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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 months	Percentage change (more than 3 up to 6 months)	More than 6 up to 9 months	Percentage change (more than 6 up to 9 months)	More than 9 up to 12 months	Percentage change (more than 9 up to 12 months)
1996–97	7,410	—	1,329	—	552	—	403	—
1997–98	7,032	-5.1	1,271	-4.4	603	9.2	442	9.7
1998–99	7,326	4.2	1,381	8.7	687	13.9	462	4.5
1999–2000	7,337	0.2	1,355	-1.9	554	-19.4	240	-48.1
2000–01	7,117	-3.0	1,224	-9.7	609	9.9	224	-6.7
2001–02	5,403	-24.1	1,036	-15.4	548	-10.0	260	16.1
2002–03	5,496	1.7	1,046	1 .0	740	35.0	591	127.3

	More than 12 months	Percentage change (more than 12 months	Not known	Percentage change (not known)	Elective in-year admissions	Percentage change (elective in-year admissions)
1996–97	182	—	295	—	10,171	—
1997–98	297	63.2	288	-2.4	9,933	-2.3
1998–99	292	-1.7	132	-54.2	10,280	3.5
1999–2000	169	-42.1	137	3.8	9,792	-4.7
2000–01	233	37.9	156	13.9	9,563	-2.3
2001–02	212	-9.0	42	-73.1	7,501	-21.6
2002–03	294	38.7	44	4.8	8,211	9.5

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
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Medical and dental staff	173	183	177	206	208	215	240
Non-medical staff	1,911	1,812	2,060	2,104	2,271	2,381	2,833
Of which:
Professionally qualified clinical staff	906	846	963	993	1,103	1,175	1,343
Qualified nurses	688	612	719	728	832	860	1,001
Of which: midwives	14	12	10	9	8	91	96
Qualified scientific, technical and therapeutic (ST&T)	218	234	244	265	271	315	342
Support to clinical staff	685	666	790	765	802	834	965
Support to doctors and nurses	630	612	735	714	737	770	888
Support to ST&T	55	54	55	51	65	64	77
NHS infrastructure support	320	300	307	346	366	372	525
Central functions	78	87	95	99	114	112	112
Hotel property and estate staff	196	177	178	213	217	220	368
Managers and senior managers	46	36	34	34	35	40	45

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

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	1,911	1,812	2,060	2,104	2,271	2,381	2,833
Professionally qualified clinical staff total	906	846	963	993	1,103	1,175	1,343
Qualified nurses	688	612	719	728	832	860	1,001
Of which:
Midwives1	14	12	10	9	8	91	96
Qualified ST&T	218	234	244	265	271	315	342
Support to clinical staff Total	685	666	790	765	802	834	965
Support to doctors and nurses	630	612	735	714	737	770	888
Support to ST&T	55	54	55	51	65	64	77
NHS infrastructure support Total	320	300	307	346	366	372	525
Central functions	78	87	95	99	114	112	112
Hotel property and estate staff(14)	196	177	178	213	217	220	368
Managers and senior managers	46	36	34	34	35	40	45

⁽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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