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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.
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 199798 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]
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.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to her answer of 17 October 2005, Official Report, columns 76162W, 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 200405, (b) quarter 1 of 200506 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.
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.
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.
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 200203 and 200304 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 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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