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MRI Scanners
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many MRI scanners are available to patients in Somerset; where they are located; and how old each scanner is. [127823]
Ms Rosie Winterton: There are two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners located within the Somerset area, as shown in the table. In addition, patients in Somerset have access to MRI scanners located within neighbouring trusts as listed.
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| National health service trust | Hospital | Year installed |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset area trusts | ||
| East Somerset | Yeovil district hospital | 1995 |
| Taunton and Somerset | Taunton and Somerset hospital | 2001 |
| Neighbouring trusts | ||
| The Royal United hospital | Royal United hospital, Bath | 1996 |
| The North Bristol | Frenchay hospital, Bristol (two scanners) | 1994 and 2002 |
| Southmead hospital, Bristol | 2000 | |
| United Bristol Healthcare | Bristol Royal Infirmary (two scanners) | 1992 and 2002 |
| Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre | 1996 | |
| The Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare | Royal Devon and Exeter hospital, Wonford | 1995 |
National Fruit Scheme
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evaluation of the National Fruit Scheme has been completed; and when he will publish the results. [128232]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Evaluation of the National School Fruit Scheme pilots was carried out by the Department of Health in 2000 and 2001 to examine the practicalities of operating the scheme within schools and the logistics of the supply and distribution arrangements. The results of this were published in March 2002 in a summary document, "National School Fruit Scheme Evaluation Summary".
Further ongoing evaluation has been conducted by the Department on the practicalities of implementing the Food Dudes programme in large numbers of schools and on the practicalities of introducing different produce types including carrots and tomatoes. The Department is considering the most appropriate format for publication of these further evaluations. In addition, the New Opportunities Fund has recently commissioned an evaluation of the dietary impact of the scheme.
New Hospitals
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which foreign companies have submitted bids to (a) build, (b) staff and (c) run new hospital establishments; and which health trusts (i) have invited bids and (ii) plan to invite bids in the next year. [127917]
Mr. Hutton: No information is held centrally regarding the country in which bidders on new hospital establishments are either registered or owned.
Procurement for standard hospital buildings/facilities can be broken up into two categories: Private Finance Initiative (PFI), including PFI build and PFI Diagnosis and Treatment Centres (DTCs) and publicly funded, comprising the DTC programme and ProCure21 Initiative (ProCure21). Under ProCure21, the capital spend of £1.2 billion per year will be divided between a group of pre-tendered Principal Supply Chain Partners.
Under the PFI, procurement timetables are held centrally only for major prioritised schemes (capital value over £20 million).
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Listed below are all schemes that have invited bids and are currently in procurement with a capital value of £20 million or over.
- Barts & the London NHS Trust
- University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust
- North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
- Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
- Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust
- St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust
- Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
- United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Central Manchester Healthcare/Manchester Childrens Hospital NHS Trust
- Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Trust
- University of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
- Southern Derbyshire NHS Trusts
Listed below are trusts that are currently timetabled to invite bids by advertising in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC) within the next calendar year.
- Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust
- St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust
- Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
- South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
- Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
- Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
- The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
- DTCs
- Dudley Hospitals Group
- Swindon NHS Trust
- Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon
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The following is a list of publicly funded schemes over £20 million that are currently in the procurement stages.
- DTCs
- Princess Alexandra NHS Trust, Harlow
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen NHS Trust
- Independent Sector DTCs
Eleven trusts that published OJEC advertisements in December 2002 with a capital value of £20 million and above are:
- Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust
- North Bradford Primary Care Trust
- Burton Hospitals NHS Trust
- Nottingham City Primary Care Trust
- Daventry and South Northants Primary Care Trust
- Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority (on its own behalf and on behalf of other NHS bodies)
- Mendip Primary Care Trust
- Plymouth Primary Care Trust
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust
- Bristol South and West Primary Care Trust
- South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust
- ProCure21
The trusts in ProCure21 with schemes with a capital value of £20 million and above are:
- Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
- Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre NHS Trust
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals
- Shropshire County PCT
- National Blood Service
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Trust
- Stockport NHS Trust
Diabetes
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed directly in management of diabetes within the NHS. [127650]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Of the staff directly involved in the management of diabetes, the workforce census only separately identifies the medical speciality of endocrinology and diabetes mellitus.
As at 31 March 2003, there were 473 hospital medical consultants within the speciality. This represents an increase of 62 per cent. since September 1997.
NHS (Ethnic Minorities)
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are in place to ensure equal access to the delivery of services within the NHS for ethnic minority groups. [127385]
Mr. Hutton: The Department is committed to transforming the national health service so that it produces faster, fairer services with equity of access for all. The creation of more equal access for black and minority ethnic people is an integral and vital aspect of the Department's programme of investment and reform.
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The Department is taking action at a number of levels to ensure equal access to NHS services.
A primary care trust (PCT) transformational change programme has been jointly sponsored by the Department, the national primary and care trust development programme and Manchester Central PCT aimed at promoting excellence on race equality among PCTs including improving access to services for minority ethnic people.
A core group of strategic health authority (SHA) chief executives have convened to undertake work to provide practical steps to help SHAs deliver the race equality agenda and improve access for minority ethnic communities.
The Department is committed to the collection of ethnic origin information using the 2001 Census categories as part of the process of monitoring access to services within the NHS.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic minority working within the NHS. [127719]
Mr. Hutton: The following table shows the percentage of medical, dental and non-medical staff by ethnic category working in the national health service as at September 2002.
| England, as at 30 September 2002 | Numbers (percentages) | |
|---|---|---|
| All staff | 100.0 | |
| All ethnic groups | 73.1 | |
| 2001 | White | 58.8 |
| Population | Black or Black British | 2.3 |
| Census | Asian or Asian British | 3.1 |
| Ethnic | Chinese | 0.3 |
| Group | Mixed | 0.6 |
| Categories | Any other ethnic group | 1.0 |
| Not Stated | 7.0 | |
| All Ethnic Groups | 26.9 | |
| Earlier | White | 23.7 |
| Ethnic | Black | 0.7 |
| Group | Asian | 1.4 |
| Categories | Any other ethnic group | 0.5 |
| Not Stated | 0.6 | |
Notes:
1. The ethnic breakdown of non medical staff is estimated from the 66 per cent. of HCHS organisation that reported 90 per cent. or more valid ethnic codes on the September 2002 census.
2. From 1 April 2001, newly appointed staff have been asked to classify themselves using the ethnic categories listed in the 2001 population census. Existing staff will be reclassified over time but data returns currently include a mixture of 2001 categories and older information based on 1991 population census categories.
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census. Department of Health non-medical workforce census.
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