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HEALTH
Alcohol-related Emergencies
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) binge drinking and (b) other alcohol-related emergency cases there were in hospitals in (a) England and (b) Romford and Havering in the last period for which figures are available. [219369]
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Dr. Ladyman: These data are held collectively by counts of finished admission episodes for in-patients for alcohol-related cases where the admission method was emergency. Figures for binge drinking are not held centrally.
The table shows data for finished admission episodes in England and Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals national health service trust, which operates in Romford and Havering.
| Finished admission episodes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RF4 | Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust | 563 |
| England | 103,918 |
(16) ICD-10 codes = alcohol-related" as advised by NHS Information Authority clinical coding service. Counts include any of the records where the following listed codes are recorded in the primary or secondary field.
Primary diagnosis:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol.
R78.0—Finding of alcohol in blood.
T51.0—Ethanol.
Secondary diagnosis:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol.
R78.0—Finding of alcohol in blood.
X45—Alcohol poisoning and exposure to alcohol.
Y90—Evidence of alcohol involvement determined by alcohol level.
Notes:
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. 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. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 13 (six prior to 2002–03) secondary diagnosis fields in HES that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care.
4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
HES, Department of Health.
Ambulance Service
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he issues about the number of ambulances per head of population that should be on call at any one time. [219413]
Ms Rosie Winterton: No recent guidance has been issued about the number of ambulances per head of population that should be on call at any one time.
Each ambulance service should plan to provide appropriate resources to meet local demand. This may include resources in addition to ambulance provision, for example using community paramedics or emergency care practitioners.
The Ambulance improvement checklist" includes a section on information management, which refers for example to; matching supply and demand on an hourly
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basis by good use of information and establishing systems to analyse and predict demand and resulting capacity requirement throughout the trust on a dynamic basis. The checklist is intended as an aid to all national health service ambulance trusts and their staff to ensure that all possible steps are being taken to improve and streamline the care of patients presenting to emergency care, and is available on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/05/07/60/04050760.pdf.
Aneurysm
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce an NHS national screening programme for aneurysm. [217954]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The United Kingdom national screening committee (NSC) is currently considering the feasibility of implementing a screening programme for
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abdominal aortic aneurysms, including the implications for the national health service. This follows a multi centre study funded by the Medical Research Council.
The NSC is expected to advise later in the year.
Cardiac Care (Essex)
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cardiac-related emergency cases have been treated in hospitals in Romford and Havering in each year since 1997. [219365]
Dr. Ladyman: A count of finished consultant episodes for in-patients for cardiac-related operations where the admission method was emergency at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals National Health Service Trust is shown in the table. The trust operates in Romford and Havering.
Counts do not include those elective patients who undergo an emergency treatment.
Notes:
1. A finished consultant episode is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
2. Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2002–03 and 2003–04, which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
3. The main operation is the first recorded operation in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, eg time waited, but the figures for all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
Source:
HES, Department of Health.
CFS/ME
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (a) in England and (b) in Worcestershire. [218902]
Dr. Ladyman: The Department does not hold the information requested on the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Departmental Policies (Stourbridge)
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Stourbridge constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on the Stourbridge constituency. [219416]
Dr. Ladyman: The Government have put in place a programme of national health service investment and reform since 1997 to improve service delivery in all parts of the United Kingdom. There is significant evidence that these policies have yielded considerable benefits for the Stourbridge constituency.
At the end of December 2004, the number of people waiting more than six months for in-patient treatment within Dudley South Primary Care Trust (PCT) has fallen to three, from 327 in June 2002.
At the end of September 2004, the number of patients waiting over 13 weeks for out-patient treatment within Dudley South PCT has fallen to two, from 209 in June 2002.
In September 2002, at the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, 85.5 per cent. of patients spent less than four hours in accident and emergency from arrival to admission, transfer or
- discharge. Figures for December 2004 show an improvement to 96.5 per cent.
The latest figures, September 2004, show that all urgent general practitioner referrals with suspected cancer are seen by a specialist within two weeks.
Figures for December 2004 show that all patients within Dudley South PCT are able to be offered an appointment with a GP within two working days and a primary care professional within one working day.
Russell's Hall Hospital, part of the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, is a new £160 million private finance initiative-funded hospital due to be officially opened later this year.
A new computed tomography scanner was delivered to the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust in January 2005.
Between September 1997 and June 2004, the number of consultants working at the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust has increased from 84 to 105. Between September 1997 and September 2003, the number of nurses has increased from 1,087 to 1,112.
Between September 2001 and June 2004, the number of general medical practitioners within the Dudley South PCT has increased from 120 to 130.
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