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The most common ground (96 per cent. of all abortions) was that the pregnancy had not exceeded its 24th week and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in (a) Essex and (b) Bedford and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority had an abortion in 2005 who had already had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five or more previous abortions. [88546]


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Caroline Flint: The information is set out in the following table.

Number of previous terminations(1) among women resident in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and Essex Strategic Health Authorities having terminations in 2005

Number of previous terminations
SHA 0 1 2 3 4 and more ( 2) Total

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

3,484

1,302

297

83

41

5,207

Essex

3,463

1,146

325

84

29

50,47

(1) This is across the duration of a woman’s reproductive life-cycle (approximately ages 15-49)
(2) Group shown for totals 10 or more, in accordance with guidance from the Office for National Statistics

Access to Work Scheme

Roger Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07. [82228]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department does not collect the numbers of disabled staff receiving adaptations and equipment paid for by access to work.

The Office of Disability Issues will be monitoring the situation to ensure that there is no detriment to current and future employees who are disabled.

Accident and Emergency Services

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2006, Official Report, column 1548W, on accident and emergency services, if she will list the hospitals in each category. [88835]

Ms Rosie Winterton: National health service trusts self-report the number of accident and emergency (A and E) services they provide against definitions set by the Department for the three types of A and E. The Department does not collect information at the level of individual hospitals. My reply on 7 June 2006, Official Report, column 707W, on A and E services, gave the number of A and E departments, by trust and by type.

Accident Reporting

Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of greater commercial pressures on healthcare providers in the NHS on the reporting of accidents and systems failure. [85279]

Andy Burnham: The Department has not undertaken a formal assessment. However, patient safety and clinical quality remain, at the heart of the national health service reforms and the changes will strengthen the incentives on provider organisations to improve the clinical quality of the services they offer to patients. Experience from leading-edge organisations in the United Kingdom and other countries shows that safe care is also efficient care.


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The responsible regulator will be assessing all providers against core standards of safety and quality. This assessment will include ensuring that providers have robust processes for continuous improvement of their safety, including local reporting and analysis of patient safety incidents and full participation in the national reporting and learning system. The National Patient Safety Agency will continue to work with NHS trusts to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement; reporting patient adverse events and near misses is a key component of that culture.

Commissioners may also wish to incorporate quality standards in their contracts with providers, and we will be publishing information on quality indicators to help inform patient choice. These could in future include objective measures of patient safety and clinical outcomes. Extensive comparable information on the quality and safety of care will give patients and commissioners a real understanding of the quality and services available.

Acute Trusts

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the acute trusts which have ended 2005-06 financial year in deficit; how much she expects the deficit outturn to be; and what proportion of overall turnover that figure represents. [87489]

Andy Burnham: The information requested is provided in the table.

The 2005-06 provisional unaudited financial position of all national health service organisations (strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and NHS trusts) was announced on 7 June and is available in the Library.


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2005-06 provisional outturn—NHS acute trusts in deficit
Organisation name Provisional outturn turnover (£000) Provisional outturn under/(over) spend (£000) Provisional outturn under/(over) spend as a percentage of turnover (percentage)

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

160,360

(40,834)

(25.5)

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

207,874

(28,284)

(13.6)

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

272,036

(24,064)

(8.8)

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

246,308

(22,380)

(9.1)

South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust

318,143

(21,395)

(6.7)

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

89,628

(19,692)

(22.0)

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

133,005

(19,199)

(14.4)

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hosp NHS Trust

333,744

(16,009)

(4.8)

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

153,492

(15,765)

(10.3)

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

238,999

(15,687)

(6.6)

Whipps Cross University Hosp NHS Trust

176,071

(15,602)

(8.9)

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

288,929

(15,145)

(5.2)

University Hospital of North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust

299,693

(14,985)

(5.0)

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

300,603

(14,589)

(4.9)

South Warwickshire Gen Hosps NHS Trust

85,002

(13,827)

(16.3)

The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust

98,278

(13,394)

(13.6)

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust

178,147

(12,812)

(7.2)

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

334,253

(12,268)

(3.7)

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

189,152

(12,142)

(6.4)

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

168,281

(11,905)

(7.1)

Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust

101,355

(11,887)

(11.7)

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

98,022

(11,833)

(12.1)

Brighton and Sussex Univ Hosps NHS Trust

311,858

(11,290)

(3.6)

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Trust

99,222

(10,986)

(11.1)

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

138,955

(10,623)

(7.6)

Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust

222,056

(9,423)

(4.2)

West Middlesex University NHS Trust

103,046

(9,024)

(8.8)

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

252,053

(8,994)

(3.6)

The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

149,139

(8,805)

(5.9)

North Middlesex University Hosp NHS Trust

127,691

(8,166)

(6.4)

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

77,056

(7,961)

(10.3)

Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust

169,011

(7,560)

(4.5)

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

166,012

(7,338)

(4.4)

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

83,281

(7,294)

(8.8)

Weston Area Health NHS Trust

68,733

(6,989)

(10.2)

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

74,271

(6,535)

(8.8)

Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust

195,801

(6,357)

(3.2)

Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust

113,492

(5,972)

(5.3)

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

123,514

(5,857)

(4.7)

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

161,102

(5,847)

(3.6)

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hosps NHS Trust

313,991

(5,737)

(1.8)

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

246,880

(4,975)

(2.0)

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

223,811

(4,864)

(2.2)

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hosps NHS Trust

166,656

(3,691)

(2.2)

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

103,169

(3,470)

(3.4)

Winchester and Eastleigh Hlthcre NHS Trust

120,955

(3,045)

(2.5)

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

164,553

(2,907)

(1.8)

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

353,928

(2,606)

(0.7)

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

291,403

(1,932)

(0.7)

Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust

158,922

(1,439)

(0.9)

West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust

108,859

(998)

(0.9)

Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust

157,556

(835)

(0.5)

Note: Turnover is total operating income Source: 2005-06 month 12 financial monitoring returns

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