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Patient Deaths
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patient deaths there were in each of the last three years (a) during operations and (b) post-operatively. [47833]
Jane Kennedy: The specific information as requested is not collected centrally.
Physiotherapy Services
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the waiting time for emergency physiotherapy in the (a) Brighton and (b) Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust area was in the latest period for which figures are available; [48261]
(2) what the waiting time for non-urgent physiotherapy in the (a) Brighton and (b) Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust area was in the latest period for which figures are available. [48262]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Recombinant Factor VIII
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what period of time her Department plans to fund recombinant Factor VIII for use by haemophiliacs in the UK. [49699]
Caroline Flint [holding answer 7 February 2006]: Department officials have been closely monitoring the implementation of the recombinant roll-out programme over the past two years. The Government remains committed to this programme and we are currently considering options for future funding of this important treatment.
Sexual Health
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government have allocated for its publicity campaign on sexually transmitted diseases; and when it will begin. [49798]
Caroline Flint:
Our current plans are to aim to launch the new sexual health campaign later in 2006. The campaign will be funded from the additional monies announced for sexual health over three years as a result of the Choosing Health White Paper to modernise and transform sexual health in England.
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Turnaround Teams
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she allocated to the external commercial turnaround expertise sent to the Kennett and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; and from what budget this funding will be drawn; what the remit is and by what criteria she will judge its success. [46892]
Jane Kennedy [holding answer 31 January 2006]: The turnaround teams were announced in a ministerial statement on 1 December 2005, Official Report, column 37WS. The teams will comprise of experts with a mix of commercial and national health service turnaround skills.
The first stage of this is a baseline assessment, the aim of which is to ensure there is an agreed understanding of the local financial problem and that actions are in hand to address this.
The contract for the baseline assessment was awarded to consultants KPMG. Kennett and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust's (PCT) assessment was included in this assessment. The value of this contract is commercial in confidence.
Following the baseline assessment a tailored package of turnaround support will be agreed by the local NHS. The first three months of a turnaround director at the PCT will be funded by the Department. The remit is to support the local management enable the PCT to deliver its statutory duties, including financial balance, and key national targets.
I envisage that the turnaround teams will be needed to the end of 2006–07, when I expect the NHS to have returned to financial balance.
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many financial directors have been removed from (a) NHS trusts and (b) strategic health authorities as a direct result of findings following visits from turnaround teams in the past two years and how many in each case have been removed to date in 2005–06. [47392]
Jane Kennedy: The information requested is not held centrally.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost is of the turnaround work in the NHS in (a) England, (b) York and (c) North Yorkshire. [46885]
Jane Kennedy: The turnaround teams were announced in a ministerial statement on 1 December 2005, Official Report, column 37WS. The teams will comprise of experts with a mix of commercial and national health service turnaround skills.
The first stage of this is a baseline assessment, the aim of which is to ensure there is an agreed understanding of the local financial problem and that actions are in hand to address this.
Selby and York primary care trust (PCT), Yorkshire Wolds and Coast PCT and Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT are included in this assessment. The value of the contract to run the baseline assessment exercise is commercial in confidence.
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A national programme office, to coordinate the turnaround programme, has been established; its value is also commercial in confidence.
Following the baseline assessment a tailored package of turnaround support will be agreed with each organisation. The costs will depend on the packages of support agreed.
Vulnerable Adults
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many checks against the protection of vulnerable adults list were made in the last year for which figures are available; and what the average time taken to respond to each check was in the last period for which figures are available. [44899]
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Mr. Byrne: The Criminal Records Bureau's (CRB) standard and enhanced disclosures will include a check against the protection of vulnerable adults (POVA) list where this is requested on the application form. The total number of disclosures issued in 2005 containing a check against the POVA list was 1,366,698. The CRB service standards are to process 93 per cent. of standard disclosure applications within two weeks and 90 per cent. of enhanced disclosure applications within four weeks.
I understand from the CRB, that there are no figures available to determine the average time taken to process a POVA check because the check forms part of the overall internal CRB disclosure process and figures are not collated centrally.