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Hospital Consultant Posts
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time hospital consultant posts there are in the Province; and how many there were (a) five and (b) 10 years ago. [17549]
Mr. Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following tables.
| Medical consultant posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Headcount | Whole-time equivalent | |
| 2005 | 1,048 | 1,001.30 |
| 2000 | 833 | 798.52 |
| 1995(72) | n/a | n/a |
(72)1995 figures were not available.
Notes:
1.Vacancy information for 2000 was not available for Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust and Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust, therefore the figures quoted for these years for these trusts are staff in post as opposed to establishment figures.
2.Figures for Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust exclude consultant joint appointments with QUB.
3.2000 figures for Homefirst Community HSS Trust have been sourced from manual records.
4.2000 vacancy figures have been estimated by Newry and Mourne HSS Trust.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
| Dental consultant posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Headcount | Whole-time equivalent | |
| 2005 | 7 | 6.18 |
| 2000 | 8 | 5.81 |
| 1995(73) | n/a | n/a |
(73)1995 figures were not available.
Notes:
1.Vacancy information for 2000 was not available for Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust and Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust, therefore the figures quoted for these years for these trusts are staff in post as opposed to establishment figures.
2.Figures for Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust exclude consultant joint appointments with QUB.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
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| Total consultant posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Headcount | Whole-time equivalent | |
| 2005 | 1,055 | 1,007.48 |
| 2000 | 841 | 804.33 |
| 1995(74) | n/a | n/a |
(74)1995 Figures were not available.
Notes:
1.Vacancy information for 2000 was not available for Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust and Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust, therefore the figures quoted for these years for these Trusts are Staff in Post as opposed to Establishment figures.
2.Figures for Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust exclude consultant joint appointments with QUB.
3.2000 figures for Homefirst Community HSS Trust have been sourced from manual records.
4.2000 vacancy figures have been estimated by Newry and Mourne HSS Trust.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
Hospital Doctor Posts
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new full-time hospital doctor posts have been established in the Province in each of the last five years. [17548]
Mr. Woodward: Information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Hospital Treatments
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the average waiting time for (a) hospital in-patient treatment and (b) initial out-patient assessment in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available. [18029]
Mr. Woodward: Waiting list information is collected by time band. It is therefore not possible to calculate the arithmetic mean (average) length of time waiting. It is however possible to identify the median or mid point waiting time band.
(a) The median waiting time band for in-patients who were waiting for treatment at 30 June 2005 was 0 to two months.
(b) The median waiting time band for out-patients who were waiting for their first appointment at 30 June 2005 was three to five months.
In July this year, I announced a major programme of reform to reduce waiting times and eradicate long waiters. I intend to make a further announcement to outline proposals to tackle outpatient waiting times later this year.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time for hospital in-patient treatment in the Province was in 1997. [18181]
Mr. Woodward: Waiting list information is collected by time band. It is therefore not possible to calculate the arithmetic mean (average) length of time waiting. It is however possible to identify the median or mid point waiting time band.
The median waiting time band for in-patients who were waiting for treatment at 30 June 1997 was 3–5 months.
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Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time for initial outpatient assessment in the Province was in 1997. [18182]
Mr. Woodward: Waiting list information is collected by time band. It is therefore not possible to calculate the arithmetic mean (average) length of time waiting. It is however possible to identify the median or mid point waiting time band.
The median waiting time band for outpatients who were waiting for their first appointment at 30 June 1997 was 0–2 months.
Hospital-acquired Infections
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have died from (a) hospital acquired and (b) other healthcare acquired infections in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [18038]
Mr. Woodward: The information requested is not available.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the costs resulting from all healthcare-acquired infections in the Province in the most recent year for which information is available. [18433]
Mr. Woodward: The information requested is not available.
Infant Mortality
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the infant mortality rate was in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [18023]
Angela E. Smith: The following table details the infant mortality rate 1 in Northern Ireland for each registration year between 1995 and 2004.
1 The infant mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths of children in their first year of life per1,000 live births.
| Registration year | Infant mortality rate |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 7.1 |
| 1996 | 5.8 |
| 1997 | 5.6 |
| 1998 | 5.6 |
| 1999 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 5.0 |
| 2001 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 4.6 |
| 2003 | 5.2 |
| 2004(75) | 5.3 |
(75)Data for 2004 are provisional
Jim Gray
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions the Police Service of Northern Ireland notified Jim Gray that there was a threat on his life. [18144]
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Mr. Woodward: The Police Service of Northern Ireland does not provide information on matters of intelligence relating to the security of individuals. However, the service takes such matters very seriously, and when it believes an individual to be under threat it takes steps to inform and advise them with regard to personal security.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many health and safety fines have been issued by each of the local government councils in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [18062]
Angela E. Smith: Local government councils in Northern Ireland do not issue health and safety fines. In common with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland, Local government councils bring prosecutions for breaches of legislation to the courts and if a prosecution is successful the courts will decide if a fine should be imposed or not. The number of successful prosecutions taken by each of the Local government councils in each of the last five years that led to fines being imposed is set out in the following table. Only those councils that took prosecutions are listed. A breakdown figure for councils before 2001–02 is not available.
| 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ards | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ballymena | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Banbridge | — | — | 1 | — |
| Belfast | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Coleraine | — | — | 1 | — |
| Fermanagh | — | 1 | — | — |
| Limavady | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Lisburn | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Newry and Mourne | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
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