House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 23 Jul 2002 (pt 56)

Nurses

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS nurses have left the NHS to take nursing posts in north America in the last year. [72478]

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Mr. Hutton: The information requested is not collected by the Department.

NHS Staff

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of (a) nurses, (b) general practitioners, (c) cancer specialists and (d) consultants in (i) St. Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England. [71279]

Mr. Hutton: The Government's plans for increasing the size of the national health service work force were set out in the NHS Plan and our manifesto before the last election. Both targets for increasing nurse numbers have been met ahead of schedule. Our latest projection for 2008 is 35,000 more nurses than there were in 2001. This has not been broken down by strategic health authority (StHA).

The NHS Plan set a target of 2,000 more general practitioners (GPs) and 7,500 consultants in England by 2004, over the 1999 baseline. To date, there has been an increase of 483 GPs and 3,130 consultants. The target has been broken down by StHA level. Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority have an envelope of 141 more GPs and 377 more consultants by 2004.

The number of cancer specialists employed in the NHS is growing. As at March 2002, there were 3,857 cancer specialists in England. This represents an increase of 17 per cent. since 1999. We are on track to hit the target set out in the Cancer Plan of nearly 1,000 extra cancer consultants by 2006, this target has not been broken down by StHA.

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Social Workers

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of social workers in (a) St. Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England. [71281]

Jacqui Smith: Information on vacancy rates for social workers is not available centrally.

Public Consultation

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the public consultations undertaken by his Department since June 2001, stating in each case the (a) number of respondents and (b) percentage of those specifically consulted who responded. [60145]

Mr. Lammy [holding answer 10 June 2002]: Since June 2001, the Department has undertaken 87 public consultations. A list of these will be placed in the Library.

The Department does not collect the number of respondents nor the percentage of those specifically consulted who responded either centrally or at all and it would be disproportionately expensive to assemble the information.

Hospital Discharges

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 17 June 2002, Official Report, column 168W, on hospital discharges, for what reason statistics for the Eastern Region on discharges that were delayed for less than eight days are not available. [64852]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 27 July 2002]: The statistics were not available because of inconsistencies in the data provided by some health authorities in eastern region. By checking with hospitals in the former eastern region, I have been able to estimate the number of discharges delayed for less than eight days in that region. I have placed some corrected figures in the Library.

Length of delayed discharge—patients of all ages—quarter 4 2001–02National and regional summary

Area Total delayed less than 8 days Total delayed 8–14 days Total delayed 14–28 days Total delayed more than 28 days Percentage delays less than 8 days (all ages) Percentage delays 8–14 days (all ages) Percentage delays 14–28 days (all ages) Percentage delays more than 28 days (all ages) Percentage HAs included in analysis

England 1,323 1,067 1,130 1,968 24.1 19.4 20.6 35.9 95.8

Northern and Yorkshire 125 72 92 126 30.1 17.3 22.2 30.4 92.3

Trent 113 49 71 61 38.4 16.7 24.1 20.7 100.0

West Midlands 247 153 124 185 34.8 21.6 17.5 26.1 100.0

North West 119 115 93 143 25.3 24.5 19.8 30.4 93.8

Eastern — 120 118 205 — 27.3 26.8 46.6 85.7

London 104 163 190 404 12.1 18.9 22.0 46.9 92.9

South East 299 254 278 611 20.7 17.6 19.3 42.4 100.0

South West 316 141 164 233 37.0 16.5 19.2 27.3 100.0

Health authority summary

Health authority Total delayed less than 8 days Total delayed 8–14 days Total delayed 14–28 days Total delayed more than 28 days Percentage delays less than 8 days (all ages) Percentage delays 8–14 days (all ages) Percentage delays 14–28 days (all ages) Percentage delays more than 28 days (all ages) HA included

Bradford 9 0 2 0 81.8 0.0 18.2 0.0 Yes

County Durham and Darlington 12 6 5 7 40.0 20.0 16.7 23.3 Yes

East Riding and Hull 7 2 6 6 33.3 9.5 28.6 28.6 Yes

Gateshead and South Tyneside 7 6 14 15 16.7 14.3 33.3 35.7 Yes

Leeds 10 5 16 32 15.9 7.9 25.4 50.8 Yes

Newcastle and North Tyneside 23 4 8 11 50.0 8.7 17.4 23.9 Yes

North Cumbria 4 10 11 44 5.8 14.5 15.9 63.8 Yes

Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 — — — Yes

Sunderland 15 9 3 4 48.4 29.0 9.7 12.9 Yes

Tees 31 21 15 6 42.5 28.8 20.5 8.2 Yes

Wakefield 0 5 10 0 0.0 33.3 66.7 0.0 Yes

North Yorkshire — — — — — — — — No

Calderdale and Kirklees 7 4 2 1 50.0 28.6 14.3 7.1 Yes

Barnsley 4 0 0 0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Yes

North Derbyshire 14 2 0 0 87.5 12.5 0.0 0.0 Yes

Southern Derbyshire 9 8 4 1 40.9 36.4 18.2 4.5 Yes

Doncaster 4 1 8 6 21.1 5.3 42.1 31.6 Yes

Leicestershire 18 8 8 8 42.9 19.0 19.0 19.0 Yes

Lincolnshire 6 7 6 3 27.3 31.8 27.3 13.6 Yes

North Nottinghamshire 12 7 11 10 30.0 17.5 27.5 25.0 Yes

Nottingham 13 9 13 4 33.3 23.1 33.3 10.3 Yes

Rotherham 8 5 2 5 40.0 25.0 10.0 25.0 Yes

Sheffield 23 1 13 10 48.9 2.1 27.7 21.3 Yes

South Humber 2 1 6 14 8.7 4.3 26.1 60.9 Yes

Birmingham 65 51 35 90 27.0 21.2 14.5 37.3 Yes

Coventry 21 9 8 16 38.9 16.7 14.8 29.6 Yes

Dudley 8 8 6 2 33.3 33.3 25.0 8.3 Yes

Herefordshire 11 2 2 5 55.0 10.0 10.0 25.0 Yes

Sandwell 3 1 6 17 11.1 3.7 22.2 63.0 Yes

Shropshire 3 3 1 2 33.3 33.3 11.1 22.2 Yes

Solihull 33 1 2 0 91.7 2.8 5.6 0.0 Yes

North Staffordshire 16 5 3 1 64.0 20.0 12.0 4.0 Yes

South Staffordshire 19 15 19 15 27.9 22.1 27.9 22.1 Yes

Walsall 6 6 4 7 26.1 26.1 17.4 30.4 Yes

Warwickshire 34 38 19 11 33.3 37.3 18.6 10.8 Yes

Wolverhampton 8 6 3 5 36.4 27.3 13.6 22.7 Yes

Worcestershire 20 8 16 14 34.5 13.8 27.6 24.1 Yes

South Lancashire 12 1 0 0 92.3 7.7 0.0 0.0 Yes

Liverpool 3 7 5 17 9.4 21.9 15.6 53.1 Yes

Manchester — — — — — — — — No

Morecambe Bay 4 10 13 38 6.2 15.4 20.0 58.5 Yes

St. Helens and Knowsley 8 7 11 19 17.8 15.6 24.4 42.2 Yes

Salford and Trafford 3 10 7 5 12.0 40.0 28.0 20.0 Yes

Sefton 4 7 10 7 14.3 25.0 35.7 25.0 Yes

Stockport 0 3 1 2 0.0 50.0 16.7 33.3 Yes

West Pennine 14 0 6 9 48.3 0.0 20.7 31.0 Yes

Bury and Rochdale 4 2 2 3 36.4 18.2 18.2 27.3 Yes

North Cheshire — 10 10 8 — 41.7 41.7 33.3 Yes

South Cheshire 5 5 6 9 20.0 20.0 24.0 36.0 Yes

East Lancashire 5 6 2 0 38.5 46.2 15.4 0.0 Yes

North West Lancashire 39 5 3 0 83.0 10.6 6.4 0.0 Yes

Wigan and Bolton 18 19 11 7 32.7 34.5 20.0 12.7 Yes

Wirral 0 23 6 19 0.0 47.9 12.5 39.6 Yes

Bedfordshire 3 6 4 11 12.5 25.0 16.7 45.8 Yes

North Essex — 6 18 41 — — — — No

South Essex 0 16 17 66 0.0 16.2 17.2 66.7 Yes

Suffolk — 63 64 96 — 33.5 34.0 51.1 Yes

Cambridgeshire 0 14 15 21 0.0 28.0 30.0 42.0 Yes

Norfolk 12 14 7 6 30.8 35.9 17.9 15.4 Yes

Hertfordshire 17 7 11 5 42.5 17.5 27.5 12.5 Yes

Hillingdon 0 17 25 16 0.0 29.3 43.1 27.6 Yes

Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 4 9 5 13 12.9 29.0 16.1 41.9 Yes

Redbridge and Waltham Forest 13 10 13 20 23.2 17.9 23.2 35.7 Yes

Croydon 10 5 1 6 45.5 22.7 4.5 27.3 Yes

Kingston and Richmond 7 10 6 49 9.7 13.9 8.3 68.1 Yes

Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 3 18 22 35 3.8 23.1 28.2 44.9 Yes

Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0 18 30 40 0.0 20.5 34.1 45.5 Yes

Barking and Havering 41 10 22 65 29.7 7.2 15.9 47.1 Yes

Brent and Harrow 6 3 2 5 37.5 18.8 12.5 31.3 Yes

Camden and Islington 16 13 17 30 21.1 17.1 22.4 39.5 Yes

Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 4 11 17 49 4.9 13.6 21.0 60.5 Yes

East London and the City — 22 13 58 — 25.9 15.3 68.2 Yes

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 0 17 17 18 0.0 32.7 32.7 34.6 Yes

Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich — 20 8 26 — — — — No

Berkshire 29 19 35 72 18.7 12.3 22.6 46.5 Yes

Buckinghamshire 25 14 7 25 35.2 19.7 9.9 35.2 Yes

East Kent 7 9 13 23 13.5 17.3 25.0 44.2 Yes

West Kent 4 27 16 41 4.5 30.7 18.2 46.6 Yes

East Surrey 8 10 12 16 17.4 21.7 26.1 34.8 Yes

West Surrey 21 20 34 85 13.1 12.5 21.3 53.1 Yes

East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 26 46 38 62 15.1 26.7 22.1 36.0 Yes

West Sussex 50 13 30 14 46.7 12.1 28.0 13.1 Yes

Northamptonshire 28 9 24 37 28.6 9.2 24.5 37.8 Yes

Oxfordshire 9 16 12 15 17.3 30.8 23.1 28.8 Yes

North and Mid Hampshire 18 18 23 98 11.5 11.5 14.6 62.4 Yes

Southampton and SW Hampshire 36 29 23 99 19.3 15.5 12.3 52.9 Yes

Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 38 24 11 24 39.2 24.7 11.3 24.7 Yes

Somerset 13 9 7 5 38.2 26.5 20.6 14.7 Yes

South and West Devon 44 6 8 0 75.9 10.3 13.8 0.0 Yes

Wiltshire 12 16 9 26 19.0 25.4 14.3 41.3 Yes

Avon 107 46 83 107 31.2 13.4 24.2 31.2 Yes

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 37 17 12 31 38.1 17.5 12.4 32.0 Yes

Dorset 55 13 11 8 63.2 14.9 12.6 9.2 Yes

North and East Devon 48 21 17 21 44.9 19.6 15.9 19.6 Yes

Gloucestershire 0 13 17 35 0.0 20.0 26.2 53.8 Yes

Area	Total delayed less than 8 days	Total delayed 8–14 days	Total delayed 14–28 days	Total delayed more than 28 days	Percentage delays less than 8 days (all ages)	Percentage delays 8–14 days (all ages)	Percentage delays 14–28 days (all ages)	Percentage delays more than 28 days (all ages)	Percentage HAs included in analysis
England	1,323	1,067	1,130	1,968	24.1	19.4	20.6	35.9	95.8
Northern and Yorkshire	125	72	92	126	30.1	17.3	22.2	30.4	92.3
Trent	113	49	71	61	38.4	16.7	24.1	20.7	100.0
West Midlands	247	153	124	185	34.8	21.6	17.5	26.1	100.0
North West	119	115	93	143	25.3	24.5	19.8	30.4	93.8
Eastern	—	120	118	205	—	27.3	26.8	46.6	85.7
London	104	163	190	404	12.1	18.9	22.0	46.9	92.9
South East	299	254	278	611	20.7	17.6	19.3	42.4	100.0
South West	316	141	164	233	37.0	16.5	19.2	27.3	100.0

Health authority	Total delayed less than 8 days	Total delayed 8–14 days	Total delayed 14–28 days	Total delayed more than 28 days	Percentage delays less than 8 days (all ages)	Percentage delays 8–14 days (all ages)	Percentage delays 14–28 days (all ages)	Percentage delays more than 28 days (all ages)	HA included
Bradford	9	0	2	0	81.8	0.0	18.2	0.0	Yes
County Durham and Darlington	12	6	5	7	40.0	20.0	16.7	23.3	Yes
East Riding and Hull	7	2	6	6	33.3	9.5	28.6	28.6	Yes
Gateshead and South Tyneside	7	6	14	15	16.7	14.3	33.3	35.7	Yes
Leeds	10	5	16	32	15.9	7.9	25.4	50.8	Yes
Newcastle and North Tyneside	23	4	8	11	50.0	8.7	17.4	23.9	Yes
North Cumbria	4	10	11	44	5.8	14.5	15.9	63.8	Yes
Northumberland	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	Yes
Sunderland	15	9	3	4	48.4	29.0	9.7	12.9	Yes
Tees	31	21	15	6	42.5	28.8	20.5	8.2	Yes

Wakefield	0	5	10	0	0.0	33.3	66.7	0.0	Yes
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	No
Calderdale and Kirklees	7	4	2	1	50.0	28.6	14.3	7.1	Yes
Barnsley	4	0	0	0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
North Derbyshire	14	2	0	0	87.5	12.5	0.0	0.0	Yes
Southern Derbyshire	9	8	4	1	40.9	36.4	18.2	4.5	Yes
Doncaster	4	1	8	6	21.1	5.3	42.1	31.6	Yes
Leicestershire	18	8	8	8	42.9	19.0	19.0	19.0	Yes
Lincolnshire	6	7	6	3	27.3	31.8	27.3	13.6	Yes
North Nottinghamshire	12	7	11	10	30.0	17.5	27.5	25.0	Yes
Nottingham	13	9	13	4	33.3	23.1	33.3	10.3	Yes
Rotherham	8	5	2	5	40.0	25.0	10.0	25.0	Yes
Sheffield	23	1	13	10	48.9	2.1	27.7	21.3	Yes
South Humber	2	1	6	14	8.7	4.3	26.1	60.9	Yes
Birmingham	65	51	35	90	27.0	21.2	14.5	37.3	Yes
Coventry	21	9	8	16	38.9	16.7	14.8	29.6	Yes
Dudley	8	8	6	2	33.3	33.3	25.0	8.3	Yes
Herefordshire	11	2	2	5	55.0	10.0	10.0	25.0	Yes
Sandwell	3	1	6	17	11.1	3.7	22.2	63.0	Yes
Shropshire	3	3	1	2	33.3	33.3	11.1	22.2	Yes
Solihull	33	1	2	0	91.7	2.8	5.6	0.0	Yes
North Staffordshire	16	5	3	1	64.0	20.0	12.0	4.0	Yes
South Staffordshire	19	15	19	15	27.9	22.1	27.9	22.1	Yes
Walsall	6	6	4	7	26.1	26.1	17.4	30.4	Yes
Warwickshire	34	38	19	11	33.3	37.3	18.6	10.8	Yes
Wolverhampton	8	6	3	5	36.4	27.3	13.6	22.7	Yes
Worcestershire	20	8	16	14	34.5	13.8	27.6	24.1	Yes
South Lancashire	12	1	0	0	92.3	7.7	0.0	0.0	Yes
Liverpool	3	7	5	17	9.4	21.9	15.6	53.1	Yes
Manchester	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	No
Morecambe Bay	4	10	13	38	6.2	15.4	20.0	58.5	Yes
St. Helens and Knowsley	8	7	11	19	17.8	15.6	24.4	42.2	Yes
Salford and Trafford	3	10	7	5	12.0	40.0	28.0	20.0	Yes
Sefton	4	7	10	7	14.3	25.0	35.7	25.0	Yes
Stockport	0	3	1	2	0.0	50.0	16.7	33.3	Yes
West Pennine	14	0	6	9	48.3	0.0	20.7	31.0	Yes
Bury and Rochdale	4	2	2	3	36.4	18.2	18.2	27.3	Yes
North Cheshire	—	10	10	8	—	41.7	41.7	33.3	Yes
South Cheshire	5	5	6	9	20.0	20.0	24.0	36.0	Yes
East Lancashire	5	6	2	0	38.5	46.2	15.4	0.0	Yes
North West Lancashire	39	5	3	0	83.0	10.6	6.4	0.0	Yes
Wigan and Bolton	18	19	11	7	32.7	34.5	20.0	12.7	Yes
Wirral	0	23	6	19	0.0	47.9	12.5	39.6	Yes
Bedfordshire	3	6	4	11	12.5	25.0	16.7	45.8	Yes
North Essex	—	6	18	41	—	—	—	—	No
South Essex	0	16	17	66	0.0	16.2	17.2	66.7	Yes
Suffolk	—	63	64	96	—	33.5	34.0	51.1	Yes
Cambridgeshire	0	14	15	21	0.0	28.0	30.0	42.0	Yes
Norfolk	12	14	7	6	30.8	35.9	17.9	15.4	Yes
Hertfordshire	17	7	11	5	42.5	17.5	27.5	12.5	Yes
Hillingdon	0	17	25	16	0.0	29.3	43.1	27.6	Yes
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	4	9	5	13	12.9	29.0	16.1	41.9	Yes
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	13	10	13	20	23.2	17.9	23.2	35.7	Yes
Croydon	10	5	1	6	45.5	22.7	4.5	27.3	Yes
Kingston and Richmond	7	10	6	49	9.7	13.9	8.3	68.1	Yes
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	3	18	22	35	3.8	23.1	28.2	44.9	Yes
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	0	18	30	40	0.0	20.5	34.1	45.5	Yes
Barking and Havering	41	10	22	65	29.7	7.2	15.9	47.1	Yes
Brent and Harrow	6	3	2	5	37.5	18.8	12.5	31.3	Yes
Camden and Islington	16	13	17	30	21.1	17.1	22.4	39.5	Yes
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	4	11	17	49	4.9	13.6	21.0	60.5	Yes
East London and the City	—	22	13	58	—	25.9	15.3	68.2	Yes
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	0	17	17	18	0.0	32.7	32.7	34.6	Yes
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich	—	20	8	26	—	—	—	—	No
Berkshire	29	19	35	72	18.7	12.3	22.6	46.5	Yes
Buckinghamshire	25	14	7	25	35.2	19.7	9.9	35.2	Yes
East Kent	7	9	13	23	13.5	17.3	25.0	44.2	Yes
West Kent	4	27	16	41	4.5	30.7	18.2	46.6	Yes
East Surrey	8	10	12	16	17.4	21.7	26.1	34.8	Yes
West Surrey	21	20	34	85	13.1	12.5	21.3	53.1	Yes
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	26	46	38	62	15.1	26.7	22.1	36.0	Yes
West Sussex	50	13	30	14	46.7	12.1	28.0	13.1	Yes
Northamptonshire	28	9	24	37	28.6	9.2	24.5	37.8	Yes
Oxfordshire	9	16	12	15	17.3	30.8	23.1	28.8	Yes
North and Mid Hampshire	18	18	23	98	11.5	11.5	14.6	62.4	Yes
Southampton and SW Hampshire	36	29	23	99	19.3	15.5	12.3	52.9	Yes
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	38	24	11	24	39.2	24.7	11.3	24.7	Yes
Somerset	13	9	7	5	38.2	26.5	20.6	14.7	Yes
South and West Devon	44	6	8	0	75.9	10.3	13.8	0.0	Yes
Wiltshire	12	16	9	26	19.0	25.4	14.3	41.3	Yes

Avon	107	46	83	107	31.2	13.4	24.2	31.2	Yes
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	37	17	12	31	38.1	17.5	12.4	32.0	Yes
Dorset	55	13	11	8	63.2	14.9	12.6	9.2	Yes
North and East Devon	48	21	17	21	44.9	19.6	15.9	19.6	Yes
Gloucestershire	0	13	17	35	0.0	20.0	26.2	53.8	Yes

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