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Renal Services

Mr. Patrick Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to publish a delivery plan for the first two modules of the Renal Services national framework published on 14 January. [187588]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Part one of the national service framework for renal services sets out the steps the national health service can take to support delivery of the standards and markers of good practice. A separate delivery strategy is therefore unnecessary as it is integral to the document.

Mr. Patrick Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the third and fourth modules of the Renal Services national service framework on prevention and palliative care to be published. [187589]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Part two of the national service framework for Renal Services, covering prevention and end of life care, is in preparation and will be published in due course.
 
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Mr. Patrick Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will have responsibility for monitoring the progress made by primary care trusts in implementing the five steps that need to be taken by 2006 which were outlined in the recently published first two modules of the Renal Services national service framework; and what action will be taken in the event that primary care trusts do not implement those five steps. [187590]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Primary care trusts are accountable to strategic health authorities for monitoring and managing progress against the national service framework (NSF) for renal services. Responsibility for assessing and reporting the performance of individual national health service bodies against national standards published in "National Standards, Local Action", including the adoption of best practice defined in NSFs, rests with the Healthcare Commission.

Waiting Lists

Mr. Anthony D. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inpatients in Great Yarmouth had to wait more than (a) three, (b) six, (c) nine and (d) 12 months for treatment in each year since 1997; and what the percentage change in each year was in each case. [186718]

Dr. Ladyman: The information requested for the residents of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth Primary Care Trust (PCT), the latest data available, is shown in the table.
Count of elective in-year admissions (waiting list and booked cases) and percentage changes by grouped waiting time,1996–97 to 2002–03
PCT code (PCT of residence) = 5GT (Great Yarmouth), national health service hospitals, England
Up to
3 months
Percentage change (up to 3 months)More than 3 up to 6 monthsPercentage change (more than 3 up to 6 months)More than 6 up to 9 monthsPercentage change (more than 6 up to 9 months)More than 9 up to 12 monthsPercentage change (more than 9 up to 12 months)
1996–977,4101,329552403
1997–987,032-5.11,271-4.46039.24429.7
1998–997,3264.21,3818.768713.94624.5
1999–20007,3370.21,355-1.9554-19.4240-48.1
2000–017,117-3.01,224-9.76099.9224-6.7
2001–025,403-24.11,036-15.4548-10.026016.1
2002–035,4961.71,0461 .074035.0591127.3

More than 12 monthsPercentage change (more than 12 monthsNot knownPercentage change (not known)Elective in-year admissionsPercentage change (elective in-year admissions)
1996–9718229510,171
1997–9829763.2288-2.49,933-2.3
1998–99292-1.7132-54.210,2803.5
1999–2000169-42.11373.89,792-4.7
2000–0123337.915613.99,563-2.3
2001–02212-9.042-73.17,501-21.6
2002–0329438.7444.88,2119.5




Notes:
1. An 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. Periods of care ongoing at the end of the data year (unfinished admission episodes) are included. 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).
3. 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:
HES, Department of Health.





 
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West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) managers, (d) administrators and (e) midwives were employed by the West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust in each of the last seven years. [187201]


 
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Dr. Ladyman: The numbers of doctors, nurses, managers, administrators and midwives employed by West Suffolk Hospitals National Health Service Trust in each of the last seven years are shown in the following tables.
Hospital, public health medicine and community health services (HCHS): medical and dental staff, and non-medical within West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust
Number (headcount)

As at 30 September each year
1997199819992000200120022003
Medical and dental staff173183177206208215240
Non-medical staff1,9111,8122,0602,1042,2712,3812,833
Of which:
Professionally qualified clinical staff9068469639931,1031,1751,343
Qualified nurses6886127197288328601,001
Of which: midwives141210989196
Qualified scientific, technical and therapeutic (ST&T)218234244265271315342
Support to clinical staff685666790765802834965
Support to doctors and nurses630612735714737770888
Support to ST&T55545551656477
NHS infrastructure support320300307346366372525
Central functions78879599114112112
Hotel property and estate staff196177178213217220368
Managers and senior managers46363434354045




Sources:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.
Department of Health non-medical workforce census.





NHS hospital and community health services: Total Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff and Managers and Support staff employed by the West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust in each specified year
Headcount

1997199819992000200120022003
Total1,9111,8122,0602,1042,2712,3812,833
Professionally qualified clinical staff total9068469639931,1031,1751,343
Qualified nurses6886127197288328601,001
Of which:
Midwives1141210989196
Qualified ST&T218234244265271315342
Support to clinical staff Total685666790765802834965
Support to doctors and nurses630612735714737770888
Support to ST&T55545551656477
NHS infrastructure support Total320300307346366372525
Central functions78879599114112112
Hotel property and estate staff(14)196177178213217220368
Managers and senior managers46363434354045


(13) Prior to the September 2002 census, midwives had previously been miscoded. Therefore, figures for 2002 and 2003 cannot be directly compared to earlier years.
(14) Between the 2002 and 2003 censuses some domestic services staff were transferred from external bodies to the direct employment of the Trust.
Source:
Department of Health non-medical workforce census.





 
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