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Services Commissioning
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been produced for strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in commissioning services through the NHS and Social Care Conditions Model; and if she will make a statement. [92295]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: On 13 July 2006, the Department published “Health Reform in England: update and commissioning framework”. This document and its supporting annexe provided detailed guidance to strategic health authorities and primary care trusts on commissioning. The commissioning framework set out how commissioning will be strengthened through greater clinical and community engagement, better information, a range of new incentives and levers for commissioners, and through developing commissioners’ capacity and capability. It included a
particular focus on commissioning for hospital services covered by patient choice and the payment by results tariff.
A second phase of the commissioning framework is currently being developed for publication at the end of the year. This will focus on strengthening commissioning for improved health and wellbeing and the joint commissioning relationship between health and social care. It will particularly emphasise how services for people with long-term conditions should be commissioned and will include a review of social care commissioning.
Specialist Falls Services
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals have a specialist falls service. [92291]
Mr. Ivan Lewis:
The information requested is not held centrally. A national audit of falls and bone health
services produced by the Royal College of Physicians in January 2006 found that 74 per cent. of trusts in England are part of a co-ordinated, integrated, multi-professional, multi- agency service for falls. The audit also found that 47 per cent. of acute hospitals and 57 per cent. of day hospitals had an operational base for the specialist falls service.
Waiting Lists
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people on NHS waiting lists there were in each of the last 20 years; [93887]
(2) how many patients waited more than six months for inpatient treatment in each of the last 20 years. [93839]
Andy Burnham: The figures requested are shown in the table.
| Inpatient waiting list statistics: England, 1988 to 2006 | |||||
| Total number of patients waiting for admission | Number of patients waiting over six months for inpatient admission | ||||
| Month ending | Provider based | Commissioner based | Provider based | Commissioner based | |
| Notes: 1. Before September 1987 waiting list excluded day case patients. 2. Waiting times figures not collected prior to 1987-88. 3. From April 2006, data collected in weeks and figures relate to patients waiting over 26 weeks. 4. Provider based figures include Welsh residents treated in English NHS Trusts. These patients are not subject to English waiting time standards. Source: KH07 provider based return and QF01 commissioner based return. | |||||
Wanless Report
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she will implement the recommendations of the Wanless Report on “Securing Good Care for Older People” and if she will make a statement. [96450]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department welcomed the publication of “Securing Good Care for Older People”, the King’s Fund review led by Sir Derek Wanless into long-term social care for older people in England.
The report is an important starting point that we need to feed into our work on the 2007 comprehensive spending review. To inform this work we are bringing in external experts. We are delighted that Sir Derek Wanless has agreed to be one of these experts.
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