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NHS Information Technology
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she has taken to achieve adoption and acceptance of the NHS IT programme by trust executives since 2002; and what estimate she has made of future levels of adoption. [76387]
Caroline Flint: Following publication of the strategy ‘Delivering 21(st) Century IT support for the NHS’, the NHS chief executive wrote to the chief executives of all national health service bodies in September 2003 explaining their responsibilities for implementing the national programme for information technology (NPfTT) and for using programme contracts.
Local
programmes, led by trust executives and supported from the Department,
have always been at the heart of implementation, taking responsibility
for planning the pace and sequence of deployments. In addition, the
Department has routinely used its planning and performance management
regime to support local implementation of the national programme. For
example, during 2004 annual planning round, the NHS were provided with
targets relating to the planning and implementation of the programme.
Similarly, in June 2005, the Department wrote to all strategic health
authority (SHA) chief executives requiring the establishment of
integrated service improvement programmes as a vehicle for bringing
together benefits and improvements from current NHS initiatives and
programmes, including NPfTT. In November 2005 the Department’s
delivery director reiterated the importance of giving close attention
to issues relating to delivery of the programme, and that
implementation and use of NPfIT systems and services should be one of
the key priorities of all NHS
organisations.
The new SHA and primary care trust chief executives will in future be the senior responsible owners for implementation of the national programme in their areas.
We remain on track to complete the national programme, as planned, by 2010.
NHS IT Support
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the contracting timetable in paragraph 4.4.1 of her Delivering 21st century IT support for the NHS, how many of those procurements have been made; when they were made; from whom; and what the value is of the contract in each case. [75129]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is shown in the tables. Contract values are for the whole life of the contract.
| Procurement | When | Contractor | Value (£ million) |
| (1)
Contract subsequently terminated in March 2004 and re-let to Cable and
Wireless in July 2004 at a contract value of between £50 million
and £90 million depending on take-up. (2 )No
separate procurement. Functionality specified in all core National
Programme for Information Technology system
contracts. (3) Procured as the Secondary Uses Service
as part of the Spine
contract. | |||
| NeLH components | |
| Section/lot | Contractor |
NHS Staff
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average earnings were of a (a) doctor, (b) dentist and (c) nurse in (i) 1979, (ii) 1997 and (iii) the most recent period for which figures are available, in (A) nominal and (B) real terms. [76970]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The available information is shown in the following tables. Table one shows the average earnings of doctors in the hospital and community health services and of qualified nurses and midwives in 1998 and 2004 based on the national health service staff earnings survey. This data is not available prior to 1998. Table two shows the intended average net income for general medical practitioners in 1979-80 and 1997-98 and their estimated average net income in 2004-05. Table three shows average general dental service (CDS) income for dentists with a reasonable CDS commitment in 1997-98 and 2004-05. Figures are not available on a comparable basis for previous years.
| Table 1:Average estimated total earnings for all doctors in the hospital and community health services and qualified nurses and midwives, England | ||||
| Estimated annualised average total earnings (£) | ||||
| 1998 | 2004 | |||
| Nominal | Real terms | Nominal | Real terms | |
| Notes: 1. The NHS earnings survey is based on a sample of payroll data from approximately 50 per cent. of NHS trusts. 2. Earnings figures are based on monthly payments in August, multiplied by 12 to give annual equivalent amounts. 3. Averages are calculated by dividing total payments by total full time equivalents. 4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100. 5. Real term figures are calculated using the HM Treasury GDP Deflator Index using 2006-07 as the base year. Source: Information Centre for health and social care NHS staff earnings survey. | ||||
| Table 2:Intended average net income (IANI)( 1) for general practitioners (GPs), 1979-80 and 1997-98, and estimated average net income (ANI), 2004-05, Great Britain | ||
| IANI (Nominal) (£) | IANI (in 2004-05 prices) (£) | |
| Estimated ANI £ | Estimated ANI in 2004-05 prices £ | |
| (1)
The concept of IANI (which related to all principal general medical
service (GMS) GP’s, full-time and part-time) disappeared for
2004-05 onwards, when new contractual arrangements came into
place. (2) The 2004-05 average net income figure for GMS/primary medical service GPs was estimated by the joint DH/BMA/NHS Employers Technical Steering Committee (TSC). It is not directly comparable with the earlier IANI series. Source: The Information Centre for heath and social care. | ||
| Table 3: Estimated average general dental service (CDS) net income for dentists with a reasonable CDS commitment( 1) , 1997-98 to 2004-05, England and Wales | ||
| Estimated average net income (Nominal) (£) | Estimated average net income (in 2004-05 prices) (£) | |
| (1)
Dentists with a reasonable commitment to the GDS are defined as
dentists with CDS earnings equivalent to at least £40,000 in
1993-94 in fees for treatments and patient capitation. This equivalent
is calculated each year by adjusting figures to take into account the
effect of fee increases. The equivalent figure for 2004-05 is
£59,100. Notes: 1. Commitment payments started in 2001. 2. Figures since 2000-01 use a different methodology to calculate the contribution from other non-fee/capitation payments. 3. Figures prior to 1997-98 are not available on a comparable basis. 4. The income figures cover both estimated fees for treatments and patient capitation as well as other estimated payments such as seniority payments and commitment payments and payments for maternity and sickness. They exclude dentists’ income from private sources. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care | ||
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS posts have been vacant for more than three months since January, broken down by strategic health authority. [78359]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The latest information available on the three month vacancy rate and number for non-medical and medical staff by strategic health authority has been placed in the Library.
Nursing Staff
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) community matrons, (b) health visitors and (c) school nurses have been appointed in each primary care trust area in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [67421]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The number of community matrons, health visitors and school nurses in post in primary care trusts (PCTs) at September 2005 is shown in the table.
| Headcount | |
| Health visitors (England) | |
The number of health visitors has increased by 2,793 (28 per cent.) since 1997.
School nurses were collected for the first time in the 2003 census. However, the data was incomplete as only 27 per cent. of PCTs coded staff using the new school nursing codes.
The table shows the increase in school nurses since 2004.
| England | Headcount | Full time equivalent | |||
| Total qualified school nursing nurses | of which qualified school nurses | of which full-time | Total qualified school nursing nurses | of which qualified school nurses | |
There were 943 (665 full-time equivalent) nurses who held a school nursing qualification in 2005 an increase of 87 (10 per cent.) since 2004.
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