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E-administration
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when (a) electronic transmission of prescriptions and (b) e-booking will commence within the health service. [176864]
Mr. Hutton: The electronic transmission of prescriptions in England is scheduled to be implemented from the beginning of 2005. E-booking is being introduced from summer 2004, initially at a small number of sites, but will then be rolled out across the national health service in England with the aim of full coverage by the end of 2005.
Elderly Care Services
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to reassess performance indicators for services for older people. [175921]
Dr. Ladyman: The independent Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection is responsible for developing a performance assessment system for use in the national health service, including health services for older people. They are considering how to develop the current performance assessment system for the future.
The Commission for Social Care Inspection is responsible for devising criteria to be used for the basis of assessing the performance of local authority social services and awarding them a star rating, and for developing performance indicators as part of those criteria.
Fertility Treatment
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the available
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capacity in England to implement the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline on the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems; and if he will publish the full results of this assessment; [177215]
(2) what account was taken of national health service capacity during the development of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline on the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems; and with whose advice; [177216]
(3) what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate capacity available to the NHS to implement in full the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline on the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems. [177217]
Miss Melanie Johnson: National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, such as those for fertility services, are based on assessments of clinical and cost-effectiveness rather than national health service capacity. We recognise, as does NICE, that the NHS cannot reasonably be expected to implement the fertility guideline overnight, but primary care trusts (PCTs) will need to consider the detail of the guideline and review their services. We have advised all PCTs to offer, by April 2005, a minimum of one cycle in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to those who meet the clinical criteria, and to give priority to couples with no children living with them. We expect the NHS, overall funding for which is increasing from £56 billion to over £90 billion between 2003–04 and 2007–08, to make progress to full implementation in the longer term, including progress towards the maximum of three cycles of IVF which the guideline recommends.
Foundation Trusts
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is planned to be spent by the first wave NHS foundation trusts on new corporate governance arrangements, including elections and support for boards of governors; and if he will make a statement. [178251]
Mr. Hutton: The cost of the governance arrangements is a matter for each national health service foundation trust. These costs will not be entirely additional as they will replicate some current activity that trusts are already doing around informing the public, patients and staff about issues affecting each trust.
Hospital Building Projects
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new NHS hospital building projects are under way in England and Wales. [177819]
Mr. Hutton: Currently in England there are 117 hospital schemes counting towards the NHS Plan target of 100 new hospital schemes by 2010. 107 will be built under the private finance initiative (PFI). Of the 107, 38 are now operational and a further 22 are under construction. Of the 10 publicly procured schemes, six are now operational and four are under construction.
Since devolution to the National Assembly of Wales, no information is held centrally on the hospital building programme in Wales.
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Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) planned and (b) actual dates for each stage of new hospital projects approved by the Department were; when each scheme started on site; and when they reached financial close. [171590]
Mr. Hutton:
The tables show planned and actual dates for the key stages of new hospital projects prioritised by the Department. All schemes are set
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indicative timetables as part of good project management. Planned financial close dates are given for schemes yet to reach financial close and these are subject to change. They are regularly reviewed and adjusted accordingly; full records of these changes are not held centrally.
Detailed information on new hospital projects that have not been prioritised by the Department (generally below £20 million) is not held centrally.
| Trust | Approval of outline business case | Publication of advert in Official Journal of EU | Date of financial close | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | January 1994 | January 1996 | November 1997 | April 2000 |
| Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | March 1995 | September 1995 | July 1997 | September 2000 |
| South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust | September 1994 | January 1995 | December 1997 | October 2000 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust | April 1995 | March 1995 | July 1998 | February 2001 |
| North Durham Health Care NHS Trust | January 1994 | December 1994 | March 1998 | April 2001 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust | December 1994 | July 1995 | July 1998 | April 2001 |
| South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust | March 1994 | April 1995 | June 1998 | July 2001 |
| Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust | January 1995 | February 1995 | January 1998 | September 2001 |
| Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust | January 1995 | June 1995 | March 1999 | March 2002 |
| Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust | December 1995 | February 1995 | February 1999 | March 2002 |
| Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | June 1995 | July 1995 | March 1999 | March 2002 |
| South Durham Healthcare NHS Trust | January 1994 | December 1994 | May 1999 | June 2002 |
| King's Healthcare NHS Trust | July 1995 | September 1995 | December 1999 | October 2002 |
| Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust | December 1993 | October 1999 | October 1999 | December 2002 |
| Leeds Community and Mental Health services Teaching NHS Trust | January 1996 | October 1996 | March 2000 | December 2002 |
| Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | November 2002 | November 2002 | December 2000 | March 2003 |
| Bromley Healthcare NHS Trust | March 1995 | September 1995 | November 1998 | March 2003 |
| Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust | October 1997 | December 1998 | May 2001 | April 2003 |
| West Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust | August 1999 | September 1998 | January 2001 | May 2003 |
| South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | October 1994 | March 1995 | August 1999 | August 2003 |
| St. George's Hospital NHS Trust | June 1995 | March 1996 | March 2000 | September 203 |
| Trust | Approval of outline business case | Publication of advert in Official Journal of EU | Date of financial close | Planned operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust | April 1998 | April 2000 | May 2002 | November 2004 |
| Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust | November 1996 | September 1998 | May 2001 | December 2004 |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Trust | March 1995 | October 1995 | July 2000 | April 2005 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | May 2000 | May 2000 | July 2003 | July 2005 |
| North West London Hospitals NHS Trust | December 2001 | May 2002 | November 2003 | September 2005 |
| Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Trust | January 2002 | February 2002 | March 2004 | March 2006 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | July 2000 | August 2000 | November 2002 | May 2006 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust | March 2000 | August 2001 | January 2004 | November 2006 |
| Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust | June 2001 | July 2001 | December 2003 | May 2007 |
| Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | June 2000 | June 2000 | September 2003 | May 2008 |
Notes:
1 Full business case approval, financial close and start on site are, generally, co-terminous.
2 By calendar year quarters.
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Schemes yet to publish an advert in Official Journal of EU.
Whipps Cross University Hospital
Walsall Hospitals/Walsall Community Health NHS Trusts
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells/lnvicta Community Care NHS Trusts
Paddington Basin
Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
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