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Dental Services: Reform

Dr. Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to publish the report of the Implementation Review Group on the first 12 months of the NHS dental reforms. [131331]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 16 April 2007]: The Department plans to publish a report on the first 12 months of the reforms once we have full year data. The first year data are likely to be available in June. The report will take into account the main issues discussed by the Implementation Review Group so far.

Departments: Publications

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost was of publishing the Partnership Agreement - An agreement between Department of Health, NHS Employers and NHS Trade Unions published on 28 February. [127836]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The total cost of publishing the “Partnership Agreement - An agreement between
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Department of Health, NHS Employers and NHS Trade Unions”, published on 28 February, was £1,464.00 plus VAT.

Departments: Redundancy

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in her Department who participated in (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 1997-98 were paid between (i) £0 to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if she will make a statement. [131554]

Ms Rosie Winterton: For the period prior to the financial year 2005-06, data could be established only at disproportionate cost. A breakdown of sums paid in financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07, specific to the Department, is given in the following tables.

Number of 2006-07 leavers
Compulsory Voluntary

£0-£25,000

1

16

£25,001-£50,000

1

2

£50,001-£75,000

1

2

£75,001-£100,000

0

2

£100,001 and over

5

9

Total number

8

31


Number of 2005-06 leavers
Compulsory Voluntary

£0-£25,000

0

2

£25,001-£50,000

1

2

£50,001-£75,000

1

4

£75,001-£100,000

0

2

£100,001 and over

6

15

Total number

8

25


Doctors: Conditions of Employment

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date she expects the new contract for staff and associate specialist doctors to be implemented. [133048]

Andy Burnham: NHS Employers and the British Medical Association have submitted proposals to the Government on a new contract for staff grade and associate specialist doctors. In line with the arrangements for all public sector pay proposals, those proposals are currently under consideration by the Public Sector Pay Committee of the Cabinet Office.

Drugs: Prison

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her predecessor’s statement of 28 September 2004 on the integrated drug treatment scheme for prisons, what funding has been spent in each year since the annual £40 million budget was announced; how many and what percentage of prisoners have received drug treatment via the programme; and whether the March 2008 target for allocating effective treatment services will be met. [127241]


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Caroline Flint [ p ursuant to the reply , 22 March 2007, Official Report, c. 1131W]: Implementation of the integrated drug treatment system (IDTS) commenced in 2006.

The current year’s investment in IDTS totals £17 million. This comprises £12 million from the Department and £5 million from the Home Office. This will fund IDTS implementation in 45 prisons, allowing some 24,000 prisoners to receive treatment via the programme by March 2008.

Health Professions: Training

Mr. David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many medical staff in the English NHS received all or part of their medical training in Scotland. [128340]

Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not collected centrally.

Health Services: Cornwall

Mr. Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust on future provision of health services for families with under fives previously provided through Surestart funding. [133049]

Andy Burnham: This is a matter for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust (PCT) which has been working productively over the past year with the Cornwall county council’s children’s services to ensure that there has been no reduction in service delivery and that there is now a focus on the modernisation of service delivery.

NHS South West confirms that Sure Start funding has enhanced the partnership working at the frontline of service delivery in Cornwall, providing a joint agency contribution to delivering the five “Every Child Matters” outcomes. The PCT continues to work in partnership with the county council to address the multi-disciplinary needs of children who have used these services in the past and aims to deliver equitable and sustainable services across the whole of the county.

I understand that a review of children’s health services will be announced at the primary care trust board meeting on 30 April 2007 and the hon. Member may wish to engage with the PCT for further information on this matter.

Health Services: Public Appointments

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many directors of public health were medically qualified in each year since 1997. [131327]

Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not collected centrally.

Hospital Wards: Closures

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many isolation units were closed in each of the last three years; in which hospitals; what the extent was of the consultation procedure prior to closure in each case; and if she will make a statement. [131102]


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Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information on the number and use of isolation units is not collected centrally.

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2007, Official Report, columns 438-40W, on hospitals: waiting lists, what percentage of those waiting for (a) out-patient appointments waited longer than 11 weeks, (b) diagnostic tests waited longer than 13 weeks and (c) in-patient appointments waited longer than 20 weeks in the most recent period for which figures are available; and when her Department expects to receive data relating to March 2007. [131884]

Andy Burnham: At the end of February 2007, 1.8 per cent. of patients waiting for a first out-patient appointment had been waiting longer than 11 weeks; 5.5 per cent. of patients waiting for an in-patient admission had been waiting longer than 20 weeks; and 19.3 per cent. of patients waiting for one of the 15 key diagnostic tests on which monthly data are collected had been waiting more than 13 weeks.

Of the over-13-week diagnostic waits, 62 per cent. were for audiology assessments. Plans to address this were published on 6 March in “Improving Access to Audiology Services in England”.

March 2007 in-patient and out-patient data will be published on 4 May 2007. March diagnostic data for the 15 key tests will be published on 16 May 2007. The March census of diagnostic waits, which covers other long wait tests, will be published in July.

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for inpatient treatment as given by the commissioner-based waiting list in each year since March 1994 until the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many patients were waiting (a) over three months, (b) over six months, (c) over nine months and (d) over 12 months in each period. [131928]

Andy Burnham: The figures are shown in the table.


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Commissioner based in-patient waiting time information, March 1994 to February 2007
Month end March: Total number waiting Number waiting over 13 weeks (3 months) Number waiting over 26 weeks (6 months) Number waiting over 9 months Number waiting over 12 months

1994

837,907

439,537

244,479

124,133

52,520

1995

762,180

366,430

182,595

79,022

25,571

1996

1,017,304

458,760

203,235

68,263

3,602

1997

1,131,201

570,237

283,866

118,915

30,245

1998

1,276,965

682,512

377,164

185,102

67,177

1999

1,060,356

524,312

276,752

131,242

46,752

2000

1,024,654

507,104

264,370

126,388

48,145

2001

995,123

480,347

242,953

113,143

41,461

2002

1,021,604

497,015

238,091

96,628

21,869

2003

975,338

443,000

189,054

53,183

103

2004

890,205

323,510

80,125

223

67

2005

808,810

259,250

40,843

78

29

2006

771,123

190,956

222

35

15

February 2007

725,928

166,581

378

n/a

n/a

Notes:
Data from April 2006 collected in weekly timebands with 13 weeks corresponding to 3 months and 26 weeks corresponding to 6 months. Data no longer collected on the numbers waiting over 9 or 12 months.
Source:
Department of Health QF01 and Monthly Monitoring

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients on inpatient waiting lists were seen within six months in each year since 1990, as given by (a) the Hospital Episodes Statistics database and (b) Korner data. [131944]

Andy Burnham: The figures are shown in the table.

It should be noted that Korner data measures the numbers still waiting at the end of a period, while Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) measures the time waited for patients admitted during a year. HES figures do not take into account periods of suspension for medical and social reasons.

The table shows that 90 per cent. of patients admitted during the financial year 2005-06 had waited under six months. The six-month standard was in place from the end of December 2005, and therefore the HES figures for 2005-06 only reflect only one quarter where the standard was in place.


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