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Physiotherapy

Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of physiotherapy graduates in (a) Shropshire and (b) the West Midlands gained employment in the NHS in each year since 2001. [114856]

Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not collected centrally.

PSA Targets

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which statistics are used to determine whether her Department’s public service agreement (PSA) targets have been met, broken down by PSA target; and which of these are classified as national statistics. [115344]

Andy Burnham [holding answer 15 January 2007]: The Department’s public service agreement (PSA) incorporates technical notes which contain information about the statistics used to monitor progress towards meeting the Department’s PSA targets. The technical notes are available on the Department’s website at:

A report by the independent Statistics Commission entitled “PSA Targets: the Devil in the Detail”, which was published on 20 March 2006, contains an independent analysis of each Department’s PSA targets, including notes on National Statistics classification. Copies of this report are available in the Library and can be accessed on the internet at:

Social Services

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of central Government grant to local government was for social services in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. [110572]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The provision of social services in the Tunbridge Wells area is the responsibility of Kent county council. Funding for local authorities' social service responsibilities are paid through formula grant (revenue support grant and national non-domestic rates) and specific grant. Formula grant is unhypothecated provision and decisions on the use of that grant are for local authorities to make, bearing in mind their statutory responsibilities and the wishes of their electorate. Under the provisional local government finance settlement 2007-08, Kent county
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council receives a formula grant of £228.685 million, which is an increase of 2.7 per cent. on a like for like basis. In addition, Kent will receive the following revenue grants for adult social care amounting to £42.591 million:

£ million

Access and systems capacity

13.386

Child and adolescent mental health services

1.786

Carers grants

4.353

Commission for Social Care Inspection

0.017

Delayed discharge

2.477

HR development strategy

1.082

Improving management information

0.479

Mental health grant

2.870

National training strategy

2.335

Preserved rights

12.217

Preventative technology grant

1.245

Mental Capacity Act and the independent mental capacity advocate

0.344


Statistics

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which statistics released by her Department and its agencies are classified as (a) national statistics and (b) official statistics; and if she will make a statement. [115469]

Andy Burnham: A list of the titles of all of the National Statistics produced by relevant Departments and agencies was placed in the Library on 8 January 2007 to accompany the second reading of the Statistics and Registration Bill. An equivalent list, which includes other statistical products not designated as National Statistics, was also placed on the National Statistics website at:

These lists include all regular statistics released by the Department and by the information centre for health and social care, and they include National Statistics produced by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse and by the commission for social care inspection.

In addition to the regular statistics shown in the list on the National Statistics website, the Department and its associated agencies publish a wide range of other statistical information in a variety of forms including other data produced from the management and administration of the Department and in research reports. There is no centrally held information on the total published.

We will keep under review the case for including more individual health and social care statistics in National Statistics scope.

Waiting Lists

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire waited for more than six months from GP referral for elective operations in the last period for which figures are available. [111014]


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Andy Burnham: At the end of November 2006, there were six patients waiting more than six months for in-patient treatment in Lancashire. These six patients are all in the East Lancashire Primary Care Trust area.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what average waiting times are for (a) cardiac, (b) kidney transplant and (c) liver transplant operations in (i) the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust and (ii) each NHS trust in London. [115574]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The tables show the average time waited for cardiac, kidney transplant and liver transplant operations in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge National Health Service Trust and each NHS trust in London for 2005-06. These are the latest figures available. Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust has never undertaken organ transplants.

Average time waited for cardiac, liver and kidney transplants in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust and each NHS trust in London NHS hospitals, England 2005-06
Average (median) time waited in days
Cardiac transplants Kidney transplants Liver transplants

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Trust

All other London trusts

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

8

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

8

St. Mary’s NHS Trust

St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

2

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

119

Barts and The London NHS Trust

67

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

169

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

19

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

281



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Average time waited for all cardiac operations in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust and each NHS trust in London NHS hospitals, England 2005-06
NHS trust Average (median) time waited in days

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

109

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

1

Barts and The London NHS Trust

66

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

23

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

6

Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

52

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

54

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

41

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

72

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

42

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

67

London Bridge Hospital

81

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

85

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

6

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

36

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

24

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

45

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

92

St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

47

St. Mary’s NHS Trust

69

The Harley Street Clinic

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

85

The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

65

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

154

Notes:
1. Main operation
The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g. time waited, but the figures for “all operations count of episodes” give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
The OPCS-4.2 codes for liver transplant are as follows:
J01.1 Orthotopic transplantation of liver
J01.2 Heterotopic transplantation of liver
J01.3 Replacement of previous liver transplant
J01.8 Other specified transplantation of liver
J01.9 Unspecified transplantation of liver
The OPCS-4.2 codes for kidney transplant are as follows:
M01.1 Autotransplantation of kidney
M01.2 Allotransplantation of kidney from live donor
M01.3 Allotransplantation of kidney from cadaver
M01.8 Other specified transplantation of kidney
M01.9 Unspecified transplantation of kidney
The codes for cardiac transplants in OPCS-4.2 are as follows:
K01.1 Allotransplantation of heart and lung
K01.2 Revision of transplantation of heart and lung
K01.8 Other specified transplantation of heart and lung
K01.9 Unspecified transplantation of heart and lung
K02.1 Allotransplantation of heart nec
K02.2 Xenotransplantation of heart
K02.3 Implantation of prosthetic heart
K02.4 Piggy back transplantation of heart
K02.5 Revision of implantation of prosthetic heart
K02.6 Revision of transplantation of heart nec
K02.8 Other specified other transplantation of heart
K02.9 Unspecified other transplantation of heart
The codes for all cardiac operations in OPCS-4.2 are as follows:
All chapter K: K01-K71
2. Time waited (days)
Time waited statistics from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
3. Ungrossed data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for Health and Social Care

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