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Andy Burnham: The Department has mechanisms in place to monitor the overall performance of NHS Supply Chain.

The establishment of clinical councils, to help determine what products the national health service requires, will enable clinicians or other trust representatives to raise any failing in trust's access to medical technologies for their patients.

There is a process whereby issues can be escalated to the NHS BSA (Supply Chain Management Division), and ultimately a joint board chaired by the Department's Commercial Director General.

Mr. Havard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms her Department has in place to assess whether NHS Supply Chain’s procurement process will produce long-term savings of (a) patient bed days, (b) nursing time and (c) repeat procedures; and if she will make a statement. [129599]

Andy Burnham: The contract with NHS Supply Chain will measure savings based on the reduction to buy price for the national health service.

NHS: Publications

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the public purse was for the publication and distribution, including by Braille, audio and large print editions, of ‘Days out in the NHS: Listening to the NHS Staff’, published by her Department on 31 January. [121567]

Andy Burnham: The total cost was £2,905. This was a web-only publication and therefore no printing or distribution costs. No Braille, audio or large-print versions have been produced.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust: Maternity Services

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many maternity beds were provided by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust in each of the last three years. [129335]

Andy Burnham: The information requested is shown in the table. Beds data is collected annually and 2006-07 figures will not be available until August 2007.

Average daily number of maternity beds, United Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trust 2003-04 to 2005-06
	Number of b eds
2003-04	102
2004-05	108
2005-06	115
Source: Department of Health dataset KH03.

Nurses: Pay

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the starting pay was for nurses at today's prices in each of the last 20 years. [125389]

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Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 5 March 2007]: The starting pay for a newly qualified nurse at 2006-07 prices in each of the last 20 years is set out in the following table.

£
	Starting pay cash( 1,)( )( 2)	Starting pay real terms( 3)
1987-88	7,300	13,955
1988-89	8,025	14,341
1989-90	8,565	14,285
1990-91	9,335	14,436
1991-92	10,230	14,908
1992-93	10,820	15,276
1993-94	10,980	15,108
1994-95	11,320	15,344
1995-96(4)	11,605	15,266
1996-97	11,895	15,138
1997-98	12,385	15,316
1998-99	12,855	15,504
1999-00	14,400	17,023
2000-01	14,890	17,358
2001-02	15,445	17,587
2002-03	16,005	17,678
2003-04	16,525	17,725
2004-05(5)	18,114	18,909
2005-06	18,698	19,155
2006-07	19,166	19,166
(1) Starting pay for a newly qualified nurse is normally the minimum of the grade applicable to basic grade qualified nurses. (2) The grades applicable to basic grade qualified nurses in the years set out in the table are as follows:- 1977-78 to 1987-88 Staff Nurse 1988-89 to 2003-04 D Grade 2004-05 to 2006-07 Agenda for Change Band 5 Figures given are for the minimum of these grades in the year in question, including any staged increases. (3) Real terms in 2006-07 prices. (4) The starting pay given for 1995-96 is the rate for non-trust staff. (5) The starting pay given for 2004-05 is the minimum of the Agenda for Change Band 5 scale at the effective date of implementation of Agenda for Change on 1 October 2004.

Obesity: Surgery

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average wait for gastric bypass surgery was in each hospital trust in the last period for which figures are available. [128823]

Caroline Flint: The figures are shown in the table.

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Median time waited for finished admission episodes with an elective waiting list or booked admission and a main operation of gastric bypass surgery by treatment provider for 2005-06
NHS Hospitals, England Method of Admission 11 Elective - from waiting list and 12 Elective—booked
Gastric Bypass Surgery defined by OPCS4.2 Codes: G01.2, G01.3, G27.1, G27.2, G27.3, G27.4, G27.5, G27.8, G27.9, G28.1, G28.2, G28.3, G28.8, G28.9, G31.1, G31.2, G31.3, G31.4, G31.8, G31.9, G31.0, G32.1, G32.2, G32.3, G32.8, G32.9, G32.0, G33.1, G33.2, G33.3, G33.8, G33.9, G33.0
Provider c ode	Provider d escription	Median waiting time (days)	Total e pisodes
RA2	Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	13	8
RA3	Weston Area Health NHS Trust	—	—
RA7	United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	14	25
RA9	South Devon Health Care NHS Trust	—	—
RAE	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	11	18
RAJ	Southend Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RAL	Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	13	9
RAX	Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RBA	Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust	86	36
RBD	West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RBK	Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	132	25
RBL	Wirral Hospital NHS Trust	5	18
RBN	St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	15	8
RBQ	The Cardiothoracic Centre—Liverpool NHS Trust	—	—
RBS	Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust	—	—
RBT	The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RC1	Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RC3	Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RC9	Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust	85	17
RCB	York Hospitals NHS Trust	264	44
RCC	Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust	—	—
RCD	Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	—	—
RCF	Airedale NHS Trust	—	—
RCS	Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust	10	33
RCX	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust	—	—
RD1	Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust	18	7
RD3	Poole Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RD7	Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust	17	6
RDD	Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	19	11
RDE	Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	—	—
RDU	Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	16	14
RDZ	Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	—	—
REF	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	25	11
REM	Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust	34	14
RF4	Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust	26	11
RFF	Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	13	6
RFK	Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RFR	The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	—	—
RFS	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6	8
RG2	Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust	15	6
RG3-X	Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	15	6
RGC	Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust	24	6
RGN	Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	28	14
RGP	James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust	—	—
RGQ	Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	25	20
RGT	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	11	18
RGZ	Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust	—	—
RH8	Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	19	15
RHM	Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	17	17
RHQ	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	214	129
RHU	Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	12	21
RHW	Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RJ1	Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust	19	40
RJ2	The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RJ5	St. Mary’s NHS Trust	10	11
RJ7	St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust	160	39
RJC	South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RJD-X	Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RJE	University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	14	25
RJF	Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RJL-X	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust	11	9
RJN	East Cheshire NHS Trust	—	—
RJR	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	—	—
RJZ	King’s College Hospital NHS Trust	236	29
RK5	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RK9	Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	13	20
RKB	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	14	24
RKE	The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RL4	The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	15	8
RLN	City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	—	—
RLQ	Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	13	6
RM1	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust	13	11
RM2	South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust	19	9
RM3	Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust	12	11
RMC	Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RMP	Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	9	11
RN1-X	Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	—	—
RN3	Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	—	—
RN5-X	North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RN7	Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	—	—
RNA	Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	13	9
RNJ	Barts and The London NHS Trust	6	29
RNL	North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	5	13
RNQ	Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RNS	Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	23	8
RNZ	Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust	39	6
RP4	Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust	—	—
RP5	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	9	12
RPL	Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RPR	Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	—	—
RPY	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	14	26
RQ3	Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RQ6	Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust	4	27
RQ8	Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust	11	10
RQM	Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust	161	10
RQN	Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	8	23
RQW	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RQX	Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	72	21
RR1	Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	7	19
RR2	Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust	—	—
RR7	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	—	—
RR8	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	116	77
RRF	Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	9	6
RRK	University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	14	47
RRV	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	13	24
RT3	Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust	—	—
RTD	The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	6	52
RTE	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14	10
RTF	Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust	—	—
RTG	Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	15	15
RTH	Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust	13	20
RTK	Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RTP	Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	—	—
RTR	South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	16	19
RTX	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	10	9
RV8	North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	12	11
RVJ	North Bristol NHS Trust	—	—
RVL	Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	9	8
RW	East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	14	7
RVW	North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	13	8
RVY	Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	—	—
RW3	Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust	23	10
RW6	Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	10	28
RWA	Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	181	103
RWD	United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	24	18
RWE	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	29	64
RWF	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	40	10
RWG	West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	19	12
RWH	East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	—	—
RWJ	Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	16	8
RWP-X	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	14	11
RWW	North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	28	9
RWY	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust	22	9
RXC	East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RXF-X	Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	10	22
RXH	Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	27	10
RXL	Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	20	11
RXN	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	0	7
RXP	County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—
RXQ	Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	14	7
RXR	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	9	16
RXW	Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	14	12
Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 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. 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. Data Quality Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The Information Centre for health and social care 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. Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Low Numbers Due to reasons of confidentiality, episodes figures between 1 and 5 and their corresponding waiting times have been suppressed and replaced with “—”. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for Health & Social Care.

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