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Hospital Appointments
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about patients having difficulty using call centres to pre-book hospital appointments under pilot pre-booking and patient choice initiatives. [186009]
Mr. Hutton: Since the launch of the new national health service "Choose and Book" system in the early adopter sites, the Department has not received any representations from patients, or their carers and representatives, about difficulties using the booking management service call centre.
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what options will be available for patients booking hospital
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appointments other than via call centres following implementation of the Government's proposals for the pre-booking of hospital appointments. [186010]
Mr. Hutton: Under the proposals for electronic booking, patients will be able to book hospital appointments at their local surgery with the help of their general practitioner or the practice staff. Patients will also be able to book their appointments online from home, at an internet kiosk or by telephone through the dedicated call centre.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts on establishing call centres to handle requests for booked appointments in pursuance of the Government's proposals for all hospital appointments to be pre-booked. [186011]
Mr. Hutton: The national programme for information technology has issued the following implementation guidance to primary care trusts (PCTs):
The electronic booking implementation document (March 2003).
The booking management services resource pack (December 2003).
The booking management service plan development framework (March 2004).
These documents provided guidance to PCTs in developing their call centre options so that their patients can book their first hospital outpatient appointment by telephone, if they choose not to book the appointment within the primary care surgery.
Hospital Beds
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2004, Official Report, column 931W, on hospital beds, how many hospital beds were available in total in the NHS in England in (a) 1979 and (b) 1997. [186200]
Mr. Hutton: The table shows data on the total number of national health service available hospital beds, including both psychiatric and non-psychiatric hospitals.
The measure, "Average daily number of NHS available hospital beds" refers to the total number of NHS available beds in a year. The yearly total is the average of the daily totals in that year. The term "available" means that the beds are available for patient use.
| Average daily number of NHS available hospital beds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Financial year | 1979 | 1997–98 |
| England(78) | 364 | 194 |
(78) 1979: calendar year
Source:
Annual Abstract of Statistics
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Hospital Building
Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government owe to the private sector with regard to hospital building programmes in (a) England and (b) Herefordshire and Worcestershire. [185197]
Mr. Hutton: Under the private finance initiative (PFI), national health service trusts make regular payments (unitary payments) to their private sector partner once the hospital is open; payments are subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. The total PFI unitary payments in 2003–04 were £346 million. This figure includes Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust's unitary payments of £10.5 million and £17.8 million respectively.
The payments figure does not include schemes with a capital value below £10 million as information on them is not held centrally.
Hospital Building Programme
Andy King: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Government are on track to achieve its target of 114 hospitals by 2010; and what the (a) anticipated construction cost, (b) expected date for start of construction and (c) planned date for completion is of each (i) major and (ii) medium-sized building programme. [182453]
Mr. Hutton: Currently there are 132 privately financed and public capital funded hospital schemes counting towards the NHS Plan target of 100 new hospital schemes by 2010. 46 of these are already open, so we are well on course to meet this target.
The tables show the estimated capital value, which incorporates construction costs, start on site and first patient date. Planned financial close dates are given for schemes yet to reach financial close and these are subject to change. The tables include the 15 new projects given the go-ahead by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, on 27 July.
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| Start on site | First patient date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| University College London Hospitals NHS Trust | 422 | 12 July 2000 | April 2005 |
| Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust | 137 | 1 May 2001 | December 2004 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 379 | 27 November 2002 | May 2006 |
| Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust | 32 | 1 May 2002 | November 2004 |
| Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 312 | 12 September 2003 | May 2008 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust—Blackburn | 110 | 9 July 2003 | July 2005 |
| Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust | 134 | 19 December 2003 | May 2007 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust | 238 | 15 January 2004 | November 2006 |
| North West London Hospitals NHS Trust | 69 | 6 November 2003 | September 2005 |
| Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Trust | 83 | 1 March 2004 | March 2006 |
| Brighton Health Care NHS Trust | 36 | 10 June 2004 | April 2007 |
| Brent PCT—Willesden | 21 | 5 December 2002 | March 2005 |
| Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland MH—Morpeth | 31 | 10 May 2004 | March 2006 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust—Wharfedale | 14 | 20 September 2002 | November 2004 |
| County Durham and Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust—West Park | 16 | 4 July 2003 | August 2004 |
| Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust | 37 | 20 April 2002 | March 2006 |
| Sandwell and W. Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust— City Hospital | 26 | 9 December 2002 | October 2004 |
| Whittington Hospital NHS Trust | 32 | 9 October 2002 | December 2004 |
| Newham Healthcare NHS Trust | 52 | 27 January 2004 | April 2005 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust—Burnley | 30 | 13 October 2003 | November 2005 |
| Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust | 12 | 11 August 2003 | January 2005 |
| Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust | 24 | 4 March 2004 | February 2006 |
| North Kirklees PCT | 25 | 21 May 2004 | May 2005 |
| Wandsworth PCT—Queen Mary's Roehampton | 75 | 6 May 2004 | January 2006 |
| Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust—Stoke Mandeville | 47 | 21 May 2004 | June 2006 |
| Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust | 51 | 8 July 2004 | September 2006 |
| Total 26 | 2,445 |
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| Number | |
|---|---|
| St. Mary's NHS Trust and Paddington Basin | 800 |
| Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust | 117 |
| United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust | 104 |
| Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust | 76 |
| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells/Invicta Community Care NHS Trusts | 290 |
| Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust | 274 |
| Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust | 312 |
| Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust | 80 |
| South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust | 120 |
| East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust | 200 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire NHS Trust | 880 |
| North Bristol and South Gloucestershire | 310 |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 148 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Acute Trust | 591 |
| Maternity and Childrens Hospital Leeds | 204 |
| Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust | 271 |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | 121 |
| Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | 52 |
| Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust | 73 |
| Taunton Surgical Centre | 75 |
| Southend Hospital NHS Trust | 100 |
| North Mersey Future Healthcare Project | 1008 |
| Cherry Knowle Hospital, Sunderland | 50 |
| Northwick Park and St. Marks | 305 |
| Total 24 | 6,561 |
| Total PFI | 16,404 |
| Start on site | First patient date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust | 24 | 14 August 1998 | 1 August 2000 |
| Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust | 24 | 19 September 1998 | 1 February 2001 |
| Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital NHS Trust | 84 | 8 January 1997 | 27 July 2002 |
| Swale PCT | 14 | 1 December 2000 | 7 October 2002 |
| West London Mental Health NHS Trust | 14 | 1 December 2000 | 20 February 2004 |
| Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust | 12 | 1 May 2001 | 16 February 2004 |
| Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust—Royal Albert Edward Infirmary | 25 | 1 November 2000 | 19 June 2004 |
| Total 7 | 197 |
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