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Health Services (Nottinghamshire)
Mr. Meale: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients waited for more than 13 weeks for outpatient appointments within Nottinghamshire health authority areas in each year since 1997. [173526]
Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the table.
(33) ln April 2001 Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust became Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
(34) ln March 2001 the Central Nottinghamshire NHS Trust was abolished, and Newark Hospital from the Central Nottinghamshire NHS Trust was combined with the King's Mill Centre for Healthcare Services NHS Trust to form Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust.
Source:
Department of Health QM08
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Health Services (Tamworth)
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for a hip replacement operation in the Tamworth constituency was in the most recent period for which figures are available. [174546]
Dr. Ladyman: Data are not collected specifically for Tamworth,
The table shows both the mean time waited and the median time waited for a hip operation for the population covered by Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust during 2002–03.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Finished in-year admission episodes | 164 |
| Mean time waited | 199 days |
| Median time waited | 180 days |
Notes:
Main operation: hip replacement
Method of admission: elective
Finished In-Year Admissions
A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the data-year. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Main Operation
The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g. time waited, but the figures for "all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
Time Waited
Time waited statistics from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited, as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.
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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in the Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years. [174547]
Dr. Ladyman: Data are not collected specifically for Tamworth.
The tables show the number of doctors and the number of nurses for the old South Staffordshire health authority, which covered the Tamworth constituency, from 1994 to 2001, and for Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust from 2001 to 2003.
| South Staffordshire Health Authority | Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust | |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 642 | — |
| 1995 | 653 | — |
| 1996 | 681 | — |
| 1997 | 709 | — |
| 1998 | 731 | — |
| 1999 | 759 | — |
| 2000 | 713 | — |
| 2001 | 762 | 82 |
| 2002 | — | 86 |
| 2003 | — | 94 |
(35) Excludes hospital medical hospital practitioners and hospital medical clinical assistants, most of whom are general practitioners (GPs) working part time in hospitals.
Note:
Data as at 30 September every year except GP as at 1 October 1997–99.
(36) UPEs include general medical service unrestricted principals, personal medical services contracted GPs, and personal medical services salaried GPs.
Notes:
1. Headcount practice nurse figures are estimated for these years.
2. Data as at 30 September every year except practice nurses as at 1 October 1997–99.
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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general practitioners' surgeries and (b) health clinics have been (i) modernised and (ii) removed to other premises in the Tamworth constituency since 1997. [174548]
Dr. Ladyman: The data are not available in the format requested.
The table shows the number of primary care premises replaced and the number refurbished in the following areas since 2000: South Staffordshire Health Authority; North Staffordshire Health Authority; Shropshire Health Authority.
Tamworth was within the former South Staffordshire Health Authority.
These three organisations were replaced by Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority in 2002.
| 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | Third quarter 2003–04 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of premises replaced | Number of premises refurbished | Number of premises replaced | Number of premises refurbished | Number of premises replaced | Number of premises refurbished | Number of premises replaced | Number of premises refurbished | |
| South Staffordshire Health Authority | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| North Staffordshire Health Authority | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Shropshire Health Authority | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority | — | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| Totals | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
Source:
Department of Health LDPR Quarterly Returns
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