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Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether further ward closures are planned at Southport and Ormskirk hospital trust sites in the next 12 months. [56402]
Mr. Byrne: This is a matter for Southport and Ormskirk hospital national health service trust, in partnership with local stakeholders.
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average percentage level of bed utilisation was in (a) Southport and Ormskirk hospital trust and (b) all acute hospitals in the Cheshire and Merseyside strategic health authority area in the last period for which figures are available. [56403]
Mr. Byrne: The information is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows data on average bed occupancy rates for all providers in the Cheshire and Merseyside strategic health authority (SHA) area with beds open overnight.
Note:
Status: Published 30 September 2005
Source:
Department of Health form KH03
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Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to address the financial deficit of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust. [56512]
Mr. Byrne: It is the responsibility of strategic health authorities (SHAs) to deliver both overall financial balance for their local health communities and to ensure each and every organisation achieves financial balance. There is a degree of flexibility in how this is managed at a local level. SHAs can agree a recovery plan which phases the recovery of deficits over a number of years.
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital National Health Service Trust has been assessed by turnaround specialists. Following the initial assessment the trust and the SHA are agreeing a tailored package of turnaround support. This will assist the chief executive in delivering turnaround. The trust's chief executive will remain responsible for delivery of turnaround.
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the likely number of posts to be (a) made redundant and (b) restructured in (i) the Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust and (ii) each other hospital in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority if mergers are implemented. [56557]
Mr. Byrne: Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority (SHA) is developing proposals to enable national health service trusts to apply for foundation trust status by 2008. Part of this work is looking at whether the current organisational structure is best placed to meet patients' needs. There are currently no definite proposals for trust mergers in the SHA area.
Specialist Baby Care
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many babies were moved between hospitals for admittance to a special care baby unit in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire health authority area in each of the last five years. [54817]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
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Stoma Services
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding was allocated to stoma services in (a) England and (b) West Lancashire between 1997 and 2005; [56408]
(2) how much and what percentage of the NHS budget was spent on stoma services in the last year for which figures are available. [56409]
Mr. Byrne: Health bodies have the responsibility to provide stoma services from their general funding allocation. It is not possible to identify the total amount, or percentage of the national health service budget, spent on stoma services.
Waiting Lists
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made since 31 December 2005 of whether any patient will have to wait more than six months for in-patient treatment in 2006; [49655]
(2) what recent assessment has been made of the maximum waiting time for an NHS in-patient operation. [56467]
Jane Kennedy [holding answer 7 February 2006]: The NHS now has an operating standard of six months for in-patient treatment. The Department routinely monitors performance against this standard and the relevant data is available on the Department's website at: www.performance.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes/index.htm.
When the NHS Plan was published in July 2000, more than a quarter of a million patients were waiting over six months for in-patient treatment. Data published earlier this month for end January 2006 showed that this figure had fallen to just 74. However, any breaches of the waiting time standards are unacceptable and the Department will continue to work closely to support the small number of NHS organisations where patients are waiting over six months.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Aggravated Burglary
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been prosecuted for aggravated burglary in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [56366]
Mr. Hanson: Table 1 provides prosecution figures for the calendar years 1994 to 2003. Data beyond 2003 is currently not available.
The figures provided cover prosecutions for a range of offences related to aggravated burglary including 'aggravated burglary with intent to steal', 'aggravated burglary with intent to commit grievous bodily harm', 'aggravated burglary with intent to cause unlawful damage', 'aggravated burglary and stealing' and 'aggravated burglary and inflicting grievous bodily harm'.
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Figures are collated on a principal offence basis, thus where more than one offence is heard per court sitting, only the most serious offence (based on that attracting the most severe penalty) is recorded.
| Number of prosecutions | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 37 |
| 1995 | 15 |
| 1996 | 36 |
| 1997 | 41 |
| 1998 | 28 |
| 1999 | 22 |
| 2000 | 27 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 21 |
Belfast Docks (Taxis)
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the extent of the co-operation between the Department of the Environment tax enforcement branch and the Belfast harbour police regarding the regulation of taxi hiring upon the arrival of cruise vessels at Belfast docks. [57059]
Angela E. Smith: The Department have no powers to enforce legal requirements governing the use of taxis on lands owned by Belfast harbour commissioners, as these lands are not regulated by powers granted to the Department under the Road Traffic (NI) Orders 1981 and 1995. Taxi enforcement officers attached to the Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency have provided advice and assistance to Belfast harbour police on several occasions during recent years regarding the operation of taxis collecting passengers from cruise vessels at Belfast docks and in the clarifying of legal arrangements.
Broadband
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which schools in Northern Ireland do not have broadband internet access. [57286]
Angela E. Smith: There are six schools in Northern Ireland which do not have broadband internet access. The Department of Education does not hold information relating to broadband access in the 19 independent schools.
These schools are only recently established or are to move premises soon.
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