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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken towards ensuring that there is a magnetic resonance imaging scanner on site at every major hospital trust in England. [165346]
Miss Melanie Johnson: After decades of underinvestment, there has been an unprecedented level of central capital funding provided to purchase magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners since 2000, first through the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) and now through central Department of Health capital. These programmes are providing over 160 new MRI scanners from 2000 to 2006, resulting in a 150 per cent. increase in the number of MRI scanners available to the national health service since 1997.
Once the central programmes have been completed in 2006, all large acute and/or teaching NHS hospital trusts will have MRI on at least one hospital site.
The allocation of new MRI scanners has been agreed in conjunction with strategic health authorities. Allocations have been made to ensure equitable access to MRI services across the country.
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government have spent in each of the last five years on (a) procurement of new magnetic resonance imaging scanners and (b) training staff to operate them; and what the projected expenditure is in each of the next five years. [165348]
Miss Melanie Johnson: From 1999 to 2004, approximately £38.5 million was spent in providing 57 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners via the New Opportunities Fund.
In 2003–04, approximately £33.5 million of Department of Health cancer capital was spent in providing new and replacement MRI scanners.
It is estimated that departmental cancer capital spending on MRI in 2004–05 will be approximately £46 million and in 2004–05 will be approximately £30 million.
The projected expenditure on MRI beyond 2005–06 is not known at this stage, although, on 8 April 2004, the Department launched a procurement from the private sector to provide an extra 80,000 mobile MRI scans per year for the national health service for five years.
Initial applications training for the use of new MRI equipment is included in the capital cost of that equipment and has therefore been provided to all NHS
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trusts in the central procurement programmes. Further training requirements will vary from centre to centre and are the responsibility of local NHS institutions.
Mersey Regional Ambulance Service
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the level and quality of service provided by the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service on the weekend of 26 and 27 March. [165342]
Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 19 April 2004]: The Department does not collect information from ambulance trusts on a daily basis. Information is collected annually on volume of service and performance against required standards-details of the returns are in the statistical bulletin Ambulance Service, England: 2002–03.
A copy is available in the Library and also on the Department's website at www.publications.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0313.htm.
NHS Dentistry
Mr. Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the total spending on NHS dentistry in Morley and Rothwell in each year since 1997. [165169]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table.
| Gross fees | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 20.7 |
| 1998–99 | 22.2 |
| 1999–2000 | 22.7 |
| 2000–01 | 23.0 |
| 2001–02 | 24.3 |
| 2002–03(22) | 12.2 |
(22) First half of year only
Source:
Department of Health.
NHS Staff (Oxfordshire)
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) age, (b) gender, (c) ethnic background and (d) length of employment within the NHS breakdowns are of NHS staff working in the (i) Oxfordshire community hospitals of Townlands, Wallingford, Abingdon, Wantage, Wattington and Didcot and (ii) Oxford Radcliffe and Royal Berkshire hospitals. [166761]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held centrally at individual hospital level. The information requested for age, gender and ethnic background is available at trust level. Information for the trusts responsible for the above hospitals has been placed in the Library.
The length of employment within the National Health Service for the above hospitals is not collected centrally.
Nursing
Dr. Murrison:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's projected spending plans on the
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Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (a) were for 2003 and (b) are for (i) 2004, (i) 2005 and (iii) 2006. [166352]
Ms Rosie Winterton: In 2003–04, the budget for the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH) was £34.9 million. This included £5.2 million for the national independent complaints advocacy service (ICAS) and around £8 million to support Community Health Councils until 1 December 2003. The budget for the CPPIH in 2004–05 and 2005–06 is £33.3 million and an additional £6.8 million is being made available for ICAS.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what targets have been set on introducing modern matrons; what the (a) baselines and (b) deadlines for these targets are; and what progress has been made against the targets. [166407]
Mr. Hutton: The introduction of modern matrons was signalled in the NHS Plan in 2000. In April 2001, my right hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) said there would be 500 modern matrons by April 2002 and up to 2,000 by 2004.
A detailed progress report was published in April 2002, including results of a survey that showed that there were nearly 1,900 posts across England.
The most recent data show that there are now nearly 3,000 modern matrons across England.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on arrangements for the assessment of an individual for funded nursing home placement; under what circumstances a process is caused to be commenced; and how a relative can ensure that an assessment is performed. [164922]
Dr. Ladyman: Individuals should receive an assessment to determine their needs and then a care plan as to how those needs will be met. Where their needs will be best met in a care home providing nursing care, the national health service will determine whether their needs are such that the NHS will fund all their care, or whether the NHS will fund only the care provided by a registered nurse.
The Community Care (Delayed Discharges, etc.) Act 2003, requires the NHS and social services in England to assess patients who need further care from the NHS or social services before they are discharged from hospital. For others, the NHS and social services should provide an assessment when it appears necessary or when requested. Relatives and carers may request assessment or re-assessment of an older person's needs, and in doing so may specify the type of assessment they feel is most appropriate.
Personal Care Plans
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of providing every patient with a long-term condition with a personal care plan. [164860]
Dr. Ladyman:
We do not have information on how much it would cost to provide everyone with a long-term condition with a personal care plan.
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Care plans are an important part of responding to the individual needs of patients with chronic conditions and managing their care to keep them healthier for longer. For example the first standard of the national service framework on renal disease states that:
"all children, young people and adults with chronic kidney disease are to have access to information that enables them to make informed decisions and encourages partnership in decision-making, with an agreed care plan that supports them in managing their condition to achieve the best possible quality of life."
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