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Hull Royal Infirmary
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many outpatients have been waiting more than 13 weeks for an appointment at the Hull Royal Infirmary following GP referral. [32953]
Mr. Byrne: Information is only available for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust. As at September 2005, 513 people were waiting more than 13 weeks for a first outpatient appointment. There were no patients waiting more than 17 weeks.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures Hull Royal Infirmary has in place to prevent the spread of MRSA; and whether these meet national best practice. [32960]
Mr. Byrne: The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust has signed-up to the Saving Lives" delivery programme which is a key element in reducing methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and avoidable health care associated infections at a local level. It comprises a number of mutually reinforcing activities which will help the trust implement best practice to reduce infection rates. More detail about local action should be set out in the director of infection prevention and control's report.
Mr. Graham Stuart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients have been admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary Stroke Unit in each year since 1997; [32964]
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(2) how many beds there were in the Stroke Unit at the Hull Royal Infirmary in each year since 1997. [32965]
Mr. Byrne: The Stroke Unit at the Hull Royal Infirmary was established in December 2000 and has 24 beds. The number of patients who have accessed the Acute Stroke Unit are as follows:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 668 |
| 2002 | 638 |
| 2003 | 566 |
| 2004 | 559 |
Source:
The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of Hull Royal Infirmary post-heart treatment rehabilitation services; and how many patients have (a) attended rehabilitation appointments, (b) stopped smoking and (c) made appropriate dietary and exercise changes since the services commenced. [32967]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not held centrally. Responsibility for local health services lies with the local national health service. It is for primary care trusts (PCTs) in conjunction with strategic health authorities and other local stakeholders to plan, develop and improve services according to the needs of the local people.
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether patients have access to specialist heart failure nurses at the Hull Royal Infirmary. [32969]
Mr. Byrne: The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust does provide a heart failure service at the Hull Royal Infirmary, which has benefited from further expansion this year.
The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Independent Treatment Centres
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost of (a) orthopaedic procedures and (b) cataract surgery has been in each independent sector treatment centre carrying out such operations under contract with the NHS. [21495]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The average cost of orthopaedic procedures and cataract surgery cannot be disclosed as the information is commercially confidential.
Influenza Pandemic
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the capacity of NHS isolation facilities and single rooms to isolate cases where necessary in the event of an influenza pandemic reaching alert level 2 in the UK; and if she will make a statement. [22126]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
Full information on the availability of isolation facilities is not available but departmental guidance states that new buildings should ideally contain at least 50 per cent. of their beds in single rooms. NHS Estates published guidance in February
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2005 to assist local planning for isolation facilities and the Department is considering the need for guidance on ventilated isolation facilities. During a pandemic it is likely that patients would be cohorted rather than kept in isolation.
Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the proposed changes to primary care trusts on the capacity of the NHS to respond to an influenza pandemic. [30095]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 21 November 2005]: The Department has formed a national influenza pandemic committee (UKNIPC) to provide specialist advice supported by a scientific advisory group to provide detailed scientific advice on the response to an influenza pandemic. Strategic health authorities, in England, are responsible for overseeing health planning and coordinating the local response. This remains the case irrespective of proposals for service reconfiguration.
Medical Staff
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the (a) three-month staff vacancy rate as a percentage, (b) three-month staff vacancy rate as a number of posts, (c) number of staff in post as a full-time equivalent and (d) number of consultants in post in each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) NHS trust and (iii) NHS mental health trust in London on 31 March (A) 2003, (B) 2004 and (C) 2005, broken down by speciality. [18648]
Mr. Byrne: The Department does not hold information in the format requested.
However, information is collected on staff vacancy rates and the number of staff in post which has been placed in the Library. This shows that the number of consultants in England has increased by nearly 3,200 (full-time equivalent) between March 2003 and March 2005 or 12 per cent. The three-month vacancy rate reduced from 4.7 per cent. to 3.1 per cent. in the same period for England as a whole for hospital doctors, excluding those in training and equivalents.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 March 2005, Official Report, column 622W, on medical staff Salaries, what the average salary of a (a) consultant, (b) junior doctor and (c) nurse was in 2004. [29855]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, Earnings Survey 2004.
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Midwives
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) were employed as midwives in the NHS for the first time and (b) left NHS midwife posts in each year since 1980. [30481]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not collected centrally.
However, the following table shows the number of midwives employed in the national health service in each year since 1980.
(48)A new system of occupation coding for NHS non-medical staff was introduced in 1995. The new codes classify staff according to what they do rather than the terms and conditions under which they are employed i.e. national pay scales. Figures based on new occupation codes are not directly comparable with those based on the old pay scale classification. Therefore figures since 1995 are not comparable with earlier years.
(49)From 1982 onwards data is taken from the Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census. Prior to 1982 data is taken from the Health and Personal Social Services Statistics for England (HPSSS). Data from HPSSS contains hospital-based staff only and is therefore not directly comparable with later years.
Notes:
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
All figures exclude learners and agency staff.
Sources:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
Health and Personal Social Services Statistics for England (HPSSS)
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