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Hospitals (Shropshire)
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent administrative staff have been employed at (a) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic hospital, Gobowen, (b) the Princess Royal hospital, Telford and (c) the Royal Shrewsbury hospital in the last five years. [2236]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the tables.
Notes:
n/a=not applicable.
1.Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2.Senior managers and managers are staff with overall responsibility for budgets, manpower or assets, or accountable for a significant area of work. Senior managers include staff at executive level and those who report directly to the board.
3.These staff are essential to the smooth running of hospitals, trusts and strategic health authorities. This excludes nursing, scientific, therapeutic and technical and ambulance managers in posts requiring specific clinical qualifications.
4.Clerical and administrative includes staff working in central functions. The group includes areas such as personnel, finance, information technology, legal services, library services, health education and general management support services.
5.It also includes staff working as direct support to qualified clinical staff such as medical secretaries and medical records officers.
Source:
Health and social care information centre non-medical workforce census.
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Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many cases of MRSA there have been at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen in each of the last five years, in people aged over 65 years; [2237]
(2) how many cases of MRSA there have been at (a) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in each of the last five years, in people aged under 18 years; [2238]
(3) how many cases of MRSA there have been at (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and (c) the RJ and AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen in each of the last five years. [2239]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested.
The mandatory surveillance system which collects data on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections commenced in April 2001 and gives data by national health service trust only and not by hospital. It does not collect information on age groups.
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital were separate acute trusts until October 2003, when they merged to form the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
The Health Protection Agency is unable to provide updated MRSA rates for the two constituent hospitals prior to the merger, because revised bed occupancy rates for the two constituent hospitals are not available.
The table shows relevant data for the years 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 and the first six months of the reporting year 2004–05.
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the budget deficit has been of (a) the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford in each of the last five years; [2242]
(2) what the budget of the (a) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford has been in each of the last five years. [2245]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The information is as follows.
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Table 1 shows the total income for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital National Health Service Trust, the Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust and the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Table 2 shows the retained surplus/(deficit) for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust, the Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust and the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Note:
The Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust merged in October 2003 to become the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Accounts for 2003–04 were only received from the merged trust; it is not possible to show figures for the two predecessor trusts for that year.
Sources:
Audited summarisation schedules of the above trust 1999–2000 to 2003–04.
Intensive Care
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether guidance has been issued on the maximum permissible length of time between a patient being admitted to an intensive care unit and being reviewed by a consultant intensivist; [222]
(2) whether NHS trusts are required to record delays in admission to intensive care units as critical incidents through their relevant incident monitoring system. [223]
Mr. Byrne:
The Department has not issued guidance on the length of time between admission to an intensive care unit and review by a consultant intensivist. In terms of more general guidance on the management of admissions and discharges for critical care services, national health service trusts are expected to take into account the Department's current guidance issued in May 2000, Comprehensive Critical Care—A Review of Adult Critical Care Services" and standards developed by the Intensive Care Society. The Department's guidance can be found at: www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/08/28/72/04082872.pdf
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