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Care Homes

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) care homes and (b) care home places were available in Somerset in each of the last six years run by (i) Somerset county council, (ii) Somerset Care and (iii) the voluntary, independent and private sector in Somerset. [189403]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The table shows the number of care homes and places run by the council and the voluntary and private sector in Somerset as at 31 March for the years 1998–2001.
Rounded data

	Residential(30)
At 31 March	Council staffed	Independent sector	Nursing(31)	Total(33)
Number of homes(32)
1998	40	160	85	285
1999	20	330	90	435
2000	25	315	85	425
2001	25	320	80	425
Number of places
1998	350	3,345	2,825	6,525
1999	165	3,870	2,870	6,905
2000	190	3,910	2,825	6,925
2001	195	3,910	2,580	6,680

⁽³⁰⁾ Figures for residential care are for Somerset Council with social services responsibilities and for nursing care are for Somerset Health Authority.
⁽³¹⁾ Includes places in general nursing homes, mental nursing homes and private hospitals and clinics.
⁽³²⁾ Dual registered homes are included under nursing homes.
⁽³³⁾ Figures may not add up due to rounding.

I understand from the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that figures for later years were collected by the National Care Standards Commission, and now CSCI, but comparable details are not available.

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds are available for the elderly in care homes in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough; and how many were available on average in each year since 1997. [189473]

 
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Dr. Ladyman: Table 1 shows the number of nursing care places available for people aged 65 and over in London and by health authority.

Table 2 shows the number of residential care places available for people aged 65 and over in Greater London and by councils with social services responsibilities.
Table 1: Nursing care places⁽³⁴⁾ for people aged 65 and over in London at 31 March, 1998 to 2001

Rounded numbers
	Older people2,3
Health Authority	1998	1999	2000	2001
London	9,925	11,370	10,510	11,440
Hillingdon	285	370	320	425
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	110	125	125	70
Enfield and Haringey	0	890	735	820
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	670	635	535	615
Barking and Havering	720	855	910	895
Barnet	720	810	820	810
Brent and Harrow	915	1,120	1,100	1,150
Camden and Islington	295	305	380	355
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	755	685	1,030	1,245
East London and The City	520	635	580	560
Bexley and Greenwich	880	790	910	745
Bromley	800	590	560	560
Croydon	1,040	1,185	n/a	915
Kingston and Richmond	860	825	810	765
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	1,350	1,555	1,690	1,515
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	0	0	0	0

n/a Data not available.
⁽³⁴⁾ Includes independent general nursing homes, mental nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics.
⁽³⁵⁾ Aged 65 or over.
⁽³⁶⁾ Information is not available by age band at Health Authority level for 1997.
Source:
RH(N)A





Table 2: Residential⁽³⁷⁾ care places for people aged 65 and over in London at 31 March, 1997 to 2001

Rounded numbers
Councils with social	Older people(38)
services responsibilities	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
London	18,875	18,110	18,710	18,540	17,510
Camden	595	595	580	515	450
City of London	0	0	0	0	0
Greenwich	525	545	205	450	405
Hackney	300	270	210	320	325
Hammersmith and Fulham	290	280	n/a	185	150
Islington	380	375	360	265	200
Kensington and Chelsea	460	330	305	335	265
Lambeth	765	595	530	530	510
Lewisham	725	685	650	580	625
Southwark	330	295	375	375	325
Tower Hamlets	400	350	510	405	310
Wandsworth	735	640	640	655	600
Westminster	260	260	245	255	265
Barking and Dagenham	535	555	555	480	485
Barnet	1,655	1,330	2,030	1,910	1,830
Bexley	390	645	485	360	400
Brent	475	155	450	380	425
Bromley	860	815	855	1,010	1,005
Croydon	830	1,130	970	930	805
Ealing	925	880	845	680	635
Enfield	690	800	825	765	780
Haringey	595	255	555	570	570
Harrow	655	660	550	615	570
Havering	975	875	895	880	820
Hlllingdon	565	540	510	640	640
Hounslow	370	365	360	360	365
Kingston-upon-Thames	135	510	510	500	400
Merlon	480	430	490	440	450
Newham	290	315	290	360	275
Redbridge	825	790	810	965	825
Richmond-upon-Thames	645	650	650	680	675
Sutton	510	510	490	445	440
Waltham Forest	690	685	690	710	690

n/a Data not available.
⁽³⁷⁾ Includes places in residential LA staffed, independent and dual registered homes.
⁽³⁸⁾ Aged 65 or over
Source:
RA





 
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I understand from the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that figures for later years were collected by the National Care Standards Commission, and now CSCI, but comparable details are not available.

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on care home funding in the London borough of Havering. [189251]

Dr. Ladyman: Neither councils nor strategic health authorities are allocated funding to be spent on care homes in particular. It is for councils and strategic health authorities to decide in the light of local circumstances and priorities how much of the general funding that they receive should be spent on care homes.

CHCs

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total floor space being rented by community health councils. [187758]

Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community health councils there were in each year since 1997. [187760]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Between 1997 and November 2003 there were 184 community health councils (CHCs). Three CHCs (Bassetlaw, Southern Derbyshire and Hounslow) were closed in November 2003. CHCs were abolished on 1 December 2003 and all CHC offices were closed on that date.

Cleaner Hospitals

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the initiatives set out in "Towards cleaner hospitals and lower rates of infection: A summary of action" and his departmental press release 2004/0259 had previously been announced; and when. [184096]

Miss Melanie Johnson: "Towards cleaner hospitals and lower infection rates" presented an update of action by the Department on the issues of hospital cleanliness and infection control. The report set out the most up to date progress on several initiatives which were already in the public domain, including a number which had been included in "Winning Ways", published in December 2003. The report also included several new initiatives,
 
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such as the target for reducing rates of MRSA infections, publication of surveillance by trusts, a science summit, the matron's charter and a new model cleaning contract.

Clinical Staff (York)

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other clinical
 
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staff have been employed by (i) York District Hospital, (ii) all hospitals in York and (iii) hospitals and the community in York in each year since 1997. [188958]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the tables.
Hospital, public health medicine and community health services (HCHS) doctors⁽³⁹⁾ and general medical practitioners(excluding retainers)⁽⁴⁰⁾ for North and East Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and specified organisations Numbers (headcount)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA
All doctors	2,348	2,414	2,543	2,555	2,659	2,761	2,999
Of which:
HCHS doctors	1,349	1,423	1,532	1,534	1,620	1,696	1,884
General medical practitioners	999	991	1,011	1,021	1,039	1,065	1,115
Selby Primary Care Group (PCG)
All doctors	n/a	n/a	44	44	n/a	n/a	n/a
Of which:
HCHS doctors	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
General medical practitioners	n/a	n/a	44	44	n/a	n/a	n/a
York PCG
All doctors	n/a	n/a	134	138	n/a	n/a	n/a
Of which:
HCHS doctors	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
General medical practitioners	n/a	n/a	134	138	n/a	n/a	n/a
Selby and York PCT
All doctors	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	192	226	236
Of which:
HCHS doctors	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10	29	31
General medical practitioners	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	182	197	205
York Hospitals National Health Service Trust
All doctors	271	286	292	293	285	248	301
Of which:
HCHS doctors	271	286	292	293	285	248	301
General medical practitioners	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

n/a = Not applicable.
⁽³⁹⁾ Excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are general practitioners working part-time in hospitals.
⁽⁴⁰⁾ All practitioners (excluding retainers) include general medical service (GMS) unrestricted principals, personal medical services (PMS) contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, GP registrars, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other, flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners.
Notes:
GP retainers were first collected in 1999 and have been omitted for comparability purposes.
All data as at 30 September, except GP data which is as of 1 October 1997–99.
Sources:
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.




NHS hospital and community health services: Professionally qualified clinical staff by main staff and practice staff and nurses employed by unrestricted principles and equivalents (UPEs)⁽⁴¹⁾ for North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire SHA and specified organisation Numbers (headcount)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA
Nurses	9,347	9,170	8,865	9,139	9,654	10,292	10,598
Of which:
Qualified nurses(42)	8,708	8,578	8,241	8,467	8,974	9,574	9,845
Practice nurses employed by UPEs	639	592	624	672	680	718	753
Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical (ST&T)	2,453	2,528	2,527	2,502	2,588	3,013	3,310
Qualified ambulance staff	448	369	591	530	523	557	625
Practice staff(43) employed by UPEs (excluding practice nurses)	3,283	3,402	3,668	2,855	2,799	3,182	3,226
Selby PCG
Nurses	n/a	n/a	14	23	n/a	n/a	n/a
Of which:
Qualified nurses(42)	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Practice nurses employed by UPEs	n/a	n/a	14	23	n/a	n/a	n/a
Qualified ST&T	n/a	n/a	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Practice staff(43) employed by UPEs (excluding practice nurses)	n/a	n/a	181	114	n/a	n/a	n/a
York PCG
Nurses	n/a	n/a	44	72	n/a	n/a	n/a
Of which:
Qualified nurses(42)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Practice nurses employed by UPEs	n/a	n/a	44	72	n/a	n/a	n/a
Qualified ST&T	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Practice staff(43) employed by UPEs (excluding practice nurses)	n/a	n/a	560	332	n/a	n/a	n/a
Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT)
Nurses	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	490	758	807
Of which:
Qualified nurses(42)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	410	660	695
Practice nurses employed by UPEs	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80	98	112
Qualified ST&T	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	188	214	252
Practice staff(43) employed by UPEs (excluding practice nurses)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	378	475	512
York Hospitals NHS Trust
Nurses	1,928	1,573	1,658	1,837	1,523	1,188	1,191
Of which:
Qualified nurses(42)	1,928	1,573	1,658	1,837	1,523	1,188	1,191
Practice nurses employed by UPEs	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Qualified ST&T	506	540	557	589	413	427	469
Practice staff(43) employed by UPEs (excluding practice nurses)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

n/a = Not applicable
1 UPEs include CMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs and PMS salaried GPs. Some non-clinical administrative and clerical staff may be included in the practice staff total as it is not possible to separate them.
⁽⁴¹⁾ Refers to qualified nursing staff in the hospital, public health and community health service sectors.
⁽⁴²⁾ Practice staff includes practice nurses, direct patient care, admin, and clerical and other.
Note:
All data as at 30 September, except GP data as at 1 October 1997–99.
Sources:
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.
Department of Health non-medical workforce census.





 
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