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Mental Health
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what level of funding per capita is being spent by (a) South Sefton Primary Care Trust and (b) Southport and Formby Primary Care Trust on services for people with mental health difficulties in the current financial year; and what the average spending per capita is of Primary Care Trusts in England. [116278]
Dr. Ladyman: The average spending per capita on services for people with mental health difficulties in the current financial year is £153.82 by South Sefton Primary Care Trust and £130.51 by Southport and Formby Primary Care Trust. Figures for the whole of England are not collated.
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on mental health services in the London borough of Wandsworth in each of the last three years. [118926]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Data on expenditure by the London borough of Wandsworth on personal social services (PSS) for those aged 65 or over with mental health needs, expenditure by the national health service
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on mental health solely within Wandsworth, and NHS expenditure on primary care mental illness are not available centrally.
Gross expenditure by the London borough of Wandsworth on PSS for adults under 65 with mental health needs for the years 1999–2000 to 2001–02 (the latest year for which data are available) is shown in the table.
| Expenditure (£ million) | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 7.8 |
| 2000–01 | 6.9 |
| 2001–02 | 6.2 |
Source:
Form RO3 for 1999–2000, form PSS EX1 for 2000–01 and 2001–02
Expenditure on the commissioning of secondary care mental illness in the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority area for 1999–2000 to 2001–02 (the last year for which data are available) is shown in the table.
| Expenditure (£ million) | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 59.4 |
| 2000–01 | 64.8 |
| 2001–02 | 71.5 |
Sources:
1. Health authority audited summarisation forms 1999–2000 to 2001–02.
2. Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules 2000–01 and 2001–02.
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals, and how many per 1,000 of the adult population, were detained under the provisions of the Mental Health Act in each local authority area in England in (a) 1990, (b) 2000 and (c) 2002. [119422]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not collected in the form requested.
However, the information available has been placed in the Library. This shows numbers of detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983 in national health service facilities, excluding high security psychiatric hospitals, aggregated by health authority area in England. Data for 1989–90 are given at England level only.
Neurology
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on neurology services. [118998]
Dr. Ladyman: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess) on 9 June 2003, Official Report, column 690–91W, by the then Minister of State.
Newark Hospital
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been in the services offered by Newark Hospital over the last three years. [119223]
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Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 16 June 2003]: All of the local health and social care organisations within north Nottinghamshire were created post-April 2000.
A merging of acute services of Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust into Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust came into effect from 1 April 2001. This resulted in an increase in income for the trust between 2000–01 and 2001–02.
A new clinical strategy was agreed for Newark Hospital in 2002. The implementation of this strategy will require additional investment into the hospital. This investment will be funded from sources such as the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust block capital allocation and the local delivery plan for 2003–04 to 2005–06.
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans there are to create a paediatric facility at Newark Hospital. [119224]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 16 June 2003]: There is already a paediatric outpatient service available at Newark Hospital. The clinical strategy for the hospital, which was established in 2002, includes the retention of that service.
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans there are to change acute services offered in Newark hospital in the immediate future. [119225]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 16 June 2003]: There are no plans to change the existing acute services provided by Newark hospital.
There is agreement between Sherwood Forest hospitals national health service trust and the three local primary care trusts—Newark and Sherwood PCT, Ashfield PCT and Mansfield PCT—that acute services in central Nottinghamshire will be delivered from King's Mill and Newark hospitals.
NHS Teams
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the (a) early intervention teams, (b) crisis resolution teams and (c) assertive outreach teams proposed in the NHS plan are in place; and whether the targets for establishing them will be met by the end of 2003. [120382]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The most recent data from the mental health service mapping database show that 24 early intervention teams, 97 crisis resolution teams, and 212 assertive outreach teams are in place. Good progress is being made to achieve the set targets as stated in the NHS Plan.
NHS Trusts/MPs Meetings
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times (a) North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) Warrington Primary Care Trust have met each Member of Parliament in their area in the past year. [118883]
Dr. Ladyman: This information is not held centrally by the Department.
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Nursing Homes
Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he has taken in the last 12 months to inspect nursing homes in the private sector. [119090]
Dr. Ladyman: The National Care Standards Commission has been set up to register and inspect care and other homes in the private sector in England. It is an independent regulatory body created by the Care Standards Act, which aims to raise the standards of care offered by registered services. It is accountable to the Secretary of State for Health and to Parliament for its actions.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health why the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's written question No. 118905 received a holding answer when the information required was published by the Department of Health five days prior to the date for answer. [120393]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested was published as a Statistical Press Notice on 6 June 2003, as part of the Department's programme of publishing statistical information. However, the process of preparing replies to Parliamentary Questions does take a certain amount of time. I regret that, on this occasion, the hon. Member did not receive a timely reply to his question.
Patient Compensation
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he plans to make additional funding available to strategic health authorities to meet the cost of recompensing patients who are found to have been wrongly denied access to NHS continuing care. [118031]
Dr. Ladyman: Additional funding has been made available in 2002–03.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates he has made of the possible costs to individual (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts of recompensing patients found to have been wrongly denied access to NHS continuing care. [118032]
Dr. Ladyman: In their 2002–03 annual accounts, national health service organisations are required to include a provision for expenditure, where it is probable that future payments will be required and a reliable estimate of these payments can be made.
The 2002–03 audited annual accounts will be available locally in September and centrally in autumn.
Pay Audits
Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit. [117437]
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Ms Rosie Winterton: We have completed the review of our pay systems in line with the Government's commitment in response to the Equal Opportunities (EOC) Task Force "Just Pay" report. There was found to be no significant disadvantages revealed by the equal pay review, although there is some further consideration being given in three areas.
A copy of our report, which includes the action plan, has been placed in the Library.
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