House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 1 Mar 2005 (pt 19)

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Mixed Sex Accommodation

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of inpatients accommodated in mixed sex accommodation. [216158]

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Ms Rosie Winterton: We have made no estimate of the number of in-patients accommodated in mixed or single-sex wards. We collect information on the total number of hospital admissions each year. This does not identify into which type of accommodation those patients are admitted.

The provision of single-sex accommodation is measured as compliance with three objectives we have set, requiring national health service trusts to provide single-sex sleeping areas, separate bathroom and toilet facilities for men and women, and where appropriate, safe facilities for the mentally ill. Compliance is measured annually at trust level and information at ward level is therefore not available.

Nationally, 97 per cent., of NHS trusts are fully compliant with our standards.

MRI Scans

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 7 February 2005, Official Report, columns 1337W, on MRI scans, what funding has been identified to cover additional diagnostic services; and what progress has been made towards the plans for phase two of the independent sector procurement programme. [217202]

Mr. Hutton [holding answer 23 February 2005]: £135billion of investment in the national health service will be allocated to English primary care trusts for 2006–07 and 2007–08 to ensure the NHS continues to deliver improvements in patient care. This includes a £1billion independent sector procurement programme to ensure that NHS patients will get speedier access to high quality diagnostic tests, including magnetic resonance imaging scans. The Department will issue an advertisement inviting expressions of interest soon.

MRSA

Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of MRSA have been found in each hospital of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since 2002. [217982]

Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is not collected at a national level to show numbers for individual hospitals within national health service trusts.

The numbers of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemias reported for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is shown in the table.

Number of MRSA bacteraemias reported

2002–02 163

2002–03 144

2003–04 132

	Number of MRSA bacteraemias reported
2002–02	163
2002–03	144
2003–04	132

National Burn Care Review

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will consult on the recommendations of the national burn care review. [218169]

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Mr. Hutton: There will be a national consultation on the recommendations made in the report after it has been seen and accepted by the National Burn Care Group. This consultation is not expected to take place before the summer of 2005.

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish the recommendations of the national burn care review. [218170]

Mr. Hutton: The National Burn Care Group has asked the sub-group to carry out further work since the draft report was circulated to its members. A final report is not expected to be completed until the summer of 2005.

NHS Estate

Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the full results of the last annual condition surveys for (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c) 2002–03 and (d) 2003–04; and if he will publish future surveys within a set timeframe from the financial year end. [217583]

Mr. Hutton: Annual condition surveys are not collected centrally. It is for individual national health service trusts to determine whether to publish them.

NHS Reference Costs

Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of NHS reference costs are the costs for (a) all treatments, (b) elective and day care and (c) critical care services were for the Surrey and Sussex healthcare NHS trust in the latest financial year for which figures are available. [217679]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 24 February 2005]: The following data is available from the Reference Costs 2003 data, relating to the financial year 2002–03 and is the most current available.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare National Health Service Trust

£ Percentage of total cost reported in Reference Costs 2003

Total cost reported in Reference Costs 2003 ['All treatments'] 111,447,007 0.38

Total elective and day case cost reported in Reference Costs 2003 16,655,187 0.06

Total critical care services cost reported in Reference Costs 2003 4,669,228 0.02

Notes:
1.Data exclude activity and costs reported using HRG codes with a T' prefix. These were never ratified by the respective Royal Colleges.
2.Data represent total costs of treatment provided to NHS patients from NHS resources. They include the cost to the NHS of providing services in-house, and the cost of sub-contracting activity to non-NHS providers.
3.'All treatments' reflect the total cost reported by Surrey and Sussex healthcare NHS trust, with the exception of those detailed in note one above.
4.The definition of day care activity is too broad to be recognised by Reference Costs. Where applicable, day case activity has been provided.
5.Elective and day case costs specifically exclude elective in-patient excess bed days.
6.Percentage figures are calculated on total cost as reported in Reference Costs 2003, for all providers, approximately £33 billion.

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	£	Percentage of total cost reported in Reference Costs 2003
Total cost reported in Reference Costs 2003 ['All treatments']	111,447,007	0.38
Total elective and day case cost reported in Reference Costs 2003	16,655,187	0.06
Total critical care services cost reported in Reference Costs 2003	4,669,228	0.02

NHS Staff

Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS staff are (a) medical, (b) nursing, (c) technical, (d) administrative (managerial and clerical) and (e) auxiliary and support;

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and what proportion of each category are covered by nationally negotiated wage rates and contract of employment conditions. [213746]

Mr. Hutton [holding answer 21 February 2005]: The proportion of staff working within groupings used to illustrate their role in the national health service is shown in the table. Information about the proportion of staff working in these groupings covered by nationally negotiated wage rates could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
NHS staff numbers⁽¹¹⁾ by group, and estimated⁽¹²⁾ proportion of each group on national⁽¹³⁾ (as opposed to local) pay scales: England

Number (headcount) as at 30 September 2003 Percentage of total staff as at 30 September 2003 Percentage on national pay scales⁽¹³⁾ as at August 2002

Total employed staff (HCHS only) 1,144,697 100.0 71

HCHS medical and dental staff (excl locums) 80,851 7.1 4

Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 364,692 31.9 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Total qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 122,066 10.7 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Qualified Ambulance staff 15,957 1.4 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Support to clinical staff 360,666 31.5 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

NHS infrastructure support: 199,808 17.5 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Central functions 92,257 8.1 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Hotel, property and estates 72,230 6.3 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Manager and senior manager 35,321 3.1 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

Other non-medical staff or those with unknown classification 657 0.1 ⁽¹⁴⁾—

⁽¹¹⁾ Excluding general practitioners (see note 2).
⁽¹²⁾ The NHS earnings survey is based on the payroll of a sample of approximately 50 per cent. of NHS trusts in August.
⁽¹³⁾ National pay scales include clones; these are local pay scales, which mirror national pay scales.
⁽¹⁴⁾ This data cannot be provided.
Sources:
Department of Health non-medical workforce census (30 September 2003).
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census (30 September 2003).
Department of Health NHS Earnings Survey (August 2002).

	Number (headcount) as at 30 September 2003	Percentage of total staff as at 30 September 2003	Percentage on national pay scales⁽¹³⁾ as at August 2002
Total employed staff (HCHS only)	1,144,697	100.0	71

HCHS medical and dental staff (excl locums)	80,851	7.1	4

Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff	364,692	31.9	⁽¹⁴⁾—

Total qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff	122,066	10.7	⁽¹⁴⁾—

Qualified Ambulance staff	15,957	1.4	⁽¹⁴⁾—

Support to clinical staff	360,666	31.5	⁽¹⁴⁾—

NHS infrastructure support:	199,808	17.5	⁽¹⁴⁾—
Central functions	92,257	8.1	⁽¹⁴⁾—
Hotel, property and estates	72,230	6.3	⁽¹⁴⁾—
Manager and senior manager	35,321	3.1	⁽¹⁴⁾—

Other non-medical staff or those with unknown classification	657	0.1	⁽¹⁴⁾—

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the numbers of NHS staff referred to in his answer of 15 November 2004, Official Report, column 1171W are (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent; and whether they cover (i) England, (ii) England and Wales and (iii) the UK. [217429]

Mr. Hutton [holding answer 23 February 2005]: The figures are in headcount and are for England only.

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) hospital, (b) public health medicine and (c) community health service (i) doctors and (ii) nurses in training were employed in the Newcastle primary care trust area in (A) 1996, (B) 2001 and (C) 2004. [216490]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not available in the format requested. Student nurses receive bursaries or grants and are not employed by national health service organisations. As a result of changes to the way that nurse training is commissioned, it is not possible to provide comparable data for the Newcastle primary care trust (PCT) area. Data for the number of doctors in training within the Northumberland Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority, broken down by organisation, are shown in the table.
Hospital, public health medicine and community health service (HCHS): medical and dental staff of which doctors in training within Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority by organisation—as at 30 September each year

Number (headcount)

1996
2001
2003

All staff of which: Doctors in training All staff of which: Doctors in training All staff of which: Doctors in training

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 2,231 1,106 2,622 1,282 2,861 1,413

of which:

Cheviot and Wansbeck NHS Trust RLK 121 46 0 0 0 0

Gateshead and South Tyneside HA QDG 4 0 6 2 0 0

Gateshead Health NHS Trust RR7 0 0 213 101 241 132

Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust RM7 31 5 0 0 0 0

Gateshead Hospitals NHS Trust RE2 152 72 0 0 0 0

Gateshead PCT 5KF 0 0 0 0 13 0

Newcastle and North Tyneside HA QDJ 9 3 21 12 0 0

Newcastle City Health NHS Trust RNM 228 120 0 0 0 0

Newcastle PCT 5D7 0 0 28 3 31 2

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust RTD 0 0 1,136 546 1,190 597

Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health Services NHS Trust RNP 0 0 150 111 189 91

North Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust RLC 151 73 0 0 0 0

North Tyneside PCT 5D8 0 0 0 0 13 0

Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust RM6 20 8 17 4 23 2

Northumberland Care Trust TAC 0 0 0 0 30 4

Northumberland Community Health NHS Trust RLM 35 2 0 0 0 0

Northumberland HA QDM 9 5 4 0 0 0

Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust RE8 34 12 0 0 0 0

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear StHA Q09 0 0 0 0 20 12

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust RTF 0 0 380 146 408 184

South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust RW9 0 0 0 0 57 15

South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust RE9 94 23 248 161 221 164

South Tyneside PCT 5KG 0 0 0 0 10 0

Sunderland City Hospitals NHS Trust RLN 340 165 366 181 406 210

Sunderland HA QDN 7 3 10 6 0 0

Sunderland Teaching PCT 5KL 0 0 0 0 9 0

The Freeman Group of Hospitals RAB 360 204 0 0 0 0

The Royal Victoria Infirmary and associated Hospitals NHS Trust RCK 609 356 0 0 0 0

Wearside Priority Health Care NHS Trust RLH 27 9 43 9 0 0

Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census

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Number (headcount)
		1996	2001	2003
		All staff	of which: Doctors in training	All staff	of which: Doctors in training	All staff	of which: Doctors in training
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear		2,231	1,106	2,622	1,282	2,861	1,413
of which:
Cheviot and Wansbeck NHS Trust	RLK	121	46	0	0	0	0
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	QDG	4	0	6	2	0	0
Gateshead Health NHS Trust	RR7	0	0	213	101	241	132
Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust	RM7	31	5	0	0	0	0
Gateshead Hospitals NHS Trust	RE2	152	72	0	0	0	0
Gateshead PCT	5KF	0	0	0	0	13	0
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	QDJ	9	3	21	12	0	0
Newcastle City Health NHS Trust	RNM	228	120	0	0	0	0
Newcastle PCT	5D7	0	0	28	3	31	2
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	RTD	0	0	1,136	546	1,190	597
Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health Services NHS Trust	RNP	0	0	150	111	189	91
North Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust	RLC	151	73	0	0	0	0
North Tyneside PCT	5D8	0	0	0	0	13	0
Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust	RM6	20	8	17	4	23	2
Northumberland Care Trust	TAC	0	0	0	0	30	4
Northumberland Community Health NHS Trust	RLM	35	2	0	0	0	0
Northumberland HA	QDM	9	5	4	0	0	0
Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust	RE8	34	12	0	0	0	0
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear StHA	Q09	0	0	0	0	20	12
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust	RTF	0	0	380	146	408	184
South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust	RW9	0	0	0	0	57	15
South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust	RE9	94	23	248	161	221	164
South Tyneside PCT	5KG	0	0	0	0	10	0
Sunderland City Hospitals NHS Trust	RLN	340	165	366	181	406	210
Sunderland HA	QDN	7	3	10	6	0	0
Sunderland Teaching PCT	5KL	0	0	0	0	9	0
The Freeman Group of Hospitals	RAB	360	204	0	0	0	0
The Royal Victoria Infirmary and associated Hospitals NHS Trust	RCK	609	356	0	0	0	0
Wearside Priority Health Care NHS Trust	RLH	27	9	43	9	0	0

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