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Health Services (North Yorkshire)
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on structural changes to health services in North Yorkshire. [30651]
Mr. Byrne: Strategic health authorities (SHAs) have recently submitted their proposals for the reconfiguration of primary care trusts (PCTs), which set out how they intend to strengthen their commissioning function. These proposals have been assessed by an independent external panel drawn from and representing a wide range of stakeholder interests, to determine whether the SHA proposals meet the criteria stipulated in Commissioning a Patient-Led NHS", (July 2005). Where the criteria are judged to have been met the proposals will go forward to a three-month public consultation. No decisions on the reorganisation of PCTs will be taken until this process has been completed.
HIV
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of individuals staying in the UK illegally in each year since 1997–98 who were eligible for continuing care for HIV because they had stayed in the UK for longer than 12 months until the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations were amended. [32075]
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Jane Kennedy: Successive Governments have not required the national health service to provide statistics on the number or nationality of overseas visitors treated under the provisions of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989, as amended, or on the costs of treatment.
Home Office estimates of the amount of people in the United Kingdom (UK) illegally do not separately identify those who have stayed in the UK for 12 months or more and there is no evidence on which an estimate on the proportion of such people who are HIV positive could be based.
It is therefore not possible to provide the information requested.
Hospital Admissions
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to her answer of 17 October 2005, Official Report, columns 761–62W, concerning admissions, if she will break down the information by (a) region, (b) strategic health authority and (c) NHS trust; [20726]
(2) pursuant to the answer of 17 October 2005, Official Report, column 762W, on emergency re-admissions, if she will provide equivalent figures for (a) quarter 4 of 2004–05, (b) quarter 1 of 2005–06 and (c) each quarter since January 2001, broken down by NHS trust. [29552]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, similar information on annual trends in readmission rates, by age group, broken down by Government regional office and by strategic health authority is available at www.nchod.nhs.uk.
Hospitals (Catering/Parking)
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines she has given to hospitals about the provision of parking spaces for (a) staff and (b) visitors; and if she will make a statement. [32545]
Jane Kennedy: In 1996, NHS Estates, an Executive agency of the Department, published Car Parking, Health Facilities Note 21", which provided advice and guidance on issues surrounding the optimum provision of car parking facilities for health care premises. This has been placed in the Library.
The Department is currently finalising a new guidance document, Transport Management and Car Parking: best practice guidance for NHS Trusts in England", which looks at what measures trusts can adopt when developing travel plans. In addition, it can be used to facilitate discussions with local planning authorities.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the Steamplicity catering pilot at the Charing Cross hospital. [33133]
Jane Kennedy:
No assessment of the Steamplicity catering pilot at Charing Cross hospital has been made by the Department of Health. The pilot scheme is being
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undertaken via the hospital's external contract provider of facilities services and a cost-benefit assessment is due to be published by them in the near future.
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust
Mr. Graham Stuart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many agency staff were employed by the
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust in each of the last three years, broken down by type of job; and what the cost was in each year. [32950]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of bank and locum staff employed within the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust in the last three years.
n/a = Not applicable
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census
Hull Royal Infirmary
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) longest wait for urgent breast cancer referrals at the Hull Royal Infirmary was in the latest period for which figures are available. [32952]
Mr. Byrne: Information is not available in the format requested. In the period April to June 2005 100 per cent. of urgent breast cancer referrals to Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust were seen within two weeks of the referral by the general practitioner.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints were made against the Hull Royal Infirmary in each year since 1997; and how many related to (a) clinical negligence, (b) waiting times, (c) tidiness/repair of hospital facilities, (d) staff and (e) other matters. [32954]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not available in the format requested. Complaints statistics for 2002–03 and 2003–04 are available at trust level and can be accessed through the Department's website at: www.performance.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/data_requests/nhs_complaints.htm.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have (a) contracted and (b) died from hospital acquired infections at the Hull Royal Infirmary in each year since figures have been available. [32956]
Mr. Byrne: The information is not available in the format requested. The table shows the number of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia reports from April 2001 to March 2005 1 for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust.
| Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports | MRSA rate per 1,000 bed days | |
|---|---|---|
| April 2001 to March 2002 | 106 | 0.26 |
| April 2002 to March 2003 | 75 | 0.18 |
| April 2003 to March 2004 | 102 | 0.23 |
| April 2004 to March 2005 | 90 | (26)0.21 |
(26) Provisional as final activity data to be confirmed.
Source:
Mandatory MRSA blood stream infections surveillance system
Data for years prior to 2001 on the trust's MRSA bacteraemia rates (by number of reports and rate per 1,000 bed days) are available on the Department's website at:
www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics.
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It is not possible to give reliable figures on the number of deaths involving hospital-acquired infections at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust from routinely collected mortality data. This is because, as elsewhere, information on where the infection was acquired may not be available to the doctor certifying the death.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private patients have been treated at Hull Royal Infirmary in each year since 1997. [32961]
Mr. Byrne: The information for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust and its preceding organisations is shown in the table.
Notes:
Finished consultant episode (FCE): An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data is ungrossed.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre.q
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Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what services the Hull Royal Infirmary offers for lung cancer patients. [32966]
Mr. Byrne: The Hull Royal Infirmary offers treatment to emergency lung cases and a full lung cancer service is provided by the Castle Hill Hospital, also within the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service trust.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to the Hull Royal Infirmary with coronary heart disease in each year since 1997. [32968]
Mr. Byrne: The information for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust and its preceding organisations is shown in the table.
Notes:
1. Finished admission episodes:
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. 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 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. Ungrossed data:
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data are ungrossed.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social care Information Centre
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Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the target patient transport times are at the Hull Royal Infirmary in relation to children's intensive care; and whether the target was met in the last period for which figures are available. [32970]
Mr. Byrne: The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust is part of the regional paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) based at Leeds. The Hull Royal Infirmary has two intensive care unit (ICU) beds for children and therefore does not transfer children to the regional unit at Leeds. As such, there is no target patient transfer time for this group of patients.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a children's nurse consultant on site at the Hull Royal Infirmary 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [32971]
Mr. Byrne: The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service trust does not employ a children's nurse consultant.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent nurses there were in critical care at the Hull Royal Infirmary in each year since 1997. [32973]
Mr. Byrne: The information is not available in the format requested. The table shows the total number of nurses employed by Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust in the years 1997 to 2004.
'—'not applicable
(27) Royal Hull Hospitals NHS Trust and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust merged in 2000 to become Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Note:
Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number
Source:
Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a trauma team on site at the Hull Royal Infirmary 24 hours a day. [32974]
Mr. Byrne: A trauma team is provided on site at the Hull Royal Infirmary 24 hours a day.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the admission level in the Accident and Emergency Department at Hull Royal Infirmary was in each year since 1997. [32976]
Mr. Byrne: The information for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust and its preceding organisations is shown in the table.
Notes:
1. Count of finished admission episodes for selected providers of treatment and for selected methods of admission:
Emergency (via accident and emergency (A and E) services including the casualty department of the provider.
Emergency (other means, including patients who arrive via A and E department of another healthcare provider.
2. Finished admission episodes:
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
3. Ungrossed data:
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, that is, the data are ungrossed.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State forHealth what (a) current projects, (b) equipment and (c) facilities at the Hull Royal Infirmary have been paid for by, or receive funding from, charitable organisations. [32984]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not held centrally.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cancelled operations there were at the Hull Royal Infirmary in each year since 1997. [33005]
Mr. Byrne:
The information is not available in the format requested. However, information relating to the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust is shown in the table.
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Notes:
1. Data are not collected for individual hospitals. Data were collected by health authority only prior to 2001–02. Trust level data were collected from 2001–02 onwards. September 2005 represents the latest data.
2. A last minute cancellation is one that occurs on the day the patient was due to arrive, after they have arrived in hospital or on the day of their operation. For example, patients are to be admitted to hospital on a Monday for an operation scheduled for the following day (Tuesday). If the hospital cancels their operation for non-clinical reasons on the Monday then this would count as a last minute cancellation. This includes patients who have not actually arrived in hospital and have been telephoned at home prior to their arrival.
3. An operation which is rescheduled to a time within 24 hours of the original scheduled operation should be recorded as a postponement and not as a cancellation. The quarterly monitoring cancelled operations (QMCO) collection does not record the number of postponements.
4. Some common non-clinical reasons for cancellations by the hospital include: ward beds unavailable; surgeon unavailable; emergency case needing theatre; theatre list over-ran; equipment failure; administrative error; anaesthetist unavailable; theatre staff unavailable; and critical care bed unavailable.
Source:
Department of Health dataset QMCO
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