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Bowel Diseases
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to increase the number of specialist nurses involved in the care of inflammatory bowel diseases. [9509]
Mr. Byrne: Information is not collected centrally on the number of nurses specialising in inflammatory bowel disease. Between September 2003 and 2004, the number of qualified nurses employed in the national health service has increased by 78,660, and training places for nurses have increased by 67 per cent. since 1996–97, increasing the pool of nurses from which specialist nurses can be drawn.
It is for local NHS organisations to determine the specific work force needed to best suit the local area.
Care Assistants
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her estimate is of the average hourly wage of a care assistant in the NHS. [11059]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 11 July 2005]: Under Agenda for Change, the basic pay that staff receives will reflect the knowledge, responsibility, skills and effort required for their job, rather than their historic job title or occupational group. However, based on experience so far, most care assistants are assimilating at band two or three, depending on the nature of the job.
| Pay Band | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Band minimum(30) (2005–06) | ||
| 2 | 11,879 | 6.08 |
| 3 | 13,694 | 7.00 |
| Band maximum (2005–06) | ||
| 2 | 13,694 | 7.00 |
| 3 | 16,389 | 8.37 |
(30) Excludes special transitional points which apply only during assimilation to the new system.
Community Equipment Services
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS has been charged for the lease of equipment loaned on a short-term basis to patients for use in their own homes in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [8709]
Mr. Byrne
[holding answer 4 July 2005]: The national health service purchases the majority of its equipment to be used in peoples homes which is generally of a low individual value and arranges for its recycling where possible. This is in line with the Audit Commission's report, Fully Equipped".
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Although some major items may be acquired on a lease basis the Department does not collect centrally information on of how much the NHS has been charged.
Emergency Response Services
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the cost to the NHS of inappropriate 999 calls in the most recent period for which figures are available. [10035]
Mr. Byrne: This information is not collected centrally.
End-of-life Care
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2005, Official Report, column 1356W, on end-of-life care, how much has been allocated to each strategic health authority. [10488]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The individual allocations for the end-of-life care programme for the year 2005–06 to each strategic health authority (SHA) are shown in the table.
Allocations to the lead primary care trust within each SHA will be made during July 2005.
Ethical Recruitment
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are in place to ensure that the NHS abides by its code of practice on ethical recruitment. [10501]
Mr. Byrne:
NHS Employers has taken over the monitoring of national health service compliance to the code of practice. It will continue to monitor compliance through data supplied on a regular basis by the international recruitment co-ordinators based in each strategic health authority.
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Financial Deficits (Trusts)
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) hospital trusts and (b) primary care trusts in Hertfordshire have financial deficits; and if she will make a statement. [11260]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The latest year for which audited financial information is available for national health service organisations is 2003–04. In 2003–04 there was one NHS trust and one primary care trust in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire strategic health authority in deficit.
Audited information for 2004–05 will be available in the audited accounts in the autumn.
Health Care Expenditure
Hywel Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what health spending per head was in each region of England in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. [11273]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 11 July 2005]: Information on expenditure per head by region is available in table 3.10b of the Department's departmental report 2005 (Cm 6524) presented to Parliament on 21 June 2005.
Health Outside Hospitals
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether community hospital services will form part of the regional public consultations on the health outside hospitals White Paper; [10281]
(2) whether one of the regional public consultations on the health outside hospitals White Paper will be based on Oxfordshire; [10282]
(3) whether primary care trust public consultations on local health services will form part of the health outside hospitals White Paper. [10290]
Mr. Byrne: We have not yet finalised the scope of the listening exercise for the health and care outside hospitals White Paper, but it will be wide-ranging in considering the needs of people who use services, people who deliver services and other stakeholders. The exact format of any regional events has yet to be determined, but the whole of the country, including Oxfordshire, will be covered. The listening exercise is intended to guide the formation of national policy on health and care outside hospitals, rather than to discuss or formally consult on specific aspects of local service provision.
Waiting lists
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Southend primary care trust area have waited more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12 months, (e) 15 months, (f) 18 months and (g) 24 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each year since 2000–01; and if she will make a statement. [9967]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
Finished in-year admissions episodes for patients who waited up to three months, more than three months, six months, nine months, 12
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months, 15 months, 18 months and 24 months for heart operations, cancer treatment and hip replacements in
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each year since 2000–01 for Southend hospital trust are shown in the following tables.
Notes:
1. Finished in-year admissions:
A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the data year. 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. Diagnosis (primary diagnosis):
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. Main operation:
The main operation is the first recorded operation in the 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, for example, time waited, but the figures for all operations count of episodes give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
4. Ungrossed data:
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data are ungrossed.
5. Time waited (days):
Time waited statistics from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
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