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CFISSA
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) budget and (b) outturn figures for the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services Special Allocation (CFISSA) were for each of the last three years; if he will publish the total list of allocations from CFISSA for the current financial year; and if he will list the virements from the CFISSA. [151797]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 2 February 2004]: Tables have been placed in the Library showing:
(a) for the years 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2002–03 the initial and final budget levels and outturn for each of the main areas within the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Services and Special Allocations budget.
(b) the total allocations made to NHS organisations to date in 2003–04.
The latest information on virement from capital to revenue in 2003–04 are shown in the following table. There were no net virements from the CFISSA programme into capital in 2003–04:
| Budget | £000 |
|---|---|
| National IT Programme: Corporate Services | 3,605 |
| National IT Programme: Procurement, commercial and legal services | 22,000 |
| National Knowledge Service | 1,000 |
| Surveillance and Disease Registers | 2,500 |
| National IT Programme: Local Initiatives | 88,895 |
| 118,000 | |
| Local NHS capital to revenue transfers | 200,000 |
| Total capital to revenue virement | 318,000 |
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Clinical Trials
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the full results of clinical trials submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency are required to be published. [163849]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The full results of clinical trials submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are not required to be published. Sponsors of clinical trials conducted in the United Kingdom have an obligation to provide end of study data in a report. For marketed drugs, the marketing authorisation holder has an obligation to inform the MHRA of any information relevant to the evaluation of the risks and benefits of the product and provide periodic safety update reports to the MHRA. However, the MHRA has made information available about clinical trials in the specific circumstances where it has been in the public interest to do so.
Community Hospitals
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the bed occupancy rate is in the community hospitals of (a) Townlands, (b) Wallingford, (c) Abingdon, (d) Wantage, (e) Watlington and (f) Didcot. [164102]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Bed data are not centrally collected by hospital site. Data are collected annually on a provider basis from National Health Service trusts. The two trusts involved are the South East Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and the South West Oxfordshire PCT. The average daily number of available, and occupied beds in wards open overnight for the two trust involved, are shown in the table. The bed occupancy rate is also included in the table.
Information for each NHS trust is published annually on the Department's website at: http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/.
| SHA | Org ID | Total | General and Acute | Acute | Geriatric | Mental illness | Learning disability | Maternity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | |||||||||
| SE Oxfordshire PCT | Q16 | 5DX | |||||||
| Available | 48 | 48 | 48 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Occupied | 44 | 44 | 44 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Percentage occupancy | 91.2 | 91.2 | 91.2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| SW Oxfordshire PCT | Q16 | 5DY | |||||||
| Available | 151 | 151 | 151 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Occupied | 143 | 143 | 143 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Percentage occupancy | 95.2 | 95.2 | 95.2 | — | — | — | — |
Source:
Department of Health form KH03
Status:
Published 11 September 2003 (latest data available)
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the minimum number of beds required to ensure the (a) clinical and (b) financial viability of community hospitals in Oxfordshire is. [164105]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held by the Department.
Our policy on "Shifting the Balance of Power" means that funding decisions rest with primary care trusts (PCTs). PCTs, in conjunction with strategic health authorities (SHAs), have responsibility for planning and developing services according to the needs of local people and they have the local knowledge to assess the health care needs of their residents and to identify strategies and plans to meet those needs.
I understand that the South East and South West Oxfordshire PCTs are carrying out a consultation "South Locality Plan", which they hope will shape a long-term strategy for improving care and services
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delivered by the local health economy. The hon. Member may therefore wish to approach the Thames Valley SHA on this matter.
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the circumstances leading to the closure of the community hospital in Burford. [164106]
Ms Rosie Winterton: I understand that Burford Hospital was closed in 2000. The decision to close the hospital was made following a full public consultation on Oxfordshire community services in 1998. All patients who were receiving their care at Burford were relocated to other community hospitals following its closure.
Conflicts of Interest
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what regulations are in place governing conflicts of interest on medical advisory committees, including the (a) Committee on Safety of Medicines and (b) Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation; and if he will make a statement. [162426]
Ms Rosie Winterton: All members of the Committee on Safety of Medicines are required to follow a code of practice relating to declarations of interests in the pharmaceutical industry. The code is comprehensive and is followed at each meeting to ensure the integrity of the advice given to Ministers by the committee. This code, and a register of members' interests, is published in the Annual Report of the Medicines Advisory Bodies. The report for 2002 is in the Library. It is also available at www.mhra.gov.uk
Members of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are also required to follow a code of practice relating to declarations of industry interests which is followed at each meeting. A register of JCVI members' interests is available on the JCVI pages of the Department of Health's website at www. advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk
Consultants Appointments
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the specific requirements of the NHS (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1982 are on the appointment procedure for NHS consultants; what (a) qualifications and (b) experience a surgeon is required to have to be appointed as an NHS consultant; what (i) experience and (ii) qualifications a surgeon is required to have to work for an independent sector treatment centre; and what criteria the appointment procedure must satisfy. [164602]
Mr. Hutton:
Current requirements are those set out in the National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996. To become a consultant in the NHS a doctor must be included on the specialist register held by the General Medical Council (GMC)
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and successfully compete for a consultant post in open competition. In the United Kingdom the postgraduate specialist medical qualification, leading to automatic inclusion on the specialist register, is a certificate of completion of specialist training. Individual employers may also specify any particular requirements for a post in a job description and person specification.
Procedures for the appointment of staff in independent sector treatment centres are a matter for the relevant independent healthcare providers. In order to operate independently in an independent sector treatment centre a doctor must be a registered medical practitioner included on the specialist register held by the GMC.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many appointments have been made to the New Consultant Entry Scheme; and how many appointments are expected to be made in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. [156292]
Mr. Hutton: The New Consultant Entry Scheme (NCES) became fully operational in January. To date, five specialist registrars have been appointed to psychiatric, paediatric intensive care, histopathology, rehabilitation medicine and ophthalmology consultant posts on the scheme. Expressions of interest in the scheme continue to grow and we expect to match additional specialist registrars to vacant consultant posts in the coming months.
The scheme is managed by NHS Professionals for Doctors but not centrally funded, allowing strategic health authorities to make local arrangements to place doctors on the scheme. Local reports suggest a further 60 doctors had been appointed on the scheme.
The scheme is voluntary but potentially there are 1 2,485 specialist registrars in 2004, 2,399 specialist registrars in 2005 and 2,167 specialist registrars in 2006 who are expected to obtain their certificate of completion of specialist training and would be eligible to apply to the scheme. 1
Non-consultant career grade doctors who have a certificate of completion of specialist training or are on the specialist register, are also eligible for the scheme. Latest available figures from the September 2001 medical workforce census suggest that there are 448 doctors on the specialist register working in non-consultant career grade posts who would be eligible for the scheme.
1 Specialist registrar figures based on calendar year 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Source: Department of Health Planning Extract.
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