C6)
Adults: Home help and home care trends (all sectors)
|
|
|
Although
the
number
of
households
receiving
services
has
decreased
over
the
period
1997
-
2002
,
the
number
of
contact
hours
increased
showing
increasing
intensity
of
service
.
(C6)
Adults: Home help and home care trends (all sectors)
|
|
|
Contact
hours
are
the
total
number
of
staff
hours
spent
in
contact
with
or
directly
serving
the
client
(
s
)
.
(C6)
Adults: Home help and home care trends (all sectors)
|
|
|
The
number
of
supported
residents
in
staffed
residential
and
nursing
care
decreased
from
259,081
to
255
,
391between
2000
and
2001.
This
decrease
of
about
1%
extends
the
reduction
in
the
rate
of
year
on
year
increases
in
previous
years
.
(C7)
Adults: Local authority supported residents in staffed residential and nursing care at 31 March
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|
|
WTE
Practice
staff
total
for
1998
and
1999
does
not
include
WTE
Community
nurses
who
are
seconded
to
PMS
Pilots
,
there
were
62
WTE
and
71
WTE
community
nurses
respectively
.
These
are
however
included
in
Total
Practice
Staff
Number
.
(D5)
NHS General Medical Services: General medical practitioners (GPs) and practice staff employed by GPs at 1 October 1989-1999, & 30 September 2000-2002
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|
|
Number
(D7)
General Dental and Ophthalmic Services
|
|
|
Number
of
dentists
(1)
(D7)
General Dental and Ophthalmic Services
|
|
|
Number
of
ophthalmic
practitioners
(3)
(D7)
General Dental and Ophthalmic Services
|
|
|
There
has
been
a
9%
fall
in
the
number
of
staff
working
in
local
authority
social
services
departments
over
the
last
5
years
.
(D8)
Staff of local authority social services departments at 30 September
|
|
|
There
has
been
a
21%
fall
in
the
number
of
staff
working
in
local
authority
residential
care
over
the
same
period
.
(D8)
Staff of local authority social services departments at 30 September
|
|
|
There
has
been
a
5%
reductionin
the
number
of
day
care
staff
since
1997
and
also
a
6%
reduction
in
the
number
of
area
office
/
field
work
staff
.
(D8)
Staff of local authority social services departments at 30 September
|
|
|
The
number
of
staff
working
in
social
services
HQs
rose
by
10%
between
1997
and
2002.
(D8)
Staff of local authority social services departments at 30 September
|
|
|
In
accordance
with
CIPFA
guidance
,
a
number
of
Support
Management
costs
are
reallocated
to
individual
client
groups
.
(E5)
Local authority personal social services gross expenditure by type of provision, 2000-2001
|