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Health Professionals (Training Costs)
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of training a (a) occupational therapist, (b) physiotherapist, (c) speech and language therapist, (d) district nurse and (e) health visitor. [169708]
Mr. Hutton: Information for England on the cost of training pre-registration occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, excluding bursaries, and district nurses and health visitors are shown in the table.
| Staff group | 2003–04 cost (£) |
|---|---|
| Occupational therapist | 20,420 |
| Physiotherapist | 20,980 |
| Speech and language therapist | 20,430 |
| District nurse | 23,600 |
| Health visitor | 23,600 |
Source:
Financial and Workforce Information Return (FWIR) November 2002.
Health Services
Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the provision of NHS dental services in (a) the Huntingdon constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire. [170858]
Dr. Ladyman: The information relating to the provision of national health service dental services in the Huntingdon constituency and Cambridge have been placed in the Library.
Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will have increased influence and control over the spread of NHS dental provision across their catchment area, and will have budgets devolved to them, so that the PCT will be able to keep the money locally for dentistry if a dentist leaves.
Nationally we have provided new investment totalling £90 million over the last year. £59 million will support access, and strategic health authorities have been advised of their shares and are working with their
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PCTs to address access issues. £30 million is to support information technology and the balance of £1 million will support organisational development locally.
Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in the Huntingdon constituency saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [170859]
Dr. Ladyman: The number of patients with suspected cancer who saw consultants within two weeks are as shown in the table for the two trusts within the Huntingdon constituency.
| Number of urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer | Percentage seen by specialist with two weeks of referral | |
|---|---|---|
| Hinchingbrooke Healthcare National Health Service | ||
| March 2002 | 468 | 99.8 |
| March 2003 | 415 | 100.0 |
| June 2003 | 499 | 100.0 |
| September 2003 | 576 | 99.8 |
| December 2003 | 593 | 100.0 |
| Papworth hospital NHS Trust | ||
| March 2002 | 7 | 100.0 |
| March 2003 | 13 | 100.0 |
| June 2003 | 8 | 100.0 |
| September 2003 | 5 | 100.0 |
| December 2003 | 5 | 100.0 |
Source:
Department of Health Statistics
Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times in the last seven years for the residents of the Huntingdon constituency. [170860]
Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the changes in national health service waiting list times over the past seven years for the residents of Huntingdon constituency.
The total number of patients on the in-patient waiting list fell by 28,198 between the end of January 2004 and the end of February 2004 to 941,162. This is the ninth successive month the waiting list has been below a million.
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| Patients waiting for admission by months waiting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month-end/NHS trust | 9–11 months | 12–14 months | 15–17 months | 18+ months |
| March 1997 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 758 | 10 | — | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 204 | 4 | — | — |
| March 1998 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 728 | 194 | 28 | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 404 | 34 | 6 | — |
| March 1999 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 290 | 54 | — | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 300 | 76 | — | — |
| March 2000 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 468 | 52 | — | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 360 | 104 | — | — |
| March 2001 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 326 | 66 | 8 | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 184 | 38 | 4 | — |
| March 2002 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 526 | 16 | — | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 220 | — | — | — |
| March 2003 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | 212 | — | — | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 19 | — | — | — |
| March 2004 | ||||
| Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust | — | — | — | — |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | — | — | — | — |
| Huntingdonshire PCT | — | — | — | — |
Source:
DH form KH07
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) overseas doctors and (b) overseas nurses there were in Liverpool in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003. [166949]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The information requested on overseas doctors has been placed in the Library. The equivalent information on overseas nurses is not collected centrally.
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Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Wirral, South in the past five years. [166618]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The information requested is shown in the table.
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| Finished Admission Episodes | |
|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 36,667 |
| 1999–2000 | 29,759 |
| 2000–01 | 32,018 |
| 2001–02 | 33,351 |
| 2002–03 | 29,664 |
Notes:
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e., the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital episode statistics, Department of Health.
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