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Social Services Inspectors
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what number of social services inspectors were employed in each year since 1991 (a) in England and (b) in Northern Ireland. [36525]
Mr. Bowis: From 1993, figures of directly employed regulation and inspection staff in social services departments in England are published in "Local Authority Social Services Statistics: Staff of Local Authority Social Services departments at September; England", copies of which are available in the Library. Corresponding data for 1992 and earlier years are not
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available centrally. Questions relating to Northern Ireland are the responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Drug Abuse
Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total Government funding to Trent region to counter drug abuse for each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [36242]
Mr. Bowis: Over the past three years, Trent regional health authority has been allocated the following amounts specifically to help develop drug misuse treatment services:
1993-94: £2,253,000
1994-95: £2,337,000
1995-96: £2,429,000
Following the abolition of regional health authorities, £3,384,000 has been allocated to health authorities within Trent region for 1996-97.
Dementia
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from occupational therapists on the interventions to be used with patients suffering from mild or moderate dementia; and if he will make a statement. [36304]
Mr. Bowis: No such representations have been received.
Playgroups
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has carried out into the role of a structured playgroup in social and language development of pre-school children; and if he will make a statement. [36377]
Mr. Bowis: This research is contained in "Playgroups in Practice: Self Help and Public Policy", and "Playgroups in a Changing World", copies of which are available in the Library.
Nursing Homes (Visits)
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ensure that all health authorities publish the reports of their visits to nursing homes; and if he will make a statement. [36300]
Mr. Bowis: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 25 June, column 88.
Mental Handicap Hospitals
Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the mental handicap hospitals expected to be closed in each region of England, with details of the expected closure date, the current number of residents, and the plans for their future relocation, together with the total number of people currently resident in long-stay mental handicap hospitals. [36555]
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Mr. Bowis: The Department does not routinely collect information on hospital closures. However, inter-authority comparisons and consultancy was commissioned in 1994 to conduct a national survey of learning disability hospital closures and closure plans. A copy of its report is in the Library. It is estimated that, at 31 March 1995, there were 9,300 people with a length of stay of one year or more in national health service hospitals and units under the mental handicap (learning disability) specialty.
Clinical Outcome Indicators
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 14 clinical outcome indicators which his Department is piloting for use in measuring the clinical effectiveness of NHS trusts in England; and when he plans to publish a report on clinical outcome indicators for England similar to the report published by the Scottish Office in December 1995. [36556]
Mr. Horam: The national health service executive is working with the Joint Consultants Committee to promote the development of new clinical indicators, which will enable aspects of NHS trusts' performance to be examined. The following set of clinical indicators, recommended by the JCC/NHS executive working group, will be piloted this year to ensure that the information is robust and unlikely to mislead, before publication is considered.
Perioperative mortality;
Surgical wound infections;
Length of hospital stay of stroke patients, and discharge home;
District rate of hernia recurrence;
In-hospital mortality for acute myocardial infarction;
Adverse drug reactions while patients in hospital;
Reoperation after prostate surgery;
Length of stay in hospital, mortality and discharge home after admission for fractured neck of femur;
Frequency of diagnostic curettage in women under the age of 40 years;
Perioperative organ damage (sentinel event marker);
Perioperative pulmonary embolism as an alternative to perioperative myocardial infarction (sentinel event marker);
Perioperative Central Nervous System complications (sentinel event marker);
NHS Clinical Staff (Suspensions)
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of suspensions of NHS clinical staff from (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the west midlands the NHS executive has had referred to it for each of the last five years. [36572]
Mr. Malone: Decisions on employment matters, including suspensions, rest with the employing authority. National health service employers have reported cases of suspension of hospital and community medical and hospital dental staff lasting more than six months since 31 March 1995. Information is, therefore, only available on those cases over six months and from that date.
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The total number or reported cases from March 1995 to 30 June 1996 in England and the West Midlands is nine and one respectively.
Questions relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Mr. Robinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS patients in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the west midlands have been treated by alternative consultants as a results of NHS clinical suspensions for each of the last five years; [36573]
(3) how many suspensions of NHS clinical staff concerned matters of (a) personal and (b) clinical conduct in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) the west midlands in the last five years; [36575]
(4) how many suspensions of NHS clinical staff have been followed by reinstatement in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the west midlands for each of the last five years; [36576]
(5) how many NHS clinical staff suspensions there have been (a) nationally and (b) in the west midlands in each of the last five years; [36587]
(6) how many NHS clinical staff suspensions have been processed within (a) three and (b) six months from the first date of suspension in each of the last five years (i) nationally and (ii) in the west midlands. [36588]
Mr. Malone:
This information is not available centrally. Decisions on employment matters, including possible suspensions, rest with the employing authority.
Questions relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Mr. Robinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS clinical staff suspensions have not been processed within (a) six months, (b) a year and (c) two years from first date of suspension in each of the last five years (i) nationally and (ii) in the west midlands. [36589]
Mr. Malone:
Decisions on employment matters, including suspensions, rest with the employing authority. National health service employers have reported cases of suspension of hospital and community medical and hospital dental staff lasting more than six months since 31 March 1995. Information is, therefore, available only on those cases of suspension over six months and from that date.
(2) what was the total cost of investigating and processing suspensions of NHS staff to the NHS (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in the west midlands over each of the last five years; [36574]
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