Continuing Care
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 22 October 2001, Official
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Report, column 28W, on continuing care, if he will set out for each of the last five years (a) the total number of people in each year newly meeting the eligibility criteria for continuing NHS health care and (b) the total number of people meeting the eligibility criteria. [11051]
Jacqui Smith:
The available information has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if health authorities are required to comply with the judgment of Coughlan v. North Devon health authority before coming to a decision on eligibility criteria for continuing care. [10739]
Jacqui Smith:
[holding answer 29 October 2001]: We issued interim guidance on 11 August 1999 (Health Service Circular 1999/180: Local Authority Circular (99)30). This requires health and local authorities, in consultation with each other and, where appropriate, involving primary care groups, to satisfy themselves that their continuing and community care policies and eligibility criteria and other relevant procedures are in line with the Court of Appeal judgment on the Coughlan case and to take further legal advice where necessary.
Revised continuing care guidance was issued on 28 June 2001 (HSC 2001/015:LAC (2001)18) which consolidated guidance on continuing national health service health care in light of the judgment.
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements health authorities are required to put in place for the provision of independent advice for patients in NHS beds when they are asked to sign forms about continuing care. [10738]
Jacqui Smith:
[holding answer 1 November 2001]: We have already begun to establish patient advocacy and liaison services—to be operating in every national health service trust from April 2002—to provide information to patients, their families and carers when they use health services, to provide support when services do not meet user's needs and where possible to sort out problems efficiently and quickly.
In-patient Lists
Peter Bottomley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in (a) rank and (b) alphabetical order of health authority, the proportion of patients waiting a year or more for in-patient treatment (i) at the latest available date and (ii) in April 1997. [11095]
Mr. Hutton:
The information requested is shown in the tables.
Percentage of patients on in-patient waiting list over 12 months
| Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months
|
|---|
| Health authorities ranked alphabetically: | August 2001 | March 1997 | June 1997
|
|---|
| Avon | 6.5 | 3.9 | 7.1
|
| Barking and Havering | 6.1 | 3.3 | 4.0
|
| Barnet, Enfield and Haringey | 6.9 | n/a | n/a
|
| Barnsley | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.1
|
| Bedfordshire | 7.0 | 1.3 | 2.6
|
| Berkshire | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.7
|
| Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich | 5.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| Birmingham | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.3
|
| Bradford | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.0
|
| Brent and Harrow | 6.0 | 4.5 | 6.3
|
| Buckinghamshire | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.9
|
| Bury and Rochdale | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.6
|
| Calderdale and Kirklees | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2
|
| Cambridgeshire | 4.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| Camden and Islington | 4.4 | 1.3 | 2.5
|
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.6
|
| County Durham and Darlington | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5
|
| Coventry | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.2
|
| Croydon | 9.6 | 4.1 | 3.4
|
| Doncaster | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.8
|
| Dorset | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0
|
| Dudley | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | 5.2 | 8.1 | 9.9
|
| East Kent | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.3
|
| East Lancashire | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.8
|
| East London and City | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9
|
| East Riding and Hull | 3.5 | 0.7 | 3.7
|
| East Surrey | 8.7 | 2.3 | 4.1
|
| East Sussex, Bright and Hove | 6.4 | 2.3 | 3.2
|
| Gateshead and South Tyneside | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.5
|
| Gloucestershire | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.5
|
| Herefordshire | 3.7 | 1.4 | 2.7
|
| Hertfordshire | 6.1 | n/a | n/a
|
| Hillingdon | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.9
|
| Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | 6.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.6
|
| Kingston and Richmond | 6.1 | 4.1 | 5.4
|
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham | 8.5 | 7.6 | 11.4
|
| Leeds | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.7
|
| Leicestershire | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.2
|
| Lincolnshire | 4.3 | 8.3 | 8.7
|
| Liverpool | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.3
|
| Manchester | 6.3 | 4.8 | 7.2
|
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | 5.4 | 3.1 | 4.1
|
| Morecambe Bay | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4
|
| Newcastle and North Tyneside | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.2
|
| Norfolk | 5.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| North and East Devon | 5.5 | 1.9 | 3.5
|
| North and Mid Hampshire | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.7
|
| North Cheshire | 7.9 | 0.9 | 2.9
|
| North Cumbria | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.5
|
| North Derbyshire | 0.7 | 9.5 | 11.0
|
| North Essex | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4.1
|
| North Nottinghamshire | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.9
|
| North Staffordshire | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.9
|
| North West Lancashire | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.0
|
| North Yorkshire | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.1
|
| Northamptonshire | 4.8 | 2.2 | 3.1
|
| Northumberland | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1
|
| Nottingham | 2.3 | 10.0 | 8.1
|
| Oxfordshire | 4.6 | 5.0 | 7.3
|
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9.1
|
| Rotherham | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4
|
| Salford and Trafford | 6.4 | 2.9 | 5.6
|
| Sandwell | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1
|
| Sefton | 3.3 | 2.7 | 5.7
|
| Sheffield | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.1
|
| Shropshire | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
| Solihull | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
| Somerset | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.8
|
| South and West Devon | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.7
|
| South Cheshire | 4.7 | 2.0 | 5.6
|
| South Essex | 3.9 | 0.3 | 1.1
|
| South Humber | 0.8 | 7.3 | 9.1
|
| South Lancashire | 2.4 | 1.7 | 4.4
|
| South Staffordshire | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.5
|
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | 6.4 | 6.0 | 7.7
|
| Southern Derbyshire | 2.6 | 6.1 | 5.3
|
| St. Helens and Knowsley | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.5
|
| Stockport | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6
|
| Suffolk | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.7
|
| Sunderland | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4
|
| Tees | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1
|
| Wakefield | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.7
|
| Walsall | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2
|
| Warwickshire | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2
|
| West Kent | 5.3 | 1.4 | 3.1
|
| West Pennine | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.7
|
| West Surrey | 10.9 | 5.5 | 8.9
|
| West Sussex | 9.3 | 4.7 | 7.8
|
| Wigan and Bolton | 3.7 | 0.6 | 2.3
|
| Wiltshire | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5
|
| Wirral | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.5
|
| Wolverhampton | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.8
|
| Worcestershire | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.2
|
|
|
| England | 4.4 | 2.7 | 3.9
|
Source:
Department of Health quarterly return (QF01)
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Health authorities ranked by percentage waiting over 12 months (highest first)
| Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months in:
|
|---|
| Name | August 2001 | March 1997 | June 1997
|
|---|
| West Surrey | 10.9 | 5.5 | 8.9
|
| Croydon | 9.6 | 4.1 | 3.4
|
| West Sussex | 9.3 | 4.7 | 7.8
|
| East Surrey | 8.7 | 2.3 | 4.1
|
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham | 8.5 | 7.6 | 11.4
|
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9.1
|
| North Cheshire | 7.9 | 0.9 | 2.9
|
| Bedfordshire | 7.0 | 1.3 | 2.6
|
| East Kent | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.3
|
| Barnet, Enfield and Haringey | 6.9 | n/a | n/a
|
| South and West Devon | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.7
|
| Avon | 6.5 | 3.9 | 7.1
|
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | 6.4 | 6.0 | 7.7
|
| East Sussex, Brighton and Hove | 6.4 | 2.3 | 3.2
|
| Salford and Telford | 6.4 | 2.9 | 5.6
|
| Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | 6.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| Manchester | 6.3 | 4.8 | 7.2
|
| Kingston and Richmond | 6.1 | 4.1 | 5.4
|
| Hertfordshire | 6.1 | n/a | n/a
|
| Barking and Havering | 6.1 | 3.3 | 4.0
|
| North Essex | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4.1
|
| Brent and Harrow | 6.0 | 4.5 | 6.3
|
| Wiltshire | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5
|
| Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich | 5.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| Hillingdon | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.9
|
| Buckinghamshire | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.9
|
| North and East Devon | 5.5 | 1.9 | 3.5
|
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | 5.4 | 3.1 | 4.1
|
| West Kent | 5.3 | 1.4 | 3.1
|
| Norfolk | 5.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| South Staffordshire | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.5
|
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | 5.2 | 8.1 | 9.9
|
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.6
|
| Worcestershire | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.2
|
| North and Mid Hampshire | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.7
|
| Northamptonshire | 4.8 | 2.2 | 3.1
|
| South Cheshire | 4.7 | 2.0 | 5.6
|
| East London and City | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9
|
| Suffolk | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.7
|
| Oxfordshire | 4.6 | 5.0 | 7.3
|
| Camden and Islington | 4.4 | 1.3 | 2.5
|
| Lincolnshire | 4.3 | 8.3 | 8.7
|
| Cambridgeshire | 4.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| Liverpool | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.3
|
| South Essex | 3.9 | 0.3 | 1.1
|
| Stockport | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6
|
| Herefordshire | 3.7 | 1.4 | 2.7
|
| Wigan and Bolton | 3.7 | 0.6 | 2.3
|
| Berkshire | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.7
|
| East Riding and Hull | 3.5 | 0.7 | 3.7
|
| Shropshire | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
| Somerset | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.8
|
| St. Helens and Knowsley | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.5
|
| Sefton | 3.3 | 2.7 | 5.7
|
| Bury and Rochdale | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.6
|
| Leeds | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.7
|
| North Staffordshire | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.9
|
| Wirral | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.5
|
| Coventry | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.2
|
| Morecambe Bay | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4
|
| Southern Derbyshire | 2.6 | 6.1 | 5.3
|
| Leicestershire | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.2
|
| South Lancashire | 2.4 | 1.7 | 4.4
|
| West Pennine | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.7
|
| Wakefield | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.7
|
| Nottingham | 2.3 | 10.0 | 8.1
|
| Dudley | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
| Birmingham | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.3
|
| North Cumbria | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.5
|
| Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.6
|
| East Lancashire | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.8
|
| Gloucestershire | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.5
|
| North West Lancashire | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.0
|
| Wolverhampton | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.8
|
| North Yorkshire | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.1
|
| Solihull | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
| Sheffield | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.1
|
| Newcastle and North Tyneside | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.2
|
| Warwickshire | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2
|
| North Nottinghamshire | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.9
|
| County Durham and Darlington | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5
|
| Northumberland | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1
|
| Calderdale and Kirklees | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2
|
| South Humber | 0.8 | 7.3 | 9.1
|
| Sandwell | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1
|
| Walsall | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2
|
| Bradford | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.0
|
| North Derbyshire | 0.7 | 9.5 | 11.0
|
| Sunderland | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4
|
| Gateshead and South Tyneside | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.5
|
| Tees | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1
|
| Barnsley | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.1
|
| Rotherham | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4
|
| Doncaster | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.8
|
| Dorset | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0
|
|
|
| England | 4.4 | 2.7 | 3.9
|
Note:
Data were collected on a quarterly basis until June 1998. Therefore, data have been given from March 1997; the nearest quarter to April 1997.
Source:
Department of Health quarterly return (QF01)
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