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Cardiac-related Emergencies
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cardiac-related emergency cases have been treated in hospitals in Northern Ireland in each year since 1995. [31970]
Mr. Woodward: The number of emergency admissions 1 to the cardiac surgery and cardiology specialties in hospitals in Northern Ireland in each year since 1995 is detailed in the following table.
1 Discharges and deaths are used as an approximation for admissions. It should be noted that any patient could have been admitted more than once in any particular year and in more than one year.
| Total | |
|---|---|
| 1995–96 | 10,532 |
| 1996–97 | 10,865 |
| 1997–98 | 12,170 |
| 1998–99 | 13,246 |
| 1999–2000 | 14,388 |
| 2000–01 | 14,608 |
| 2001–02 | 14,120 |
| 2002–03 | 12,969 |
| 2003–04 | 13,708 |
| 2004–05 | 13,701 |
Source:
Hospital Inpatients System
Care Homes
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many beds were available in the Province in care homes on the last date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [32089]
Mr. Woodward: At 31 March 2004 (the latest date for which information is available), there were 15,330 beds available in care homes in Northern Ireland. This information includes beds in residential and nursing homes, and beds in children's homes as well as those for adults.
Some people will always need more support than can be safely provided in their own home. For this reason residential care homes and nursing homes continue to play an important part in meeting people's care needs.
Civil Servants
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) Protestants and (b) Roman Catholics were employed in the Northern Ireland Office in each of the past five years. [30129]
Mr. Woodward:
All NIO staff working in Northern Ireland, both Home civil servants and Northern Ireland civil servants, are monitored for community background
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in compliance with the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998 monitoring regulations. The Department also has a small number of staff working
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in London whose community background is not monitored. The following figures relate to staff in Northern Ireland only.
(109)This relates to NICS staff only as figures for HCS staff in NI not available for 2001.
Cookstown
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons an area designated for education and recreation usage has now been turned over to the provision of a new police station for Cookstown. [14019]
Mr. Woodward: I am sorry for the delay in replying. This was caused by an administrative error.
The location of the proposed new police station at Cookstown is adjacent to the current station and is deemed to be in the most operationally effective location for the delivery of community policing within the Cookstown area.
The site does not encroach into any area designated for education or recreation purposes in the Cookstown Area Plan. However abutting the site along its south-western boundary are school grounds, which are designated as existing recreation/open space.
Delayed Discharges
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many delayed discharges for elderly patients due to non-availability of community-care packages there were in each health board area in 2004–05; and if he will make a statement. [32098]
Mr. Woodward: The number of elderly (people aged 65 and over) who were regarded as delayed discharges during 2004–05 and whose reason for delay was No place or care package available" is given in the following table for each Health Board area in Northern Ireland.
Delayed discharge is bad for patients and is an unnecessary drain on acute hospital resources. A key component of health and personal social services reform and modernisation plans is the development of a range of integrated primary and community care services, specifically designed to prevent inappropriate admission to hospital and to reduce unwarranted lengths of stay.
| Health Board | Number of delayed discharges |
|---|---|
| EHSSB | 155 |
| NHSSB | 140 |
| SHSSB | 47 |
| NHSSB | 47 |
| NI total | 389 |
Source:
Departmental Monthly Return DD1
District Policing Partnership
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of each district policing partnership in Northern Ireland was in each of the last three years. [30136]
Mr. Woodward: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Belfast, East (Mr.Robinson) on 21 November 2005, Official Report, column 1632W.
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what expenses have been claimedby elected representatives on each of the local district policing partnerships in each of the last three years; [30137]
(2) what expenses have been claimed by independent members of each of the local district policing partnerships in each of the last three years. [30138]
Mr. Woodward: The Policing Board has advised me that the following figures show the total expenditure on elected and independent members allowances and travel and subsistence expenses for each DPP in the last three years. The Board does not hold a breakdown of figures between elected and independent members and to gather this information would be at disproportionate cost.
(110)Dungannon and South Tyrone DPP was established December 2004. Initial training took place in 2002–03.
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Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been paid to consultants and agencies organising conferences for district policing partnerships in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. [30139]
Mr. Woodward: The Policing Board has advised me that any conferences arranged for DPPs by the Northern Ireland Policing Board have been organised in-house and no money has been paid to consultants or agencies in relation to organising this work.
Doctors and Nurses
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were per head of population in Northern Ireland, broken down by health board, in each year since 1998. [31949]
Mr. Woodward: The information requested is provided in the following tables.
Notes:
1.The Mid-year HSSB Civilian Population Estimate for 2005 was not available, therefore the Mid-year HSSB Civilian Population Estimate for 2004 was used for 2005.
2.Doctors include all Medical Staff employed within the NI HPSS at the following grades: Consultants, Associate Specialists, Staff Grade, Specialist Registrars, PRHOs, SHOs, Hospital Practitioners, General Medical Practitioners and Medical Officers.
3.These figures exclude Primary Care General Practitioners.
Sources:
Doctor headcount figures: Human Resource Management System.
Civilian population figures: Northern Ireland Statistics Research Agency.
Notes:
1.The Mid-year HSSB Civilian Population Estimate for 2005 was not available, therefore the Mid-year HSSB Civilian Population Estimate for 2004 was used for 2005.
2.Qualified Nurses include Midwives and Health Visiting Staff.
3.These figures exclude Bank Staff who fill staffing shortfalls to maintain service delivery.
4.Nursing figures are not available for staff working in General Practice Surgeries and are therefore not included.
Sources:
Nursing headcount figures: Human Resource Management System.
Civilian population figures: Northern Ireland Statistics Research Agency.
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