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A
person
may
report
using
several
drugs
,
one
of
which
is
recorded
as
the
"
main
"
drug
used
and
the
rest
subsidiary
.
This
analysis
is
based
on
the
main
drug
only
.
(A10)
Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
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This
is
the
amount
contained
in
half
a
pint
of
ordinary
strength
beer
or
lager
,
a
single
pub
measure
of
spirits
(
1
/
6
gill
or
25
ml
)
,
a
small
glass
of
ordinary
wine
and
a
small
pub
measure
of
sherry
or
fortified
wine
.
(A9)
Health Related Behaviour: Prevalence of alcohol consumption above 21/14 units a week for men/women aged 18 and over
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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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Screening
programmes
:
-
this
is
the
process
by
which
CDS
covers
a
large
population
using
simple
tests
to
identify
individuals
who
require
dental
care
including
counselling
and
advice
.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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Dental
Health
Education
and
Preventive
programmes
-
this
is
the
process
by
which
sub
-
groups
of
the
population
are
educated
and
motivated
to
improve
dental
behaviour
.
(B10)
Community Health and Prevention: Community Dental Service activity
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Data
are
taken
from
the
Hospital
Episode
Statistics
(
HES
)
system
.
This
anonymised
database
contains
detailed
administrative
and
clinical
information
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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Data
for
1996
-
97
are
provisional
-
meaning
that
for
figures
in
this
publication
,
only
crude
grossing
factors
have
been
applied
to
account
for
shortfalls
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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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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In
2002
-
03
,
Primary
Care
Trusts
and
Health
Authorities
in
England
paid
for
9.7
million
NHS
sight
tests
,
a
decrease
of
1
.
5
%
on
2001
-
02
and
75%
increase
on
1992
-
93
.
This
is
the
first
year
NHS
sight
test
numbers
have
fallen
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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The
Voucher
Scheme
was
introduced
on
1
July
1986.
Under
this
scheme
vouchers
are
issued
to
those
who
would
previously
have
been
eligible
to
receive
NHS
spectacles
,
to
use
towards
buying
their
own
choice
of
spectacles
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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The
net
ingredient
cost
(
NIC
)
is
the
basic
cost
of
a
drug
.
This
cost
does
not
take
account
of
discounts
,
dispensing
costs
,
fees
or
prescription
charges
income
.
(B4)
Pharmaceutical Services: Prescription items dispensed in the community
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This
figure
represents
24
children
in
every
10,000.
(C2)
Children: Children and young people on child protection registers at 31 March
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Slightly
more
than
half
of
all
children
adopted
in
England
had
been
looked
after
by
a
local
authority
immediately
prior
to
being
adopted
.
Most
of
the
remainder
are
adopted
by
step
-
parents
or
relatives
,
and
are
not
included
in
this
table
.
(C3)
Children: Adoptions from care
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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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The
Source
for
this
data
is:
NHS
Hospital
and
Community
Health
Services
Non
-
Medical
staff
in
England
and
Hospital
,
Public
Health
Medicine
and
Community
Health
Service
Medical
and
Dentral
Staff
in
England
.
(D1)
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Total employed staff by main staff groups at 30 September
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