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Expert Patients Programme
Dr. Murrison:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the Expert Patients Programme for the UK. [184566]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The implications of setting up an expert patients programme in the United Kingdom were assessed by the expert patients taskforce set up in 2000. It concluded that such a programme had the potential to create a cadre of expert patients—people who have the confidence, skills, information and knowledge to play a central role in the management of life with chronic diseases and to minimise the impact of disease on their lives. From the evidence base available it also concluded that the tangible benefits would include:
A copy of the report can be found at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/ PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAnd GuidanceArticle/fs/en?CONTENT ID=4006801&chk =UQCoh9
An independent evaluation of the programme is being conducted by the national primary care research and development centre at the University of Manchester and the centre for health economics at the University of York. A copy of their report of a preliminary survey of patients to identify barriers to establishing functional self-management programmes in the National Health Service can be found at: http://www.npcrdc.man.ac.uk/PublicationDetail.cfm?ID=105
Fairer Charging Policies
Mr. John Randall:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he plans to review the impact of the Fairer Charging Guidance; [183776]
(2) what examples of best practice he has identified in using income from charging for personal care to improve services for (a) people with disabilities and (b) older people; [183777]
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(3) what assessment he has made of the effect of charging for personal care on community care services; [183778]
(4) what proportion of income derived from charging for personal care services has been spent on services for (a) people with a disability and (b) older persons; [183779]
(5) what plans he has to monitor the impact of the fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services in England. [183812]
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Dr. Ladyman:
We plan in due course to monitor and evaluate the impact of the guidance, "Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care". Information on council's use of income from charging is not held centrally.
Fairfield Hospital, Bury
Mr. Chaytor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) support staff were employed by Fairfield Hospital, Bury, in each of the last 10 years. [184747]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The information requested is only available from 1995 onwards and is shown in the table.
NHS hospital public health medicine and community health services: Medical and dental and non-medical staff by specified staff group in each specified NHS Trust—30 September each specified year
| Headcount
|
|---|
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
|
|---|
| Bury Health Care NHS Trust | | | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | 171 | 183 | 183 | 193 | 202 | 215 | 220 | — | —
|
| Qualified nurses | 906 | 874 | 881 | 878 | 907 | 944 | 997 | — | —
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | 738 | 724 | 690 | 738 | 762 | 775 | 892 | — | —
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | 674 | 657 | 620 | 658 | 678 | 698 | 805 | — | —
|
| Support to ST&T | 64 | 67 | 70 | 80 | 84 | 77 | 87 | — | —
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | 348 | 333 | 316 | 311 | 313 | 333 | 340 | — | —
|
| Central functions | 119 | 119 | 112 | 117 | 114 | 135 | 145 | — | —
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | 208 | 192 | 186 | 175 | 180 | 178 | 175 | — | —
|
| Managers and senior managers | 21 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | — | —
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
| North Manchester Health Care NHS Trust | | | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | 235 | 416 | 331 | 329 | 387 | 386 | 379 | — | —
|
| Qualified nurses | 1,068 | 1,078 | 1,184 | 1,195 | 1,103 | 1,085 | 885 | — | —
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | 870 | 893 | 1,109 | 1,152 | 1,053 | 1,057 | 966 | — | —
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | 794 | 817 | 1,035 | 1,048 | 942 | 946 | 855 | — | —
|
| Support to ST&T | 76 | 76 | 74 | 104 | 111 | 111 | 111 | — | —
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | 617 | 595 | 497 | 449 | 448 | 455 | 494 | — | —
|
| Central functions | 264 | 257 | 250 | 225 | 226 | 244 | 282 | — | —
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | 309 | 295 | 208 | 184 | 190 | 178 | 173 | — | —
|
| Managers and senior managers | 44 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 32 | 33 | 39 | — | —
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
| Oldham NHS Trust | | | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | 194 | 209 | 232 | 245 | 243 | 251 | 242 | — | —
|
| Qualified nurses | 1,213 | 1,229 | 1,185 | 1,191 | 1,203 | 1,292 | 1,296 | — | —
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | 778 | 899 | 974 | 970 | 1,028 | 1,115 | 1,226 | — | —
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | 655 | 771 | 841 | 839 | 875 | 955 | 1,017 | — | —
|
| Support to ST&T | 123 | 128 | 133 | 131 | 153 | 160 | 209 | — | —
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | 476 | 462 | 450 | 491 | 497 | 532 | 603 | — | —
|
| Central functions | 167 | 159 | 159 | 182 | 191 | 208 | 187 | — | —
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | 275 | 269 | 262 | 278 | 274 | 291 | 375 | — | —
|
| Managers and senior managers | 34 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 41 | — | —
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
| Rochdale NHS Trust | | | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | 167 | 179 | 182 | 180 | 195 | 187 | 182 | — | —
|
| Qualified nurses | 990 | 983 | 1,001 | 1,040 | 859 | 1,015 | 915 | — | —
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | 868 | 952 | 908 | 936 | 1,183 | 1,065 | 1,300 | — | —
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | 788 | 859 | 811 | 836 | 1,063 | 953 | 1,180 | — | —
|
| Support to ST&T | 80 | 93 | 97 | 100 | 120 | 112 | 120 | — | —
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | 389 | 401 | 400 | 395 | 406 | 392 | 507 | — | —
|
| Central functions | 168 | 171 | 170 | 176 | 189 | 176 | 150 | — | —
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | 218 | 217 | 217 | 206 | 196 | 197 | 309 | — | —
|
| Managers and senior managers | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 48 | — | —
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
| Tameside and Glossop Community and Priority Services NHS Trust | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | 79 | 76 | 90 | 97 | 89 | 86 | 40 | — | —
|
| Qualified nurses | 802 | 905 | 911 | 928 | 892 | 903 | 664 | — | —
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | 387 | 458 | 490 | 465 | 438 | 495 | 337 | — | —
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | 344 | 416 | 449 | 423 | 378 | 429 | 271 | — | —
|
| Support to ST&T | 43 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 60 | 66 | 66 | — | —
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | 156 | 191 | 201 | 196 | 258 | 262 | 246 | — | —
|
| Central functions | 105 | 118 | 120 | 114 | 114 | 111 | 114 | — | —
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | 49 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 132 | 127 | 108 | — | —
|
| Managers and senior managers | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 24 | — | —
|
| Bury PCT | | | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 21
|
| Qualified nurses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 240 | 243
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 181 | 184
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 164 | 163
|
| Support to ST&T | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 21
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 152 | 179
|
| Central functions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 119 | 139
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11
|
| Managers and senior managers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 20
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
| Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 963 | 746
|
| Medical and dental staff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 963 | 746
|
| Qualified nurses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,922 | 3,221
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,162 | 3,430
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,724 | 2,974
|
| Support to ST&T | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 438 | 456
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,856 | 1,707
|
| Central functions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 714 | 610
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 987 | 959
|
| Managers and senior managers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 155 | 138
|
| | | | | | | | |
|
| Pennine Care NHS Trust | | | | | | | | |
|
| Medical and dental staff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 93
|
| Qualified nurses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 637 | 797
|
| Support to clinical staff—Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 714 | 1,031
|
| Support to doctors and nurses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 674 | 989
|
| Support to ST&T | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 42
|
| NHS infrastructure support—Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 187 | 221
|
| Central functions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 91
|
| Hotel property and estate staff | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | 95
|
| Managers and senior managers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 35
|
Notes:
1. The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2002 following the merger of Rochdale NHS Trust and the Oldham NHS Trust.
2. The Pennine Care NHS Trust was formed in 2002 following a merger of North Manchester Health Care Trust and Bury Health Care NHS Trust.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
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