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Cancelled Operations
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what status patients have who have been removed from hospital waiting lists due to operations being cancelled by the hospital at short notice but who have not yet been treated; and if she will make a statement. [44408]
Mr. Byrne: A patient whose operation is cancelled by the hospital is not removed from the hospital's waiting list until they have been treated.
The cancelled operations guarantee introduced in April 2002 states that when a patient's operation is cancelled by the hospital at the last minute for non-clinical reasons the hospital should offer another binding date within a maximum of the next 28 days or fund the patient's treatment at the time and hospital of the patient's choice.
The Department is seeking to reduce the number of cancellations. First, by increasing the use of day surgery and treatment centres to minimize the effect of emergencies that can cause cancellations. Second, by including cancellations in the ratings of hospitals in the patient choice information booklets. Third, through the 18 weeks maximum waiting time target which will require national health service trusts to treat promptly patients whose operations are cancelled.
Despite the increasing number of national health service operations cancellations at the last minute, they are 16 per cent. lower than three years ago.
Capio Healthcare
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2006, Official Report, column 1293W, to question ref. 38278, on Capio Healthcare UK, on what date Capio Healthcare UK submitted its bid for the contract in the programme for the provision of a national chain of treatment centres. [44884]
Mr. Byrne:
Capio Healthcare UK submitted its bid for the contract for the provision of a national chain of treatment centres on 13 June 2003.
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Cardiac Physiologists
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cardiac physiologists have worked in the NHS in each year since 1997; and how many full-time equivalent posts this represents. [44782]
Mr. Byrne: Information on the number of healthcare scientists working in the cardiology area of work as at September 2004 is shown in the table.
Notes:
Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Source:
Health and Social Care Information Centre, non-medical workforce census
Cardiac Physiologists had not been separately collected from other healthcare scientists until the 2004 workforce census.
Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer of 25 October 2005, Official Report, column 156, to the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) on NHS finance, what the level of deficit was in each year for (a) each hospital within the Merseyside/Cheshire strategic health authority (SHA) area and (b) the SHA itself. [45028]
Mr. Byrne: Cheshire and Merseyside strategic health authority (SHA) was formed in 2002–03. The final financial position for each national health service trust covered by Cheshire and Merseyside SHA and for the Cheshire and Merseyside SHA for the years 2002–03 to 2004–05 are shown in the table.
The table also includes the 2005–06 month six forecast financial position for both the Cheshire and Merseyside SHA and for the NHS trusts covered by the SHA.
(40) Month 6 forecast.
(41) Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust achieved NHS foundation trust status on 1 April 2004.
(42) Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust achieved NHS foundation trust status on 1 April 2004.
Source:
Audited summarisation schedules 2002–03 to 2004–05.
2005–06 Month 6 Financial Monitoring returns.
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Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was allocated by her Department to Cheshire and Merseyside strategic health authority for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years; and what the purpose of each allocation was. [45033]
Mr. Byrne: Cheshire and Merseyside strategic health authority (SHA) was formed in 2002–03. The capital allocations made to Cheshire and Merseyside SHA for the years 2003–04 to 2005–06 are shown in the table.
| 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational capital | 39,082 | 43,885 | 49,038 |
| Access fund | 5,603 | 5,603 | 5,603 |
| Strategic capital | 37,805 | 41,940 | 50,589 |
| Total | 82,490 | 91,428 | 105,230 |
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1. Strategic capital is allocated for prioritisation by the SHA across the health economy. Strategic capital is allocated to NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) for larger capital projects facilitating strategic change. 2. Operational capital is allocated directly to NHS trusts and PCTs within the SHA health economy for minor capital developments and equipment replacement. 3. The access fund is allocated to the SHA to reward progress against access targets within the patch.
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA has received revenue allocations for its running costs of £4.7 million in 2003–04, £5.1 million in 2004–05 and £5.4 million in 2005–06. This funding is to cover the day-to-day operational management and running of the SHA to allow it to carry out its responsibilities and functions.
In addition, revenue allocations are made to PCTs to enable them to commission health care for their local populations. The funding covers hospital and community health services, prescribing and primary medical services. The revenue allocations for 2003–06 and 2006–08 for PCTs in the Cheshire and Merseyside SHA are shown in the tables.
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