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Hospitals: Costs

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the through-life costs of (a) a conventionally procured hospital and (b) a private finance initiative hospital. [139817]

Andy Burnham: To be approved, the private finance initiative (PFI) option for every national health service capital investment project must demonstrate that, overall, it is better value for money when compared to the publicly funded alternative, the public sector comparator (PSC). As part of the business case process a quantitative assessment involving an estimation of the discounted, risk adjusted whole life costs (facilities management, life-cycle for the full life of the contract) for both PSC and PFI options, is now performed using a standard model designed by HM Treasury.

Maternity Services: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on changes to neonatal care at the Royal Shrewsbury hospital, with particular reference to the care of babies born under 27 weeks gestation. [140709]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The NHS West Midlands strategic health authority reports that there has been no change in where babies of less than 27 weeks gestation are cared for within the Staffordshire, Shropshire and Black Country Newborn Network.

Primary care trusts locally have provided additional funding in 2007-08 for neonatal services in the locality. Commissioners are working with the network to use this extra funding to increase the resources at the two proposed level 3 units. This will ensure that they can be staffed appropriately to provide the improved standard of care necessary for the smallest and sickest babies in
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the network, as described in the report by the expert review group on neonatal intensive care, published in 2003.

Decisions about the size and locations of networks, including the number of hospitals and the levels of care provided, are for local decision and should reflect local need and geography.

NHS Direct

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the service provided by NHS Direct NHS Trust; and in what ways she plans to inform Parliament of its performance. [140194]

Andy Burnham: NHS Direct became an national health service trust on 1 April this year. The NHS Direct Board is responsible for monitoring the performance standards, which we have agreed with them. Senior officials will be meeting with the chief executive and senior management team quarterly to review performance against the objectives set out and agreed in their business plan. NHS Direct NHS Trust will lay before Parliament its annual report and accounts shortly.

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of operating NHS Direct in each of the last three years. [140196]

Andy Burnham: Expenditure on NHS Direct for the years 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 is shown in the following table. Expenditure figures for 2006-07 are not yet available.


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£ million
Revenue( 1) Capital( 2) Total

2003-04

117.5

7.5

125

2004-05

121

10

131

2005-06

163

10

173

(1) Revenue funding available to NHS Direct via primary care trusts.
(2) Capital funding from the Department to NHS Direct.
Source:
Department of Health

Primary Care Trusts

Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts serve each parliamentary constituency. [140436]

Andy Burnham [holding answer 4 June 2007]: Information on parliamentary constituencies served by primary care trusts is available via the Department’s website at:

Psychiatric Services: Waiting Times

Mr. Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for outpatient psychiatric care in each NHS Trust in the latest period for which figures are available. [140695]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 6 June 2007]: Information on the median waiting time for a first out-patient appointment with a mental health consultant in the latest period for which figures are available is shown in the following table. It should be noted that waiting times collected by the Department relate to consultant-led services only.


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Provider based out-patient waiting time information, mental health specialties, end of March 2007
Number waiting (weeks)
Organisation name Total number waiting Median waiting time (weeks) 0 <4 4 <8 8 <13 13+

Herefordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT)

76

2.2

61

13

2

0

Milton Keynes PCT

101

6.7

12

51

38

0

North Lincolnshire PCT

4

n/a

0

4

0

0

Portsmouth City PCT

47

n/a

37

10

0

0

Blackpool PCT

54

4.0

27

21

6

0

Barnsley PCT

4

n/a

0

4

0

0

Walsall PCT

11

n/a

8

3

0

0

Wolverhampton City PCT

65

2.2

47

16

2

0

Central Lancashire

33

n/a

20

10

3

0

North Yorkshire and York

42

n/a

33

8

1

0

Dudley

84

3.5

48

27

9

0

Hampshire

39

n/a

26

8

5

0

Isle of Wight Healthcare

45

n/a

38

7

0

0

United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust

7

n/a

5

2

0

0

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

4

n/a

3

1

0

0

Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Teaching NHS Trust

188

3.5

104

65

19

0

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

28

n/a

18

10

0

0

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

309

2.8

196

88

25

0

West London Mental Health NHS Trust

475

3.1

302

158

15

0

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

30

n/a

5

15

10

0

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

4

n/a

0

1

3

0

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust

21

n/a

15

6J

0

0

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

132

3.3

77

42

13

0

North Cumbria Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Trust

39

n/a

22

16

1

0

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

61

2.6

46

13

2

0

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

5

n/a

4

0

1

0

Lincolnshire Healthcare NHS Trust

113

3.0

67

32

14

0

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

82

6.6

21

32

29

0

SW London and St. Georges NHS Trust

858

3.6

511

272

75

0

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

90

2.5

66

22

2

0

North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

242

2.2

190

44

8

0

South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

37

n/a

20

15

2

0

University College London NHS Foundation Trust

4

n/a

4

0

0

0

Pennine Care NHS Trust

154

2.4

111

42

1

0

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

432

3.1

282

138

12

0

Suffolk Mental Health Partnerships NHS Trust

3

n/a

2

0

1

0

5 Borough Partnership NHS Trust

92

3.8

49

38

5

0

Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust

299

3.9

152

113

34

0

Hull and East Riding Community Health NHS Trust

170

2.8

112

53

5

0

North Bristol NHS Trust

31

n/a

9

16

6

0

Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS

130

4.4

60

57

13

0

Mersey Care NHS Trust

576

2.8

379

182

15

0

Lancashire Care NHS Trust

52

4.1

25

22

5

0

East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust

175

4.3

79

80

16

0

South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

2

n/a

1

1

0

0

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust

22

n/a

21

1

0

0

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

97

2.3

71

22

4

0

Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust

170

2.6

119

40

11

0

Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust

23

n/a

11

10

2

0

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

34

n/a

20

13

1

0

Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust

259

3.2

165

73

21

0

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust

248

2.6

179

64

5

0

Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust

254

3.1

160

69

25

0

Bradford District Care Trust

102

2.8

68

32

2

0

Manchester Health and Social Care Trust

238

3.0

150

77

11

0

Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust

3

n/a

0

1

2

0

Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Care Trust

65

2.0

52

11

2

0

Notes:
1. The figures are based on combined data from the following mental health specialties: mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy and old age psychiatry.
2. Statistically meaningful medians cannot be calculated where there is a total waiting list of less than 50.
Source:
Department of Health QM08

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