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As at 31 March each year
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Core DH

3,809

3,390

2,964

2,189

2,364

NHS Pensions Agency

466

268

258

Medicine and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency

747

781

863

Medical Devices Agency

156

Medicines Control Agency

574

519

NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency (PASA)

309

328

332

328

NHS Estates

435

390

375

314

Total

5,724

5,032

4,672

3,616

3,555


For special health authorities and non-departmental public bodies of the Department, we can only provide information from 2004-05 onwards. Obtaining the figures from earlier years would involve carrying out a collection exercise from numerous individual bodies and would incur disproportionate costs.


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WTE
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Healthcare Commission

771

771

771

Mental Health Act Commission

36

43

43

Monitor

28

28

28

Commission for Social Care Inspection

2,622

2,492

2,335

Human Fertility and Embryology Authority

106

103

79

Human Tissue Authority

16

20

Commission for Regulation of Healthcare Professionals

11

11

11

General Social Care Council

262

262

234

Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board

36

67

50

Dental Vocational Training Authority

32

National Institute Clinical Excellence

230

217

226

National Patients Safety Agency

238

281

281

Health Protection Agency

3,144

3,287

3,268

National Biological Standards Board

308

313

318

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse

88

126

132

Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health

189

118

118

National Blood Authority (including BPL)

5,599

6,155

6,110

UK Transplant (merger into NHSBT)

121

NHS Litigation Authority

166

155

155

NHS Appointments Commission

51

58

57

Health and Social Care Information Centre

366

366

366

Dental Practice Board (See below part of British Service Authority (BSA))

Prescription Pricing Authority (See following part of BSA)

NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (See following part of BSA)

NHS Pensions Agency(See following part of BSA)

Business Services Authority

2580

3,084

2,082

NHS Logistics

1,462

1,462

NHS Direct

3,461

3,461

NHS Professionals

807

742

871

NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation

170

170

170

National Programme for IT/Connecting for Health

786

605

605

Total

23,641

24,393

18,330


Emergency Readmissions

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to question 90302, what assessment she has made of the reasons behind the trend in the rate of 28-day emergency readmissions since quarter one of 2002-03. [90978]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Patients may be readmitted within 28 days of a previous admission for a wide variety of reasons unconnected with that earlier episode of care. Preliminary analysis suggests that the rise in readmissions is not confined to particular specialities. The Department has commissioned the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development to analyse the data further to see what conclusions can be drawn.

Event Monitor Hypoxia Study

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will ensure that medical information stored in special case files held by Professor David Southall as part of the NHS-funded research relating to the Event Monitor Hypoxia Study and continuous negative extrathoracic pressure is copied into the patients’ NHS medical files; and if she will make a statement. [90582]

Andy Burnham: Decisions about disclosure of medical information to clinicians for incorporation within medical records are the responsibility of the individuals to whom the findings relate. Researchers owe these individuals a duty of confidentiality. They are expected to clarify (either in advance, or where practicable, through subsequent contact with affected research participants) whether the individuals consent to the disclosure of the relevant information.

Funding (Warrington)

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much capital funding has been received by Warrington hospital in each year since 1997; and which projects have been funded as a result. [91056]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much health funding has been spent in Warrington per head of population in each year since 1997. [91057]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested. However, expenditure per head for Warrington primary care trust is shown in the following table.


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Warrington primary care trust
Expenditure per head (£)

2002-03

815.42

2003-04

986.72

2004-05

1,056.59

Notes:
1. Warrington primary care trust did not come into existence until 1 April 2002. Figures cannot be provided prior to this date as Warrington was not a specific area for accounts data.
2. Expenditure on general dental services and pharmaceutical services accounted for by the Dental Practice Board and Prescription Pricing Authority, respectively, are excluded. This expenditure cannot be included within the figures for the individual health bodies as they are not included in commissioner accounts.
Sources:
1. Audited summarisation schedules of Warrington Primary Care Trusts 2002-03 to 2004-05.
2. Population figures.

Gloucestershire Partnership Trust

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions she has had with the strategic health authority responsible for the Gloucestershire Partnership Trust on the financial situation of that trust; whether merger with another body has been considered; and how the impact of changes to the current administrative arrangements will be measured. [90755]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Discussions about finance form part of the routine activity between the Department and the strategic health authorities (SHAs) on an ongoing basis.

It is the responsibility of SHAs to deliver both overall financial balance for their local health communities and to ensure each and every organisation achieves financial balance. From 2006-07, SHAs have the responsibility to develop and implement a service and financial strategy for managing the financial position within their locality. They will develop this with primary care trusts and national health service trusts in their area.

It is for local trusts to determine the appropriate pattern of local services, including reconfiguration of services within the available resources. NHS South West SHA has advised that mergers have been considered but are not deemed appropriate at this stage.


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