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Defence Medical Training Organisation
Mrs. Golding: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the Defence Medical Training Organisation. [8516]
Dr. Reid: The Defence Medical Training Organisation (DMTO), which formed initially on 1 April 1996 and brought together the provision of individual medical services training previously provided on a single Service basis, was established as a joint Service Agency on 1 April 1997 under the control of a Chief Executive. The Headquarters of the DMTO will be based initially in Portsmouth, moving to HMS DOLPHIN in late 1998. The DMTO consists of the following:
(a) The Royal Defence Medical College, currently on two sites at Millbank, London and HMS DOLPHIN, Gosport. The London element will move to HMS DOLPHIN later this year.
(b) The Defence Medical Services Training, Keogh Barracks, Aldershot.
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The Chief Executive, Major General C. G. Callow OBE QHP L/RAMC, will be afforded greater responsibility and flexibility to build upon the reputation for excellence of medical services training. Thus the MOD will continue to have access to the training necessary to provide highly trained and motivated medical services personnel in support of military operations while ensuring best value for money is obtained.
The Chief Executive has been set the following key targets for the first year of operation:
Mrs. Golding:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what performance targets have been set for the Medical Supplies Agency for 1997-98. [8517]
Dr. Reid:
Key Targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Medical Supplies Agency for financial year 1997-98. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in March 1996 and are as follows:
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Copies of the Agency's Framework Document have been placed in the Library of both Houses.
1. To achieve the following success rates for the categories of training shown:
Common Core Course: 90 per cent.
Specialist Register: 95 per cent.
Pre-Registration Nurses: 95 per cent.
2. To achieve £0.332 million savings in Year 1 and thereafter set targets in terms of annual reduction in unit cost of output.
3. To actively seek ways of improving the quality and relevance of medical services training by assisting customers to review their training objectives and to respond to customers within 3 months of each review.
4. To develop measures of unit cost of output which will allow targets for reduction to be set for Year 2 and beyond.
5. To develop an effective means of targeting timeliness.
6. To establish mechanisms for assessing customer satisfaction and set targets for Year 2 and beyond.
(a) By 31 October 1997, to agree quantifiable performance standards for building, holding, maintaining and supplying the agreed number of kits, outfits and associated items of equipment, as defined in endorsed Equipment Tables. To set challenging targets for the remainder of 1997-98 with a view to improving standards in 1998-99.
(b) To meet 100 per cent. of the Services requirements for stocked medical material and blood products for operations, training and exercises as defined by the Service Level Agreements.
(c) To ensure, in conjunction with HQ Land and the single Service manning branches, 100 per cent. provision of professional and militarily trained personnel for 84 FMED.
(d) During financial year 1997-98, to meet 95 per cent. of the timeliness and quality targets using JSP 336 Pam (1996 Standard Priority System) as the minimum benchmark standard.
(e) To deliver efficiency savings to a value of £4.6 million in 1997-98.
(f) As an integral part of the Surgeon General's Information Strategy, to publish the Agency's Information Strategy by January 1998.
Defence Dental Agency
Mr. Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what performance targets have been set for the Defence Dental Agency for 1997-98. [8562]
Dr. Reid: Key Targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Defence Dental Agency for financial year 1997-98. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in March 1996 and are as follows:
(a) From within available personnel resources, to achieve 100 per cent. of required professionally and militarily trained personnel, at the specified readiness required for deployment in support of the National Contingency Force.
(b) For each Service, to maintain the agreed dental fitness targets of 75 per cent. of all Service personnel and 90 per cent. in priority groups, to be fit for deployment.
(c) By 28 February 1998 to have developed a performance indicator to measure the outstanding treatment need and have set a baseline of performance to enable challenging targets to be set for 1988-99 onwards.
(d) By 28 February 1998 to have developed a performance indicator to measure the improvements in the failure to attend rate and have set a baseline of performance to enable challenging targets to be set for 1988-99 onwards.
(e) By 28 February 1998 to have developed a performance indicator to measure the improvement in dental morbidity and have set a baseline of performance to enable challenging targets to be set for 1988-99 onwards.
(f) To complete all Service Level Agreements with major customers and other Agencies by 31 December 1997, and develop a system of ongoing review to allow maintenance of SLAs in successive years.
Defence Secondary Care Agency
Mr. Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what performance targets have been set for the Defence Secondary Care Agency for 1997-98. [8563]
Dr. Reid: Key targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Defence Secondary Care Agency for financial year 1997-98. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in April 1996 and are as follows:
(a) From within available personnel resources, to meet 100 per cent. of the Services' requirements for secondary care skill mix in support operations.
(b) To ensure that 50 per cent. of Service patients are offered a first outpatient appointment within 4 weeks of receipt of a referral, and 90 per cent. within 13 weeks.
(c) To ensure that 75 per cent. of Service patients are offered a treatment date that is within three months of the decision to give inpatient treatment.
(d) To reduce average DSCA Finished Consultant Episodes (FCE) costs by 3 per cent. over the course of the year.
(e) By 31 March 1998, to develop and implement a co-ordinated quality strategy for patient care and a mechanism for assessing performance against the strategy.
(f) To ensure that 80 per cent. of all DSCA Service personnel, whose medical category permits it, receive the annual military training which is mandatory within their Service.
(g) To ensure that 80 per cent. of places on all exercises covered by relevant Service Legal Agreements with Commanders in Chief are filled by DSCA staff within the appropriate specialities.
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Regimental Museums
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change was in the Government funding of regimental museums between 1997-98 and 1998-99. [7113]
Mr. Spellar: We have advised museum trustees that there will be an overall reduction of 12.7 per cent. in the contribution the Ministry of Defence makes to the funding of regimental and corps museums from April 1998. At current prices, this will mean that the 65 regimental and corps museums in mainland Britain will be required to share a reduction of £138,466 per annum from that date.
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the regimental museums currently maintained out of public funds. [7112]
Mr. Spellar: The Ministry of Defence contributes some funding to 69 regimental and corps museums. They are listed below:
(1) The Chaplains' Department Museum is currently in store at Upavon and closed to the public awaiting transfer to Netheravon.
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