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Medicines and Health Care Products Agency
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2003, Official Report, column 616W, on Medicines and Health Care Products Agency, what the value was of each of the contracts listed; and if he will make a statement. [134119]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The value of each of the contracts currently being used by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency are:
- Accenture, design and build of information technology applications—£12.3 million
Charles Mackenzie, enhancements to website applications—£20,902
Hay Group, design of personal development and performance management system—£50,000
Oxford Group, delivery of management and leadership training programme—£130,000
RedAnt Design, general practice research database (GPRD) marketing and customer interface—£15,000
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TK Consultancy, design and build of medicines enforcement case investigation system—£30,000
Turner & Townsend, post merger co-location project—£8,000
Unipart advanced learning systems, enhancements to device adverse incidents tracking system—£7,500
Winton Nightingale, management of staff restaurant contract—£8,150
Mental Health
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) children and adolescents, (b) adults and (c) pensioners were treated by mental health trusts in west Sussex in each of the last six years. [134773]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The total number of admissions of patients with learning disabilities or mental illness resident in the west Sussex local authority is shown in the table.
| Age group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–14 | 15–59 | 60–74 | 75 Plus | Unknown | Total | |
| 1996–97 | 67 | 1,244 | 392 | 837 | 6 | 2,546 |
| 1997–98 | 51 | 1,158 | 346 | 726 | 0 | 2,281 |
| 1998–99 | 45 | 603 | 190 | 393 | 1 | 1,232 |
| 1999–2000 | 48 | 1,852 | 532 | 798 | 4 | 3,234 |
| 2000–01 | 312 | 1,765 | 483 | 645 | 10 | 3,215 |
| 2001–02 | 429 | 1,247 | 292 | 353 | 0 | 2,321 |
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Notes:
1 From April 2002 a new trust called West Sussex Health and Social Care Trust came into existence, in the main this trust treats mental health patients in the West Sussex area. This was formed by the merger of three other trusts, or parts of them, namely Worthing Priority Healthcare, Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust (previously Chichester Priority Care Services) and Mid Sussex NHS Trust.
2 The figures shown are the numbers of admissions under mental health specialities and learning disabilities in these three trusts, over the years 1996–2002. This does not, however, guarantee that the patients being admitted are from the west Sussex area.
3 Admissions are defined as the first period of patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to his answers of 3 November 2003, Official Report, column 518W, on mental health, if he will place copies of the (a) Robert Lee Review and (b) review by Sir Andrew Leggatt in the Library; [138023]
- (2) if he will set out details of the regional variations in efficiency and practice of the Mental Health Review Tribunal offices. [138024]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Copies of the Robert Lee review of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Administration will be placed in the Library. Sir Andrew Leggatt's Review of Tribunals was carried out at the request of the Department for Constitutional Affairs and copies will be placed in the Library.
The following details demonstrate the regional variations in efficiency and practice of the Mental Health Review Tribunal offices and is based on up to date statistical information between January and September 2003.
| Average waiting times for application to reachhearing stage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Office | Number of applications received in office | Number of hearings heard | Ratio of applications that reach hearing stage (percentage) | Section 2 (days) | Non-restricted (weeks) | Restricted (weeks) |
| London North | 4,879 | 2,823 | 58 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 15.4 |
| London South | 4,245 | 2,256 | 53 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 17.9 |
| Liverpool | 3,718 | 1,997 | 54 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 15.5 |
| Nottingham | 3,286 | 2,277 | 69 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
Notes:
1. Section 2 applications have a statutory requirement to be heard within seven days of receipt in the MHRT office.
2. All other applications must be heard as soon as possible, with regard to the receiving of reports and evidence.
Factors affecting regional efficiency are: the volume of applications received in any one office; and the ratio of work to medical members.
| Regional office | Number of medical members |
|---|---|
| London North | 55 |
| London South | 52 |
| Liverpool | 52 |
| Nottingham | 48 |
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the statement by the National Director of Mental Health on 31 July on the draft Mental Health Bill represents Government policy; whether he intends to make significant changes to the draft Bill before it is laid before Parliament; what assessment he has made of responses received during the consultation on the draft Bill; and what the timetable is for publishing the responses. [138474]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The National Director for Mental Health expressed his personal views to the Parliamentary Health Forum on 4 June 2003. The Government have considered carefully the need for changes to the draft Bill, following responses to consultation and on-going meetings with key stakeholders. Any changes to the draft Bill will be
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indicated when the Government publish their response to consultation prior to the introduction of the Bill to Parliament.
Mental Health Trusts
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the backlog maintenance cost was to reach (a) estate code condition B, (b) fire safety standards and (c) health and safety standards for all mental health trusts in England, broken down by trust. [133847]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested is set out in the table. The figures provided do not indicate levels of risk to patients and staff. Trusts make every effort to
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remedy significant concerns as quickly as possible. This is reflected in the very small numbers of injuries and deaths arising as a result of fires and reportable health and safety incidents in national health service hospitals in England, despite the very high numbers of people who use healthcare premises.
Spending on routine maintenance by mental health trusts reached £41 million in 2002–03 with an additional £60 million having been spent between 1998 and 2001. Improvements to health and safety and fire safety will result from the current priorities and planning framework targets for reducing the backlog of maintenance.
| Trust | Cost to achieve Physical Condition B 2002–03 | Cost to achieve Statutory Health and Safety Compliance Standard B 2002–03 | Cost to achieve Fire Safety Compliance Standard B 2002–03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | 21,188,485 | 1,760,499 | 10,900 |
| Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust | 7,045,600 | 1,202,070 | 284,000 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | 2,950,950 | 190,286 | 202,536 |
| Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust | 3,674,996 | 0 | 0 |
| County Durham and Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust | 3,021,910 | 50,000 | 16,000 |
| East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust | 4,010,993 | 3,017,895 | 334,045 |
| Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust | 143,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancashire Care NHS Trust | 4,164,544 | 772,674 | 267,200 |
| Mental Health Services Of Salford NHS Trust | 4,175,110 | 0 | 0 |
| Mersey Care NHS Trust | 7,661,919 | 85,000 | 5,000 |
| Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust | 6,965,000 | 479,000 | 4,495,000 |
| Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust | 4,162,000 | 0 | 0 |
| North Cumbria Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Trust | 2,446,100 | 303,800 | 320,000 |
| North East London Mental Health NHS Trust | 3,120,550 | 1,807,469 | 126,330 |
| North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | 6,613,600 | 76,100 | 100,400 |
| North West Surrey Mental Health NHS Trust | 50,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust | 2,883,159 | 171,000 | 47,000 |
| Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | 3,979,784 | 743,000 | 32,000 |
| Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust | 3,028,550 | 161,120 | 86,986 |
| Oxleas NHS Trust | 6,000,000 | 550,000 | 250,000 |
| Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust | 683,000 | 0 | 0 |
| South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust | 1,950,625 | 40,000 | 30,000 |
| South London and Maudsley NHS Trust | 19,172,610 | 3,995,080 | 661,189 |
| South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust | 73,234,000 | 533,000 | 958,000 |
| South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust | 13,619,673 | 337,220 | 459,135 |
| Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust | 1,170,800 | 2,000 | 16,000 |
| West Hampshire NHS Trust | 536,000 | 305,300 | 0 |
| West London Mental Health NHS Trust | 10,752,770 | 4,125,000 | 1,050,540 |
| West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust | 1,151,981 | 713,569 | 116,255 |
| Total | 219,557,709 | 21,421,082 | 9,868,516 |
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual maintenance budget for each NHS mental health trust in England was in each of the last five years. [133848]
Mr. Hutton: The annual maintenance budgets for national health service mental health trusts is not centrally collected.
Data for the last five years on the annual spend on maintenance costs (including engineering, building and grounds and garden maintenance costs) has been placed in the Library. Validation of the data given for 2002–03 remains subject to amendment.
- Costs associated with the provision of engineering, building and ground and gardens maintenance.
Labour costs for directly employed and contract staff including contract support costs, fees, materials, and;
Pay elements for senior managers and all associated staff where involved in maintenance;
Expenditure relating to the employment of staff belonging to an external organisation (including private finance initiative work);
Capital works involving adaptations, improvements and/or alterations are not included.
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