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Cancelled Operations (Devon)

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations have been cancelled by hospitals in Devon since 1997; and what percentage of these patients had their operations rescheduled within 28 days. [38416]

Caroline Flint: The number of operations cancelled by hospitals in Devon since 1997 is shown in the table. However, the Department only collects the number of patients admitted within one month of a cancellation and not the number rescheduled. This information is also included in the table.
Cancelled operations for non clinical reasons, 2001–02 to Q2 2005–06

		2001–02			2002–03
Org Code	Organisation	Last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons	Patients not admitted within one month of last minute cancellation	Proportion of last minute cancellations admitted within one month (%)	Last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons	Cancellations on the day of surgery	Patients not admitted within 28 days of a cancellation on the day of surgery
5FT	East Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FR	Exeter PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FV	Mid Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FQ	North Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5CV	South Hams and West Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FY	Teignbridge PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5CW	Torbay PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
RWV	Devon Partnership NHS Trust	—	—	—	—	—	—
RBZ	Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 33		1	97.0	95	95	4
RH8	Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	579	155	73.2	735	699	136
RA9	South Devon Health Care NHS Trust	691	194	71.9	431	295	38
	Total	1,303	350	73.1	1,261	1,089	178

		2003–04			2004–05
		Last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons	Patients not admitted within 28 days of a last minute cancellation	Proportion of last minute cancellations admitted within 28 days (%)	Last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons	Patients not admitted within 28 days of a last minute cancellation	Proportion of last minute cancellations admitted within 28 days (%)
5FT	East Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FR	Exeter PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FV	Mid Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FQ	North Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5CV	South Hams and West Devon PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5FY	Teignbridge PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
5CW	Torbay PCT	—	—	—	—	—	—
RWV	Devon Partnership NHS Trust	—	—	—	—	—	—
RBZ	Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 97		1	99.9	168	1	99.4
RH8	Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	445	2	99.6	372	0	100.0
RA9	South Devon Health Care NHS Trust	488	1	99.8	352	0	100.0
	Total	1,030	4	99.6	892	1	99.9

		2005–06
		Last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons	Patients not admitted within 8 days of a last minute cancellation	Proportion of last minute cancellations admitted within 28 days (%)
5FT	East Devon PCT	—	—	—
5FR	Exeter PCT	—	—	—
5FV	Mid Devon PCT	—	—	—
5FQ	North Devon PCT	—	—	—
5CV	South Hams and West Devon PCT	—	—	—
5FY	Teignbridge PCT	—	—	—
5CW	Torbay PCT	—	—	—
RWV	Devon Partnership NHS Trust	—	—	—
RBZ	Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	53	2	96.2
RH8	Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	218	0	100.0
RA9	South Devon Health Care NHS Trust	100	1	99.0
	Total	371	3	99.2

Notes:
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. The 2005–06 data are upto Q2 2005–06.
We collect the number of patients admitted within one month or 28 days of a cancellation, not the number rescheduled.
From 2002–03, the number of patients not admitted within one month was replaced by the number of patients not admitted within 28 days.
In 2002–03, the number of patients not admitted within 28 days of a last minute cancellation was not collected.
The number of patients not admitted within 28 days of a cancellation on the day of surgery was collected instead.
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, you are to be admitted to hospital on a Monday for an operation scheduled for the following day(Tuesday).
If the hospital cancels your 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.
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 QMCO collection does not record the number of postponements.
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; admin error; anaesthetist unavailable; theatre staff unavailable; and critical care bed unavailable.
Source:
Department of Health dataset QMCO





 
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Care Homes

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many recorded incidents of (a) theft, (b) physical abuse and (c) bullying in care homes for the elderly there were in each of the last eight years, broken down by county. [40521]

Mr. Byrne: I understand from the Chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that the information requested is only available from April 2004, when CSCI took over the work of care homes inspection and regulation from the National Care Standards Commission.

The information is not recorded on a county basis, but by CSCI region. The number of recorded incidents of theft, physical abuse and bullying in care homes for older people between April 2004 and December 2005 in the nine CSCI regions are shown in the table.

CSCI region	Theft	Physical abuse	Emotional and psychological abuse
North East	41	67	19
East Midlands	26	25	8
South West	78	93	63
West Midlands	70	63	28
North West	92	114	49
London	54	28	32
South East	92	412	36
Eastern	30	90	41
Yorkshire and Humberside 53		87	32
Total	536	979	308

Note:
A recorded incident of abuse does not mean that abuse actually took place. Upon investigation of a complaint, it might be found to be upheld, not upheld or unresolved.




 
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Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action the Government are taking to encourage an increase in the provision of care homes for the elderly; [40602]

(2) what steps the Government are taking to encourage provision of care homes for the elderly. [41688]

Mr. Byrne: The Government believe that care homes are only one of a range of options that should be available for supporting people with long-term care needs. The Green Paper, 'Independence, Well-being and Choice', published in March 2005, set out the vision for adult social care. To make that vision a reality, domiciliary care must become an increasingly important element of social care provision. Domiciliary care services can help people to remain in control of their own lives. There has been substantial investment in other care settings for older people, such as domiciliary care and extra care housing. The Government recognise that most people want to live in their own homes for as long as possible.
 
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The Government are promoting better planning and commissioning of care services at a local level to stabilise the long-term care sector in a way that will allow it to meet future demand.

It is for local councils to ensure that effective arrangements are in place to meet the needs of local people.

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