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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Out-patients
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust outpatients have been discharged back to their GP for their follow-up appointment in the last 12 months. [129507]
Andy Burnham: This information is not collected centrally.
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Surgery
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out by private hospitals on behalf of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in each of the last five years. [129482]
Andy Burnham: This information is not collected centrally.
David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out by Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for (a) heart surgery, (b) ophthalmology surgery, (c) knee surgery,
(d) hip replacements and (e) urology surgery in each of the last five years; and what the average waiting time was for each category of operation in each year. [129483]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is set out in the following tables.
| Count of total procedures for selected groups of procedures for finished consultant episodes carried out in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust for 2001-02 to 2005-06—NHS Hospitals, England | |||||
| Heart surgery | Ophthalmology surgery | Knee surgery | Hip replacements | Urology surgery | |
| Notes: 1. Finished consultant episode (FCE). An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare. 2. All operations count of mentions. These figures represent a count of all mentions of an operation in any of the 12 (4 prior to 2002-03) operation fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set. Therefore, if an operation is mentioned in more than one operation field during an episode, all operations are counted. 3. 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. 4. Secondary procedure. As well as the main operative procedure, there are up to 11 (3 prior to 2002-03) secondary operation fields in HES that show secondary or additional procedures performed on the patient during the episode of care. 5. Data quality. HES are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The Information Centre for care and social services liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 6. Ungrossed data. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Codes: Provider code RWA Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust Heart surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes KOI to K71 Ophthalmology surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes C01 to C86 Knee surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes W06.3, W40, W41, W42, W70, W78.3, W82, W85, W87 Hip replacements defined by OPCS 4.2 codes W37, W38, W39, W46, W47, W48 Urology surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes M01 to M83 Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care | |||||
The following table shows the median time waited for finished in-year admission episodes with an admission method of 11 or 12 and a main operation of heart surgery at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for 2001-02 to 2005-06.
| Median (days) | Total episodes | |
| Notes: 1. Heart surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes KOI to K71 2. Admission methods 11 elective—from waiting list and 12 elective--booked | ||
The following table shows the median time waited for finished in-year admission episodes within an
admission method of 11 or 12 and a main operation of ophthalmology surgery at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for 2001-02 to 2005-06.
| Median (days) | Total episodes | |
| Notes: 1. Ophthalmology surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes C01 to C86 2. Admission methods 11 elective—from waiting list and 12 elective—booked | ||
The following table shows the median time waited for finished in-ear admission episodes within an admission method of 11 or 12 and a main operation of knee surgery at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for 2001-02 to 2005-06.
| Median (days) | Total episodes | |
| Notes: 1. Knee surgery defined by OPCS 4.2 codes W06.3, W40, W41, W42, W70, W78.3, W82, W85, W87 2. Admission methods 11 elective—from waiting list and 12 elective—booked | ||
The following table shows the median time waited for finished in-year admission episodes within an admission method of 11 or 12 and a main operation of hip replacement at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for 2001-02 to 2005-06.
| Median (days) | Total episodes | |
| Notes: 1. Hip replacements defined by OPCS 4.2 codes W37, W38, W39, W46, W47, W48 2. Admission methods 11 elective—from waiting list and 12 elective—booked | ||
The following table shows the median time waited for finished in-year admission episodes within an admission method of 11 or 12 and a main operation of urology surgery at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for 2001-2002 to 2005-2006.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Hull and East Yorkshire NHS trust patients had their operation cancelled on the day of the operation in each of the last five years, broken down by operation type. [129506]
Andy Burnham: It is not possible to provide the information in the format requested as numbers of cancelled operations are not collected by type.
However, the number of last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons for the Hull and East Yorkshire National Health Service Hospitals Trust is set out in the following table.
| Last minute cancellations | |
| Number | |
| (1) Data for 2006-07 is for the first three quarters only. Source: Department of Health dataset QMC | |
Human-Animal Hybrid Embryos
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her policy is on the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos; and if she will make a statement. [129518]
Caroline Flint: The Government’s policy proposals following their review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 were published on 14 December 2006 in the Command Paper “Review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act: Proposals for revised legislation (including establishment of the Regulatory Authority for Tissue and Embryos)”. Copies are available in the Library (Cm 6989). The proposals will form the basis for a bill, to be published in draft, for pre-legislative scrutiny.
Revised legislation will clarify the extent to which the law applies to embryos combining human and animal material. We have proposed that the creation of hybrid and chimera embryos in vitro should not be allowed, in general, while at the same time recognising that there may be valuable avenues of scientific research in this area by the provision of a secondary legislative power to makes exceptions subject to licensing.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee is in the process of conducting an inquiry into the Government’s proposals for the regulation of hybrid and chimera embryos, and the Government will study carefully any recommendations arising.
Incontinence: Children
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the services and support which are available at a local level for children aged between five and 16 years affected by continence problems and their families. [130322]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Paediatric continence services are assessed by local primary care trusts (PCTs), in line with standard six of the national service framework for children. This standard includes a specific section on paediatric incontinence. There is a benchmarking tool to assist PCTs to evaluate their paediatric continence services, benchmark against other PCTs, and share good practice. This is available online at:
We have also funded the voluntary organisation ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) to a maximum of £90,000 over the three years 2006-07 to 2008-09 for their project on the implementation of national integrated continence services.
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