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Dialysis

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England need treatment involving a dialysis machine; and what is the ratio of patients to machines. [24651]

Jacqui Smith: Information from the 1998 renal survey, commissioned by the Department, is set out in the table.

Adult patientsStations
Centre based haemodialysis7,7881,890
Home haemodialysis516516

The centre-based patients have dialysis on average three times a week.

In addition there were 5,101 patients receiving peritoneal dialysis, an unknown number of whom use automated peritoneal dialysis delivered by a machine. Furthermore, a number of kidney patients will require post-transplant haemofiltration and other patients admitted with acute renal failure, often associated with major trauma, will also need haemodialysis.

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dialysis machines are operational in England. [24650]

Jacqui Smith: The latest information available is from the Renal Survey, commissioned by the Department, which shows that there were 2,406 dialysis stations operational in England at the end of 1998. Of these 1,021

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were situated in main renal units, 761 were located in satellite renal units, 516 in patients' homes and there were 108 temporary stations.

Care Homes

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential and nursing home beds are available in each social service area in England; and how many were available in 1997. [24626]

Jacqui Smith: Information on the total number of residential care in 1997 and 2001 is shown by local authority in table 1. Information on the total number of nursing care beds for the same years is shown in table 2.

Table 1: Number of residential care places in England by local authority at 31 March

Local authority19972001
England338,052341,175
Barking and Dagenham688618
Barnet2,1242,346
Barnsley1,2151,758
Bath and North East Somerset1,2181,267
Bedfordshire(27)2,9232,056
Berkshire3,944(28)—
Bexley716914
Birmingham5,5405,503
Blackburn with Darwen(28)—1,329
Blackpool(28)—2,068
Bolton1,1711,583
Bournemouth(28)—2,520
Bracknell Forest(28)—433
Bradford3,1883,183
Brent762758
Brighton and Hove(28)—2,195
Bristol2,5822,568
Bromley1,3141,568
Buckinghamshire2,4382,603
Bury1,5821,796
Calderdale1,2571,207
Cambridgeshire(27)3,6292,869
Camden937803
Cheshire(27)5,0883,827
City of London00
Cornwall3,4414,762
Coventry2,2331,875
Croydon1,8322,065
Cumbria3,9373,803
Darlington(28)—813
Derby(28)—1,439
Derbyshire(27)6,2464,868
Devon(27)16,0068,486
Doncaster1,8821,861
Dorset(27)9,2423,073
Dudley1,6331,914
Durham(27)4,4694,269
Ealing1,3161,083
East Riding3,7864,230
East Sussex(27)10,7747,078
Enfield1,4221,541
Essex(27)10,2968,221
Gateshead1,4051,525
Gloucestershire3,7374,241
Greenwich719613
Hackney569616
Halton(28)—830
Hammersmith and Fulham490336
Hampshire(27)11,9267,986
Haringey1,0011,003
Harrow959864
Hartlepool652716
Havering1,1501,077
Hereford and Worcester5,552(28)—
Herefordshire(28)—1,550
Hertfordshire4,653(29)—
Hillingdon881915
Hounslow584547
Isle of Wight2,1152,010
Isles of Scilly2122
Islington680484
Kensington and Chelsea557357
Kent(27)16,00914,597
Kingston-upon-Hull2,3822,250
Kingston-upon-Thames762715
Kirklees2,1932,488
Knowsley640693
Lambeth1,3551,031
Lancashire(27)15,07211,638
Leeds3,7533,951
Leicester(28)—2,370
Leicestershire(27)5,9603,995
Lewisham1,027948
Lincolnshire5,0495,425
Liverpool1,8882,693
Luton(28)—863
Manchester2,4932,417
Medway Towns(28)—1,331
Merton620607
Middlesbrough8081,014
Milton Keynes(28)—823
Newcastle-upon-Tyne1,5451,714
Newham584581
Norfolk7,0577,476
North East Lincolnshire1,4361,469
North Lincolnshire1,3471,295
North Somerset2,2322,173
North Tyneside1,7711,777
North Yorkshire5,6175,093
Northamptonshire4,5344,387
Northumberland2,6262,845
Nottingham(28)—2,022
Nottinghamshire(27)6,4325,573
Oldham1,3851,466
Oxfordshire2,8322,721
Peterborough(28)—709
Plymouth(28)—2,500
Poole(28)—1,049
Portsmouth(28)—1,596
Reading(28)—777
Redbridge1,0241,054
Redcar and Cleveland1,1731,172
Richmond-upon-Thames909902
Rochdale1,1571,304
Rotherham1,3691,673
Rutland(28)—275
Salford1,3241,290
Sandwell1,1201,239
Sefton3,3893,132
Sheffield2,7883,173
Shropshire(27)3,0852,734
Slough(28)—310
Solihull764926
Somerset3,3804,101
South Gloucestershire1,2241,332
South Tyneside1,2821,205
Southampton(28)—1,527
Southend(28)—2,059
Southwark694701
St. Helens750804
Staffordshire(27)8,2024,825
Stockport1,3871,756
Stockton-on-Tees961969
Stoke-on-Trent(28)—1,991
Suffolk4,3554,462
Sunderland1,5251,878
Surrey7,3056,628
Sutton866851
Swindon(28)—930
Tameside1,2091,195
Telford and Wrekin(28)—697
Thurrock(28)—499
Torbay(28)—2,706
Tower Hamlets585468
Trafford1,0021,286
Wakefield1,3121,940
Walsall8481,388
Waltham Forest1,1141,261
Wandsworth1,2241,156
Warrington(28)—876
Warwickshire2,7412,797
West Berkshire(28)—630
West Sussex8,2348,247
Westminster597559
Wigan1,4561,380
Wiltshire4,5133,061
Windsor and Maidenhead(28)—596
Wirral2,7482,596
Wokingham(28)—805
Wolverhampton1,3271,120
Worcestershire(28)—3,530
York1,2181,101

(27) Shire authority affected by local government reorganisation

(28) Not applicable—authority affected by local government reorganisation

(29) Information not available

Source:

Department of Health's annual returns


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Table 2: Number of registered nursing care beds in England by health authority at 31 March

Health authority1997(30)2001
England197,514186,828
Avon4,8775,125
Barking and Havering6471,015
Barnet1,031935
Barnsley1,049792
Bedfordshire9981,520
Berkshire2,0071,879
Bexley and Greenwich558867
Birmingham2,9662,889
Bradford3,2303,765
Brent and Harrow9061,405
Bromley1,094995
Buckinghamshire1,7351,951
Bury and Rochdale2,2761,647
Calderdale and Kirklees2,3892,472
Cambridge1,0632,042
Camden and Islington265457
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly2,7103,180
County Durham4,2073,251
Coventry542630
Croydon1,0041,013
Doncaster971807
Dorset3,6563,086
Dudley1,0451,236
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow7891,250
East and North Hertfordshire1,5261,184
East Kent2,4121,892
East Lancashire3,0031,957
East London and The City635855
East Riding1,8561,577
East Surrey2,2442,617
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove4,6284,368
Enfield and Haringey9041,129
Gateshead and South Tyneside1,4621,363
Gloucestershire4,0473,064
Herefordshire532695
Hillingdon455489
Isle of Wight457356
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster1,5821,578
Kingston and Richmond929842
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham1,5921,925
Leeds2,3212,469
Leicestershire2,4631,623
Lincolnshire4,1293,185
Liverpool2,7342,991
Manchester2,1691,721
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth2,2432,540
Morecambe Bay1,0511,138
Newcastle and North Tyneside1,7491,696
Norfolk2,1102,959
North and East Devon2,6172,020
North and Mid Hampshire1,5861,731
North Cheshire1,4451,467
North Cumbria919831
North Derbyshire2,1011,937
North Essex2,5902,133
North Nottinghamshire2,1181,781
North Staffordshire1,7431,921
North West Anglia(31)3,280(32)—
North West Lancashire2,8642,515
North Yorkshire4,7824,352
Northamptonshire1,5022,334
Northumberland831993
Nottingham3,3892,857
Oxfordshire1,5161,686
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire1,7081,689
Redbridge and Waltham Forest723789
Rotherham1,2121,124
Salford and Trafford1,9961,762
Sandwell995909
Sefton2,4082,113
Sheffield2,2072,705
Shropshire1,9161,877
Solihull433330
Somerset2,6262,580
South and West Devon3,4132,961
South Cheshire4,0494,003
South Derbyshire2,5822,327
South Essex1,9981,314
South Humberside1,357940
South Lancashire1,7791,713
South Staffordshire3,6943,300
Southampton and South West Hampshire1,6581,720
St. Helens and Knowsley1,4731,259
Stockport1,2121,010
Suffolk2,2932,142
Sunderland1,8371,243
Tees2,9982,662
Wakefield9551,110
Walsall602714
Warwickshire1,8331,855
West Hertfordshire1,0681,476
West Kent2,9752,976
West Pennine1,6221,445
West Surrey2,5862,195
West Sussex4,7033,941
Wigan and Bolton1,6151,714
Wiltshire2,2342,057
Wirral2,9152,211
Wolverhampton7971,012
Worcestershire2,5112,670

(30) Relates to the period 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1997.

(31) As a result of health authority reorganisation, North West Anglia was split with Cambridge and Huntingdon becoming part of Cambridge HA and East Norfolk becoming part of Norfolk HA.

(32) Not available

Source:

Department of Health's annual returns


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Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates his Department has made of the number of people who have had to sell their homes to pay for long-term care in each of the last five years. [24641]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is not held centrally.

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average length of time is that an individual stays in (a) a residential care and (b) a nursing home in England. [24639]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who drafted the guidance under the Care Standards Act 2000 dealing with accommodation for residents of residential care homes. [24314]

Jacqui Smith: The National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People and Care Homes for Younger Adults and Adult Placements were drafted by the Department. To aid the drafting of these standards, reference groups were set up which included representatives from the private, public and voluntary sectors, national organisations and service users. Both sets of standards were consulted upon publicly and we have listened to the representations made during consultation and made appropriate changes. No guidance under the Care Standards Act 2000, in relation to the accommodation of service users in care homes, has been drafted.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received from local authority care homes concerning the Care Standards Act 2000; and if he will list them broken down by authority. [24299]

Jacqui Smith: The Department does not hold information in the form requested. Representations about the effect of Government policy on local authority run care homes are generally made by local authorities as part of the comments they make in their role as regulators, providers and commissioners of social care. Local authorities have been involved in the development of our modernisation agenda, particularly in the development of national minimum standards where they were one of the groups consulted before and during the various consultation exercises on the national standards. The formal consultation documents were sent to all local authorities.

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