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Mixed-sex Wards
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received about the continuation of mixed sex wards in the last 12 months. [136465]
Mr. Denham: The number of representations about the continuation of mixed sex accommodation received by the Department in the last 12 months is 52.
Drug Addicts (GP Treatment)
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients with drug problems had treatment withdrawn by GPs in (a) 1999 to 2000 and (b) 2000-01 at the latest date for which figures are available; [136652]
- (2) how many general practitioners ceased to offer treatment for drug related problems to patients addicted to drugs in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 at the latest available date. [136525]
Ms Stuart: This information is not held centrally. However, the number of episodes of treatment for drug misuses reported by National Health Service funded general practitioners to the regional drug misuses
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databases in England rose from 1,341 to 1,790 between the six month periods ending 31 March 1999 and 30 September 1999. An episode starts when a drug misuser presents to a particular agency for treatment for the first time or after an interval of six months or more.
Carers
Mr. Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if independent fostering agencies will be able to approve and register carers under the draft regulations recently published under the Care Standards Act 2000. [136529]
Mr. Hutton: Draft regulations to bring into effect the provisions of the Care Standards Act 2000 in relation to the regulation of independent fostering agencies are currently being prepared. They will be published as part of the consultation procedure early next year. The current intention is, however, that registered independent fostering agencies will able to approve and hold their own lists of carers.
Ambulance Staff (Assaults)
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) alcohol and (b) drug related assaults on ambulance staff have taken place in each of the last three years for each relevant NHS trust. [136443]
Mr. Denham: The information requested is not held centrally. The National Health Service Executive conducted a survey of violence in National Health Service trusts in England in 1998-99. The survey found that, on average, seven violent incidents were recorded each month per 1,000 staff. This is equivalent to approximately 65,000 violent incidents each year. The number of violent incidents varied by trust type. The average number of incidents in ambulance trusts was over twice the average for acute trusts: seven incidents every month per thousand staff working for ambulance services compared with three for the acute sector.
The survey did not reveal the causes of violent incidents. This information would be reflected in local prevention and reduction strategies, and held locally by individual National Health Service employers through local reporting procedures and identified through appropriate risk assessment measures. Details of the survey can be found in Health Service Circular 1999/229: 'Managing Violence, Accidents and Sickness Absence in the NHS', copies of which are available in the Library.
As part of the continuing NHS zero tolerance zone campaign, the NHS Executive developed further resource sheets to support staff working in those settings we know to be most at risk--namely in Mental Health, Community and Ambulance settings, and also in primary care. A "Resource Pack Update" was issued on the 3 October 2000 to assist managers and staff working in high risk settings and included guidance on:
- Managing Violence in Mental Health;
- Managing Violence in the Community;
- Managing Violence in Ambulance Trusts;
- Primary Care--Preventing Violence and Abuse to GPs and their staff; and
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NHS Finance
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much capital has been allocated to the North East and Yorkshire region as part of the national bidding processes in (a) the current financial year and (b) 1999-2000; and how much each NHS trust obtained for each national priority. [137024]
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Mr. Hutton: The following tables detail the capital funds that the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Office has been allocated in (a) the current financial year and (b) 1999-2000 as part of the national bidding process, in totality and also detail how much each NHS trust obtained for each national priority.
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| Mod. Fund | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust code | Trust name | Waiting list and times | Renal | Cataract | Pathology | Ambulance response times | Dental access centres |
| RCF | Airedale | 481 | -- | 120 | -- | -- | -- |
| RCE | Bradford Community Health | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RAE | Bradford Hospitals | 525 | -- | 352 | 83 | -- | -- |
| RGA | Calderdale Hospitals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RLG | Carlisle Hospitals | 391 | -- | 30 | -- | -- | -- |
| RLN | City Hospitals Sunderland | 580 | 481 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RTC | County Durham and Darlington Priority Services | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RE6 | Cumbria Ambulance Service | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 | -- |
| RMW | Dewsbury Health Care | 600 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RR7 | Gateshead Health | 510 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RCD | Harrogate Health Care | 188 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RGB | Huddersfield Health Care Services | 472 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RV9 | Hull and East Riding Community Health | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,448 |
| RWA | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals | 333 | 70 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RGD | Leeds Comm. and Mental Health Services Teaching | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RR8 | Leeds Teaching Hospitals | 1,600 | 550 | 386 | 158 | -- | -- |
| RNM | Newcastle City Health | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RTD | Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals | 1,100 | 170 | 258 | -- | -- | -- |
| RR9 | North Durham Health Care | 494 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RVK | North East Ambulance Service | -- | -- | -- | -- | 137 | -- |
| RLF | North Lakeland Healthcare | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RVW | North Tees and Hartlepool | 495 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RCA | Northallerton Health Services | 180 | -- | 115 | -- | -- | -- |
| RM6 | Northgate and Prudhoe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RE8 | Northumberland Mental Health | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RTF | Northumbria Health Care | 400 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RR4 | Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals | 399 | -- | 194 | -- | -- | -- |
| RLH | Priority Healthcare Wearside | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RCC | Scarborough and NE Yorkshire Healthcare | 430 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RTA | South Durham Health Care | 462 | -- | 127 | -- | -- | -- |
| RCJ | South Tees Acute Hospitals | 455 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RE9 | South Tyneside Healthcare | 392 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RVX | Tees and North East Yorkshire | 118 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RV1 | Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Serv. | -- | -- | -- | -- | 109 | -- |
| RGF | Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health | 425 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| RE7 | West Cumbria Healthcare | 210 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 230 |
| RGH | West Yorkshire Met. Ambulance Service | -- | -- | -- | -- | 109 | -- |
| RCB | York Health Services | 477 | 30 | -- | 199 | -- | -- |
| Total | 11,717 | 1,301 | 1,582 | 440 | 369 | 1,678 | |
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Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the conventionally financed precursor scheme for the Newcastle Hospitals Trust PFI has been approved. [137026]
Mr. Hutton: Although the scheme has not yet been approved, it is expected that it will be approved in the near future. Public capital funds have been reserved to meet the full capital costs of this scheme, which will be released to the trust as soon as the remaining outstanding issues have been resolved.
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the block allocation is for discretionary capital for each NHS trust in the North East and Yorkshire region in (a) the current financial year and (b) 1999-2000. [137023]
Mr. Hutton: Block capital allocations to NHS trusts in the Northern and Yorkshire Region for 1999-2000 and 2000-01 are shown in the table.
Hull and East Riding Community Health NHS Trust and Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust both became operational on 1 October 1999. For comparison purposes, the block capital allocations of their predecessor constituent trusts have been aggregated and presented under the new trusts' names.
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Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the level of capital expenditure needed at each hospital site of the Newcastle City Health Trust to ensure they comply with Heath and Safety Executive standards. [137025]
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Mr. Hutton: The current estimated level of capital expenditure needed at each hospital site of the Newcastle City Health NHS Trust in relation to Health and Safety Executive standards is shown in the table.
| Hospital | Statutory and safety | Fire safety | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle General | 546,000 | 3,259,821 | 3,805,821 |
| Hunters Moor | 132,000 | 458,550 | 590,550 |
| St. Nicholas | 687,000 | 2,061,630 | 2,748,630 |
| Sanderson | 150,000 | 1,001,390 | 1,151,390 |
| Totals | 1,515,000 | 6,781,391 | 8,296,391 |
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