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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 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.

MRSA

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.

NHS (Treatment Contracts)

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.

NHS Spending

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 1996–97.

	Amount (£000)
1996–97	21,740,132
1997–98	22,823,715
1998–99	24,464,341
1999–2000	26,390,562
2000–01	29,091,286
2001–02	30,432,239
2002–03	32,941,536
2003–04	36,305,199

Notes:
1. Expenditure is taken from audited health authority summarisation forms and primary care trust summarisation schedules which are prepared on a resource basis and therefore differ from cash allocations in the year. Figures are given in cash terms.
2. Figures for 1996–1997 to 2000–01 have been prepared using gross expenditure figures.
3. Figures for 2001–02 to 2003–04 have been adjusted to eliminate expenditure which would be double counted where an authority acts as a lead in commissioning healthcare or other services.
Sources:
1. Health authority audited accounts 1996–97 and 1997–98.
2. Health authority audited summarisation forms 1998–99 to 2001–02.
3. Strategic health authority audited summarisation forms 2002–03 and 2003–04.
4. Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules 2000–01 to 2003–04.





 
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NHS University

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses have been completed at the NHS University since its establishment. [219441]

 
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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.

Physiotherapists (North-east)

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.
Department of Health vacancies survey, March 2004. National health service three month vacancies in the North East Government office region, by strategic health authority (SHA) area and organisation for qualified physiotherapy staff three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post

		March 2004		September 2003
		Three month vacancy rate		Staff in post
		Percentage	Number	Whole-time equivalent	Headcount
England		4.1	626	14,455	17,922
of which:
A
North East Government office region		1.7	15	855	1,004
Q10
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA		2.0	7	351	412
County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	RXP	0.0	—	57	71
County Durham and Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust	RTC	0.0	—	12	15
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA	Q10	—	—	0	0
Darlington PCT	5J9	*	—	3	3
Derwentside PCT	5KA	—	—	0	0
Durham and Chester-le-Street PCT	5KC	8.1	5	55	63
Durham Dales PCT	5J8	—	—	0	0
Easington PCT	5KD	—	—	0	0
Hartlepool PCT	5D9	—	—	0	0
Langbaurgh PCT	5KN	0.0	—	12	14
Middlesbrough PCT	5KM	0.0	—	23	31
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	RVW	1.0	1	104	122
North Tees PCT	5E1	—	—	0	0
Sedgefield PCT	5KE	*	—	2	2
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	RTR	1.3	1	82	89
Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust	RVX	*	—	1	2
Q09
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA		1.4	8	504	592
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust	RLN	2.2	2	79	91
Gateshead Health NHS Trust	RR7	1.3	1	70	77
Gateshead PCT	5KF	—	—	0	0
Newcastle PCT	5D7	0.0	—	31	39
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	RTD	2.0	2	82	96
Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust	RNP	0.0	—	25	30
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust	RVK	—	—	0	0
North Tyneside PCT	5D8	*	—	3	4
Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust	RM6	3.3	1	29	34
Northumberland Care Trust	TAC	*	—	8	10
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA	Q09	—	—	0	0
Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust	RTF	1.4	2	133	161
South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust	RW9	*	—	5	6
South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust	RE9	0.0	—	38	43
South Tyneside PCT	5KG	*	—	1	1
Sunderland Teaching PCT	5KL	—	—	0	0

Three month vacancy notes:
1. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2004
2. Three month vacancies are vacancies which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (whole-time equivalents).
3. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post.
4. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Vacancy Survey, March 2004.
5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
6. * figures where sum of staff in post (as at 31 March 2004) and vacancies is less than 10.
7. '—' Figures where sum of staff in post (as at 31 March 2004) and vacancies is zero.
Staff in post notes:
1. Staff in post data are from the non-medical workforce census, September 2003.
General notes:
1. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. Calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates.
3. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
4. SHA figures are based on trusts and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare.
Sources:
1. Department of Health vacancies survey, March 2004.
2. Department of Health non-medical workforce census, September 2003.





 
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