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Nurses
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the shortfall of hospital nursing staff by NHS executive regional office in each year since 1990. [8474]
Mr. Malone: The national pay review body has considered all the evidence each year since 1990 and has concluded that there have been no general shortfalls of hospital nursing staff.
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses (a) entered the profession and (b) ceased to practise in each year since 1990. [8475]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not available centrally.
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Departmental Staff (Travel Costs)
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on staff travel costs between Richmond house, Whitehall and Quarry house, Leeds in each year since 1992. [8481]
Mr. Horam: The information is not available in the form requested.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| December 1993-November 1994 | 860,000 |
| October 1994-September 1995 | 560,000 |
| April 1995-March 1996 | 680,000 |
| April 1996-November 1996 | 280,000 |
We cannot differentiate costs between Richmond house, Quarry house and other Department of Health buildings in London and Leeds.
National Blood Authority
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was spent by the National Blood Authority in each of the last three years on (a) conference registration fees, (b) lease cars for senior management, (c) air travel, (d) hospitality and (e) business travel within the United Kingdom; [8483]
- (2) how much was spent by the bio products laboratory in each of the last three years on (a) conference registration fees, (b) lease cars for senior management, (c) air travel, (d) hospitality and (e) business travel within the United kingdom. [8484]
Mr. Horam: These are matters for the National Blood Authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact Sir Colin Walker OBE, chairman of the National Blood Authority.
Neo-natal Cots
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many neo-natal cots there were in each hospital trust in each of the last five years. [8489]
Mr. Horam: Information on the average daily number of available beds by broad ward classification for each national health service trust is published annually in "Bed Availability for England", copies of which are available in the Library.
Consultants
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many consultants who practise in the NHS also undertake private work; and what proportion of their time is spent in that private work. [8493]
- (2) how many consultant sessions used for treating NHS patients are currently funded by academic institutions. [8480]
Mr. Malone: The information requested is not available centrally.
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Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent, by NHS regional office, on consultancy fees relating to the private finance initiative. [8506]
Mr. Horam: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 26 November, at column 119.
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultants there were in (a) general medicine, (b) general surgery, (c) orthopaedics and (d) obstetrics and gynaecology in the last year. [8479]
Mr. Malone: The number of hospital consultants in general medicine, general surgery, traumatic and orthopaedic surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology last year is as follows:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 880 |
| General surgical group | 3,540 |
| of which | |
| General surgery | 1,030 |
| Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery | 910 |
| General medicine group | 3,720 |
| of which | |
| General medicine | 240 |
Acute and Community Hospitals
Ms Jowell: To ask the secretary of State for Health (1) how many acute hospitals there are in each district health authority area; [8495]
- (2) how many community hospitals there are in each district health authority area. [8496]
Mr. Horam: Information is not available centrally in the form requested. The "Health and Social Services Yearbook", copies of which are available in the Library, details the addresses of all hospitals in each NHS trust and sets out the main trusts in contract with each health authority.
Accident and Emergency Units
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency units there are in England. [8498]
Mr. Horam: There are 211 national health service trusts with large accident and emergency departments on 1995-96 figures.
This is different from the figures given in "Bed availability for England 1995-96" due to inconsistencies in data collection following the abolition of the regional health authorities earlier this year. This is being corrected.
Creche Facilities
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital trusts have creche facilities for (a) staff, (b) relatives, (c) visitors and (d) patients. [8502]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not available centrally.
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Porters
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many porters were employed by acute hospital trusts in each of the last five years. [8476]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not available centrally.
Patient Trolleys
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient trolleys were owned by the NHS in each district health authority area in each of the last five years. [8477]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not held centrally.
NHS Hospitality
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total amount spent on hospitality in the NHS in the last three years. [8507]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not held centrally.
Care Programme
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social services departments had implemented the Government's care programme approach on 1 April. [8508]
Mr. Burns: There is no requirement for social services departments to implement the care programme approach as it is the responsibility of national health service trusts.
NHS Staff Conference Fees
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State of Health how much was spent on NHS staff conference registration fees in each of the last three years. [8482]
Mr. Horam: No central data are available which identify spending on national health service staff conference registration fees.
Air Travel Costs
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by the NHS on air travel to international conferences, seminars and business meetings in each of the last five years. [8486]
Mr. Malone: The information requested is not held centrally.
Life-support Machines
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many life-support machines there were in each hospital trust in each of the last five years. [8488]
Mr. Horam: An extremely wide range of equipment is used throughout national health service hospitals for the purpose of life support. The information requested is not, therefore, available centrally.
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Annual Reports (NHS Trusts)
Mr. Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by each NHS trust on the preparation and production of their annual report in each of the last four years. [8490]
Mr. Horam: Information on spending on the preparation and production of annual reports by national health service trusts is not available centrally.
Hospital Beds
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals beds are currently available per 24-hour period by district health authority area. [8492]
Mr. Horam: Information is not collected in the form requested. Information on the average daily number of available beds for each NHS trust is published annually in "Bed Availability for England" copies of which are available in the Library.
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