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Peterborough and Stamford Trust
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost to the public purse has been of private sector consultants engaged by Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust to ameliorate that trust’s financial deficit since1 April 2005; and if she will make a statement; [96883]
(2) what resources have been made available for bereavement counselling in 2006-07 in the Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust area; and if she will make a statement. [97358]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: These are matters for the chair of Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust, Dr. Clive Morton OBE. I have written to Dr. Morton informing him of your inquiries. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.
PFI
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2006, Official Report, column 2099W, on the private finance initiative, what outstanding issues of (a) affordability and (b) capacity are preventing a decision on the private finance initiative review by the Treasury of Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust scheme from being more swiftly expedited; and if she will make a statement. [99413]
Andy Burnham: The East of England strategic health authority are now considering the full business case for the Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust private finance initiative scheme. It is expected that the FBC will be available for the Department to review by the end of the year. Production of an FBC is in the normal course of business and is a step that must be taken by all trusts with PFI schemes in order to transparently demonstrate, among other aspects, that the capacity and affordability assumptions underpinning a scheme are robust. The particular concerns that the FBC will need to address are that the future income generation assumptions from the release of assets consequent on the scheme are sound, and that bed number assumptions are compatible with the economy wide capacity planning being undertaken by the SHA.
Physiotherapists
Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new NHS jobs have been created in physiotherapy in (a) Liverpool, (b) Wirral and (c) Cheshire in each of the last five years. [94894]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the format requested. The table shows the number of qualified physiotherapy staff working in the former Cheshire and Merseyside strategic health authority area.
| National health service hospital and community health services: qualified physiotherapy staff as at 30 September 2001 to 2005 | |
| Headcount | |
| Notes: The Information Centre for health and social care, non-medical workforce census | |
Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) research she has carried out and (b) assessment she has made of the effect of agenda for change on job and career progression opportunities for graduate and junior physiotherapists. [94895]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The national health service staff council has the responsibility for monitoring the implementation of agenda for change and the effects on NHS staff. This is carried out through its sub groups which include an equality and diversity group, job evaluation consistency checking group and the knowledge and skills framework group. The Department has carried out no separate research in this area.
Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many physiotherapist posts there are in the NHS; and what estimate she has made of the number of posts which will be available to new graduate physiotherapists in each of the next three years; [95661]
(2) how many physiotherapists graduated in each of the last five years; and how many physiotherapist (a) posts and (b) vacancies there were in the NHS in each year. [95662]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the numberof physiotherapist posts, and the number of physiotherapists who have graduated each year is not collected centrally.
The three-month vacancy rate, vacancy number and the number of physiotherapy staff for 2006 and in each of the last five years are shown in the following table.
Radiotherapy
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into radiotherapy damage as a result of radiotherapy treatment. [94928]
Andy Burnham: No recent research has been directly commissioned or evaluated by the Department. Research continues in this field to improve cure rates and minimise normal tissue complications. Contributors in the United Kingdom to such continuing research include the National Cancer Research Institute, Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK and the Academic Clinical Oncology Radiotherapy Research Network. Patient safety is a priority for the Department and the national health service.
Severance Packages
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department has issued to NHS trusts on the publication of the details of severance packages for chief executives. [95885]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Guidance on the publication of remuneration details of senior national health service staff, including chief executives, is included under chapter 2 “Annual Report of the NHS Finance Manual” which is available on the Department's website at: www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/finman.nsf
Sleep Apnoea
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has issued guidance to NHS trusts about their potential liability relating to decisions not to provide continuous positive airways pressure equipment to those patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea; and if she will make a statement. [97388]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: No. It is for the NHS locally to commission services for the people they serve, informed by clinical judgment of the actual needs and any advice they have from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). NICE has not yet completed its consideration of continuous positive airway pressure for people with sleep apnoea.
Staffordshire Ambulance Service
Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment the Prime Minister has made of the recent removal of (a) ResQPOD heart resuscitation equipment from Staffordshire ambulances and (b) emergency response medicines from Staffordshire ambulance first responders; and if she will make a statement. [95898]
Ms Rosie Winterton: These are local matters for the Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the likely outturn expenditure against plans of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for 2006-07. [94100]
Andy Burnham: I am advised by the chairman of Monitor (whose statutory name is the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts) that Stockport NHS foundation trust has forecast in its annual plan that it will achieve break-even in 2006-07. In the first quarter of 2006-07, the trust was on track to achieve the planned full year out-turn. Both the trust’s annual plan and the quarterly monitoring results for the foundation trust sector are publicly available on Monitor’s website at www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk.
Strategic Health Authorities
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of recent changes to the training budgets managed by strategic health authorities. [94600]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Some strategic health authorities have not yet finalised their education and training budgets following the issue of overall allocations to them in July. We will analyse the outcome of their expenditure in due course.
Strokes
Mr. Skinner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have had strokes in (a) England and (b) the East Midlands in the last 10 years. [96995]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.
Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust
Laura Moffatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are expected to be made redundant at the Surrey and Sussex NHS trust in the financial year 2006-07. [94968]
Ms Rosie Winterton: This is an issue for the local national health service.
University Hospital of Hartlepool
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to the University hospital of Hartlepool accident and emergency department in each of the last five years. [94089]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information for the University hospital of Hartlepool is shown in the table.
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