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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 aspects of the contract are monitored; how the information is collected; and if he will publish (a) the data collected to date and (b) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the contract to date. [217203]
Mr. Hutton
[holding answer 23 February 2005]: The contract is monitored using key performance indicators (KPI) and management information regarding patient referrals by the national health service. KPI data are submitted monthly under the terms of the contract and is reviewed by the Department. The KPI data contains information on numbers of scans delivered, timeliness, quality and customer satisfaction.
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Alliance Medical provide a full report of activity and rejections (including reasons for this) to the referring bodies and NHS leads in the local health economy. This information is commercially sensitive and may include information on patients, which is confidential.
The contract has delivered scans to in excess of 25,000 patients to date. Evidence suggests that this programme has already proved effective in driving down waiting times.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS MRI scans will be delivered under the Alliance Medical contract during the term of the contract. [218701]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 1 March 2005]: The Department does not have information on national health service diagnostic activity levels for every year of the five-year contract period. The information requested is therefore not available.
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents of MRSA there have been at Conquest hospital in Hastings, East Sussex, in each year since 1997. [220576]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 8 March 2005]: The number of reports of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus" (MRSA) bacteraemia is not available centrally by individual hospital. All acute national health service trusts are required to report MRSA bloodstream infections as part of the mandatory surveillance system introduced in April 2001.
Mr. Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS contracts with private diagnostic and treatment centres require the NHS to pay for all contracted operations whether they are carried out or not. [213757]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 3 February 2005]: I refer my right hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 4 March 2005, Official Report, column 1470W.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on hospital and community services in the NHS in each year since 1991. [218123]
Mr. Hutton: Information on the expenditure on hospital and community services in England is shown in the table. Expenditure figures provided include the commissioning of secondary healthcare, which is the closest to the information requested. It is not possible to provide comparable figures prior to 199697.
Amount (£000) | |
---|---|
199697 | 21,740,132 |
199798 | 22,823,715 |
199899 | 24,464,341 |
19992000 | 26,390,562 |
200001 | 29,091,286 |
200102 | 30,432,239 |
200203 | 32,941,536 |
200304 | 36,305,199 |
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses have been completed at the NHS University since its establishment. [219441]
Mr. Hutton: For the period 16 July 2003 to 11 January 2005, there have been 41,008 staff enrolments onto NHSU programmes. From these 41,008, NHSU has advised that 36,855 have completed the course on which they enrolled.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many persons will be made redundant as a result of the decision to close the NHS University; [220092]
(2) how many persons will be transferred to other NHS posts as a result of the closure of the NHS University. [220093]
Mr. Hutton: Decisions about the future of each of the functions and programmes of the NHS University will be taken in light of the wider programme of work, being led by Sir Ian Carruthers QBE, Chief Executive of Dorset and Somerset strategic health authority, to establish the new NHS Institute for Learning Skills and Innovation. The number of any associated redundancies will be minimised.
Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physiotherapists are employed at each hospital primary care trust within County Durham and Tees Valley, and Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority; and how many vacancies exist. [219307]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table.
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