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Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the per capita funding for (a) Colchester and (b) Tendring Primary Care Trust was in each year since 1997; what the national average was in each year; and if she will make a statement. [68894]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Revenue allocations were first made to primary care trusts in 2003-04. Prior to this, funding was allocated to health authorities (HAs).
Funding per head of population in each year since 1997-98 for Colchester PCT, Tendring PCT, the former North Essex HA and the national average is shown in the following table.
| Funding per head of population | ||||
| £ | ||||
| Colchester PCT | Tendring PCT | North Essex HA | England average | |
| Notes: It is not possible to compare allocations rounds for the following reasons: 1. organisational changes and changes made to the weighted capitation formula for each allocations round, mean that comparisons between allocations rounds would not be on a like with like basis; 2. services for which PCTs are responsible for funding change over time. For example, 2006-07 is the first year that primary medical services were incorporated into revenue allocations. |
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial outturn for the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust has been in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. [68895]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Surplus/(deficit) (£000) | |
| Source: Audited summarisation schedules of the Essex Rivers Healthcare National Health Service Trust |
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for (a) in-patient and (b) out-patient treatment at Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust was in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [68896]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following table shows mean and median times waited in days based on elective finished admission episodes, waiting list and booked cases, at Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust for each year since 1997-98 to 2004-05 which is the latest data available. However, data on outpatient treatment times is not held centrally.
| Waiting time in days | ||
| Mean | Median | |
| Notes: Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. Time Waited (days) Time waited statistics from hospital episode statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension. Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data that is the data is ungrossed. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care |
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners per capita there were in (a) Colchester and (b) Tendring Primary Care Trust in each year since 1997; what the average ratio was for primary care trusts in each year; and if she will make a statement. [68899]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Data relating to the number of general medical practitioners, which excludes retainers and registrars, one per 100,000 head of population, for Essex Strategic Health Authority and specified primary care trusts from 1997-2005 are shown in the table.
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the star rating that the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust received for the number of cancelled operations was due to (a) clinical and (b) administrative causes; how many cancelled operations there were in (a) 2005-06 and (b) each of the previous 10 years; and if she will make a statement. [68900]
Andy Burnham: Essex Rivers Healthcare National Health Service Trust was given the lowest band of performance by the Healthcare Commission for the cancelled operations performance indicator in the 2004-05 star ratings. The Trust cancelled 2.97 per cent. of operations at the last minute for non-clinical reasons. Trusts that cancelled fewer than 0.5 per cent. of operations were given a score of five (good), trusts that cancelled fewer than 1.5 per cent. of operations were given a score of three and all other trusts were given a score of one (poor) by the Commission.
Requested information on cancelled operations is shown in the table.
| Cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons—Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust (RDE) | |
| Number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons in the quarter | |
| Notes: Data were collected by Health Authority only prior to 2001-02. Trust level data were collected from 2001-02 onwards. Data for 2005-06 are not yet available. 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 quarterly monitoring of cancelled operations 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. |
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