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Palliative Care
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total amount of Government spending on (a) palliative care and (b) hospices was in each of the last 30 years. [45569]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department does not collect the data requested. The level of funding given to local hospices is a matter for discussion between the commissioning primary care trust and the hospice.
Parkinson's Disease
Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of funding has been for patients suffering from Parkinson's disease in Bedfordshire in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [47356]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Primary care trusts, in partnership with local stakeholders, have the responsibility for deciding what services to provide for their populations, including those with Parkinson's disease. They are best placed to understand the health needs of the communities that they serve and have responsibility for commissioning services to meet that need.
Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations her Department has received regarding funding for Parkinson's disease nurse specialists in Bedfordshire; and if she will make a statement. [47358]
Ms Rosie Winterton: I am not aware of any representations made to the Department regarding funding for Parkinson's disease nurse specialists in Bedfordshire.
Patient and Public Involvement Resource Centre
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations have responsibility for (a) setting up and (b) running the patient and public involvement resource centre; and on what date she expects the resource centre to begin its work. [50826]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 13 February 2006]: The Department is responsible for setting up the patient and public involvement resource centre. We are currently finalising the contract and until the procurement process is complete we are unable to provide further details as they are commercially sensitive.
We expect the successful provider to commence work soon. A press notice will be issued as soon as the contract has been awarded.
Patients Forums
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how administrative support will be given to patients' forums after forum support organisation contracts end. [50825]
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Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 13 February 2006]: This is being considered as part of the review of patient and public involvement, which will be completed by April.
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what effect the ongoing reappraisal by her Department of the NHS Private Finance Initiative programme has had on her Department's support for the proposals for the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust as laid down in its outline business case. [48416]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The NHS in England: the operating framework for 2006/7" was published on 26 January. The trust, with its local health partners, will now need to revalidate the approval parameters for the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation National Health Service Trust private finance initiative scheme and confirm they take account of the current reforms to the national health service. They will be asked to respond to a range of questions from the Department concerning factors such as long-term affordability, assumptions on efficiency gains and income growth, liquidity, activity shift and reference cost. The conclusions will need to be ratified by the Department before the scheme can proceed to financial close.
PFI Project
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what costs incurred by the preferred bidder on the Barts and the London NHS trust private finance initiative project would require to be returned if the project were not to proceed. [50462]
Jane Kennedy: As with all such contractual arrangements, the amount of liability, if any, would be subject to agreement and negotiation at some time in the future, should the project not proceed.
Primary Care Trusts
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much central Government funding was received by (a) Tendring and (b) Colchester primary care trusts in each of the last five years; and what average amount was received by primary care trusts in England for each of those years. [52245]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Funding received is shown in the table.
Notes:
1. Funding is the sum of net parliamentary funding and income from the Department. Funding from other Government Departments cannot be separately identified.
2. Primary care trusts were not fully established until 2003–04. In earlier years health authorities continued to receive funding and be responsible for the commissioning of health care services, with devolution to primary care trusts occurring at different rates, hence figures cannot be directly compared.
3. Funding allocations to primary care trusts are based largely on weighted populations so direct comparisons are not necessarily appropriate.
Source:
Audited primary care trust summarisation schedules.
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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding her Department provides to run the MRI scanner at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. [49056]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested. We allocate funding to primary care trusts on the basis of the relative needs of their populations.
It is for primary care trusts (PCTs) in partnership with strategic health authorities and other local stakeholders to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, tackling health inequalities and modernising services.
For the current financial year, Shropshire County PCT has been allocated £276 million, a cash increase of £23 million over the previous year, which equates to 9.16 per cent. Telford and Wrekin PCT has been allocated £153 million, a cash increase of £16 million, or £11.69 per cent.
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much VAT the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital paid the Exchequer for drugs purchased by the hospital in (a) 2001, (b) 2003 and (c) 2005. [50087]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held centrally.
Value added tax is not separately identified within the National Health Service summarisation schedules or accounts submitted to the Department.
Sex Change Operations
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have sought to have their sex change operations reversed since 1995. [50853]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not centrally available.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the redevelopment of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. [51018]
Jane Kennedy:
The North East London Strategic Health Authority recently commissioned an independent review looking at the redevelopment of St. Bartholomew's in the context of existing cancer and
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cardiac capacity in London. We have now received the report and ministers must now consider the full findings of the review.
The national health service in East London has already seen record investment since 1997. We are committed to continuing to deliver improvement to NHS services in this part of London. As soon as ministers have considered the full findings of the review, we will work quickly with the local NHS to finalise consideration of the business case for the Barts and the London private finance initiative scheme.
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