25 July 2007 : Column 1214Wcontinued
The definition of operations is not clear. A count of finished consultant episodes that include an operation (for OPCS codes A01-X59 and not known) at the trusts identified for Eastbourne and East Sussex. The not known operation codes occur when an entry has been made in the operation field (thus indicating an operation has occurred). However, this entry does not match the valid OPCS4 codes.
The number of finished consultant episodes is shown in the table.
Count of finished consultant episodes with an operation (OPCS-4 codes between A01-X59 or and (operation code not known)) at three selected trusts, NHS hospitals, England |
| Trust | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 |
RXC
|
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
|
60,010
|
52,566
|
53,067
|
50,037
|
RXD
|
East Sussex County Healthcare NHS Trust
|
64
|
78
|
52
|
94
|
RXH
|
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
|
63,290
|
59,271
|
50,954
|
52,661
|
Notes:
Finished consultant episode (FCE)
An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
FCE with an Operation
A count of FCEs with an operation is the number of episodes with at least one coded procedure field. More procedures are carried out than finished consultant episodes with an operation. For example, patients undergoing a cataract operation would tend to have at least two proceduresremoval of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new onecounted in a single finished consultant episode.
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.
Assessing growth through time
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. During the years that these records have been collected, in the NHS there have been ongoing improvements in quality and coverage. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series.
Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example a number of procedures may now be undertaken in out-patient settings and may no longer be accounted in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time.
Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
|
Health Services: Research
Dr. Gibson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department expects to publish the results of its scoping study of the burden of disease that will inform future work on health priorities; how that study has been structured; and who is leading it. [150407]
Dawn Primarolo:
The Department expects to receive the final report on the scoping study by the end of August. No decision has been taken about its publication.
The study is based on a review of existing datasets and has been commissioned from Dr. Stephen Green and Dr. Rebecca Miles of Oxford Healthcare Associates.
25 July 2007 : Column 1215W
Health Services: Tourism
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to promote travel health consultations. [150953]
Dawn Primarolo:
The Department transferred the function of providing health advice to British travellers to the Health Protection Agency (HPA)/National Travel Health Network and Centre in 2003. Their responsibilities include providing evidence-based advice to travellers (including updating the 2001 Yellow Book Health Information for Overseas Travel), surveillance of imported infections and providing a telephone helpline.
The HPA are also directed under regulation 7(a) of the HPA Regulations 2005 to undertake the function of the designation of vaccinating centres in England for vaccination or revaccination against Yellow Fever for the purposes of the International Health Regulations 1969.
Travel advice for children is also contained in the booklet produced by the Department entitled A guide to childhood immunisations for babies up to 13 months of age, copies of which have been placed in the Library and which is also available at:
Health Trainers
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) full and (b) part-time health trainers there are in each trust. [152228]
Dawn Primarolo:
Health trainers are employed in a variety of settings and the plurality of employment models means that we do not collect data by individual primary care trust. We do not distinguish between full-time and part-time health trainers in the data we do collect. In total there are 1,200 health trainers employed across the country, with an additional 450 currently undergoing training within the British Army.
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the cost of employing NHS accredited health trainers; and what estimate he has made of the number of health trainers needed to implement the scheme in all trusts. [152232]
Dawn Primarolo:
The guide cost of employing a health trainer at band 3 under the Agenda for Change is £30,000, but this will vary considerably across trusts and depend upon the delivery models
25 July 2007 : Column 1216W
chosen, which may, for example, include volunteers. The numbers of health trainers engaged within each trust will vary, according to locally identified needs and priorities and it is not possible at this stage to estimate future total numbers.
Health: Schools
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on what progress has been made and what the timetable is for future steps towards all schools reaching healthy status by 2009 as described in the White Paper Choosing Health; and if he will make a statement. [152233]
Dawn Primarolo:
As at 23 July, there were 10,280 schools (46 per cent.) who had gained the national healthy schools status and 90 per cent. of all schools in England have joined the national healthy schools programme. We are on track to meet our December 2007 milestone for there to be 55 per cent. of schools achieving national healthy schools status and 65 per cent. by December 2008. We expect that all schools will have achieved or be working towards the national healthy schools status by 2009 as set out in the Choosing Health White Paper.
Henderson Hospital
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were (a) referred to and (b) funded for treatment at the Henderson hospital in each of the last five years. [150651]
Mr. Ivan Lewis:
This information is not held centrally. However, this information can instead be obtained direct from the South West London and St. Georges Mental Health NHS Trust.
Home Care Services
Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received domiciliary care packages in each health trust in each of the last five years. [151010]
Mr. Ivan Lewis:
The table shows the number of people aged 18 and over receiving home care services for each council with Social Services responsibilities area in England from 2001-02 to 2005-06. Information by health trust is not available centrally.
Number of clients aged 18 and over receiving home care( 1) by councils with Social Services responsibilities in England from 2001-02 to 2005-06 (CSSRs) |
Rounded numbers |
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-052 | 2005-062 |
England
|
597,000
|
581,000
|
589,000
|
584,000
|
596,000
|
Cumbria
|
7,440
|
6,440
|
5,540
|
5,700
|
6,100
|
Northumberland
|
7,380
|
6,540
|
5,750
|
5,360
|
5,120
|
Gateshead
|
3,130
|
3,040
|
3,180
|
3,040
|
2,820
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
4,960
|
5,450
|
5,570
|
5,740
|
4,890
|
North Tyneside
|
3,130
|
3,230
|
3,310
|
2,610
|
2,980
|
South Tyneside
|
4,350
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
2,800
|
2,960
|
Sunderland
|
6,560
|
6,510
|
6,180
|
5,580
|
6,150
|
Hartlepool
|
1,610
|
1,430
|
1,390
|
1,200
|
1,340
|
Middlesbrough
|
1,370
|
1,470
|
1,560
|
1,510
|
1,350
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
1,130
|
1,720
|
1,500
|
1,670
|
1,580
|
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25 July 2007 : Column 1218W
Stockton on Tees
|
2,590
|
2,510
|
2,460
|
2,350
|
2,170
|
Durham
|
6,970
|
7,020
|
7,210
|
7,580
|
7,560
|
Darlington
|
1,130
|
1,110
|
1,110
|
1,020
|
1,120
|
Barnsley
|
3,560
|
3,310
|
3,290
|
4,860
|
6,020
|
Doncaster
|
3,400
|
2,930
|
2,570
|
2,410
|
2,570
|
Rotherham
|
3,370
|
3,270
|
3,130
|
3,040
|
3,300
|
Sheffield
|
5,780
|
5,880
|
6,330
|
7,010
|
6,080
|
Bradford
|
4,980
|
4,820
|
5,740
|
5,400
|
5,340
|
Calderdale
|
2,090
|
3,810
|
3,150
|
2,220
|
2,610
|
Kirklees
|
4,650
|
6,180
|
4,970
|
5,050
|
5,250
|
Leeds
|
13,490
|
12,480
|
10,490
|
9,170
|
5,070
|
Wakefield
|
3,760
|
3,310
|
3,360
|
3,360
|
3,120
|
East Riding
|
3,630
|
3,640
|
3,610
|
3,550
|
3,440
|
Kingston-upon-Hull
|
2,550
|
2,480
|
2,330
|
1,920
|
1,800
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
2,860
|
2,220
|
1,180
|
1,450
|
2,030
|
North Lincolnshire
|
1,650
|
2,190
|
2,600
|
2,880
|
1,980
|
North Yorkshire
|
5,750
|
5,990
|
5,710
|
7,110
|
8,180
|
York
|
2,070
|
2,680
|
2,730
|
2,520
|
2,550
|
Bolton
|
3,470
|
3,160
|
3,370
|
3,390
|
3,130
|
Bury
|
1,900
|
1,900
|
1,710
|
2,010
|
1,990
|
Manchester
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
4,710
|
4,610
|
Oldham
|
3,570
|
3,430
|
3,240
|
2,950
|
2,690
|
Rochdale
|
2,940
|
2,560
|
2,470
|
2,280
|
2,410
|
Salford
|
4,200
|
4,880
|
4,700
|
4,180
|
4,240
|
Stockport
|
4,530
|
2,840
|
3,120
|
3,180
|
2,860
|
Tameside
|
2,770
|
3,450
|
2,120
|
2,190
|
6,480
|
Trafford
|
2,800
|
1,940
|
2,510
|
2,480
|
2,650
|
Wigan
|
4,670
|
4,550
|
4,510
|
4,230
|
3,550
|
Knowsley
|
1,980
|
2,010
|
1,890
|
1,870
|
2,130
|
Liverpool
|
4,120
|
5,450
|
3,220
|
5,000
|
6,700
|
Sefton
|
2,890
|
2,700
|
2,710
|
4,300
|
3,380
|
St. Helens
|
1,870
|
2,250
|
2,170
|
2,170
|
2,260
|
Wirral
|
4,330
|
4,990
|
5,060
|
5,000
|
4,590
|
Cheshire
|
7,820
|
7,970
|
8,340
|
8,570
|
9,100
|
Halton
|
1,100
|
1,140
|
1,190
|
1,410
|
1,350
|
Warrington
|
1,650
|
2,100
|
2,310
|
2,560
|
2,600
|
Lancashire
|
11,880
|
13,740
|
15,910
|
16,840
|
17,410
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
1,870
|
2,050
|
1,890
|
1,870
|
1,900
|
Blackpool
|
2,270
|
2,390
|
2,170
|
2,400
|
2,270
|
Warwickshire
|
6,380
|
6,430
|
6,060
|
6,800
|
5,570
|
Birmingham
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
10,140
|
Coventry
|
(3)
|
3,760
|
3,520
|
1,670
|
3,070
|
Dudley
|
4,960
|
3,920
|
3,800
|
3,800
|
3,690
|
Sandwell
|
(3)
|
3,710
|
3,540
|
3,260
|
3,120
|
Solihull
|
1,930
|
1,940
|
2,050
|
2,110
|
2,190
|
Walsall
|
4,410
|
3,860
|
3,070
|
3,100
|
3,240
|
Wolverhampton
|
3,590
|
3,530
|
3,400
|
3,510
|
3,590
|
Staffordshire
|
9,450
|
9,830
|
9,440
|
9,250
|
8,840
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
2,480
|
3,950
|
3,680
|
3,110
|
3,020
|
Herefordshire
|
1,150
|
1,090
|
1,120
|
1,040
|
1,430
|
Worcestershire
|
3,610
|
5,910
|
5,860
|
5,620
|
5,470
|
Shropshire
|
2,430
|
2,560
|
2,690
|
2,200
|
2,620
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
1,350
|
1,510
|
1,520
|
1,580
|
1,960
|
Lincolnshire
|
6,470
|
6,770
|
6,290
|
5,950
|
6,270
|
Northamptonshire
|
10,170
|
5,930
|
5,850
|
7,950
|
8,780
|
Derbyshire
|
20,470
|
15,450
|
14,280
|
14,370
|
14,730
|
Derby
|
6,100
|
4,600
|
5,320
|
4,920
|
4,780
|
Leicestershire
|
5,910
|
6,030
|
6,190
|
6,320
|
6,530
|
Leicester
|
3,360
|
2,560
|
3,460
|
3,290
|
3,280
|
Rutland
|
250
|
430
|
450
|
180
|
440
|
Nottinghamshire
|
7,840
|
7,650
|
6,790
|
6,530
|
6,830
|
Nottingham
|
(3)
|
3,090
|
4,800
|
3,370
|
3,380
|
Hertfordshire
|
9,620
|
10,070
|
11,040
|
11,800
|
12,570
|
Norfolk
|
9,540
|
9,220
|
11,080
|
11,180
|
11,300
|
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25 July 2007 : Column 1220W
Oxfordshire
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
4,270
|
4,510
|
5,070
|
Suffolk
|
6,940
|
8,080
|
8,970
|
9,720
|
10,340
|
Bedfordshire
|
3,750
|
4,280
|
4,510
|
4,880
|
3,100
|
Luton
|
1,580
|
1,360
|
1,480
|
1,550
|
1,470
|
Buckinghamshire
|
4,470
|
4,260
|
3,940
|
4,150
|
4,050
|
Milton Keynes
|
1,970
|
2,130
|
2,310
|
1,880
|
2,030
|
Bracknell Forest
|
980
|
1,110
|
1,620
|
740
|
660
|
West Berkshire
|
1,320
|
1,230
|
1,290
|
1,320
|
1,420
|
Reading
|
1,840
|
1,780
|
1,630
|
1,510
|
1,530
|
Slough
|
1,190
|
940
|
980
|
1,040
|
1,060
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
1,200
|
1,080
|
1,160
|
1,090
|
1,080
|
Wokingham
|
840
|
1,090
|
1,140
|
1,180
|
1,190
|
Essex
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
13,070
|
Southend
|
1,610
|
2,700
|
2,050
|
2,070
|
2,420
|
Thurrock
|
1,490
|
1,460
|
1,400
|
1,170
|
1,180
|
Cambridgeshire
|
4,710
|
5,080
|
5,230
|
5,190
|
5,570
|
Peterborough
|
1,240
|
1,250
|
1,380
|
1,460
|
1,640
|
Camden
|
3,620
|
3,360
|
3,080
|
3,000
|
3,130
|
Greenwich
|
2,350
|
2,890
|
2,840
|
2,830
|
2,800
|
Hackney
|
(3)
|
1,860
|
(3)
|
2,330
|
2,290
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
3,080
|
3,020
|
3,300
|
3,160
|
3,060
|
Islington
|
2,300
|
(3)
|
2,310
|
2,600
|
2,630
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
1,970
|
2,370
|
2,510
|
2,120
|
2,000
|
Lambeth
|
4,600
|
4,430
|
3,810
|
3,260
|
2,570
|
Lewisham
|
3,690
|
2,830
|
2,990
|
2,580
|
2,460
|
Southwark
|
3,810
|
3,340
|
2,810
|
2,920
|
2,900
|
Tower Hamlets
|
3,310
|
3,610
|
3,370
|
3,340
|
3,110
|
Wandsworth
|
5,070
|
4,350
|
4,260
|
4,070
|
3,700
|
Westminster
|
3,950
|
3,920
|
3,770
|
3,200
|
3,310
|
City of London
|
70
|
170
|
190
|
100
|
120
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
1,940
|
1,760
|
2,580
|
1,910
|
2,100
|
Barnet
|
2,850
|
2,850
|
2,510
|
2,500
|
2,540
|
Bexley
|
2,960
|
2,970
|
2,940
|
2,860
|
2,890
|
Brent
|
1,700
|
1,620
|
1,550
|
2,470
|
2,490
|
Bromley
|
6,430
|
4,160
|
(3)
|
4,300
|
3,840
|
Croydon
|
4,370
|
4,290
|
4,730
|
3,360
|
3,090
|
Ealing
|
3,730
|
3,170
|
4,010
|
2,950
|
4,170
|
Enfield
|
2,250
|
2,320
|
2,290
|
2,410
|
2,460
|
Haringey
|
2,010
|
2,000
|
2,040
|
1,890
|
1,930
|
Harrow
|
2,560
|
2,290
|
2,360
|
2,720
|
2,690
|
Havering
|
3,100
|
3,050
|
2,950
|
3,050
|
3,170
|
Hillingdon
|
2,440
|
2,210
|
2,290
|
2,300
|
2,020
|
Hounslow
|
890
|
1,750
|
1,660
|
1,740
|
1,960
|
Kingston-upon-Thames
|
1,610
|
1,850
|
1,510
|
1,590
|
1,510
|
Merton
|
1,490
|
1,540
|
1,910
|
1,940
|
1,960
|
Newham
|
2,610
|
3,000
|
2,930
|
2,570
|
2,530
|
Redbridge
|
3,550
|
3,830
|
4,030
|
2,340
|
2,470
|
Richmond-upon-Thames
|
1,490
|
1,370
|
1,370
|
1,500
|
1,610
|
Sutton
|
2,190
|
2,240
|
2,270
|
2,280
|
1,930
|
Waltham Forest
|
2,240
|
2,460
|
2,240
|
2,030
|
1,890
|
Isle of Wight
|
1,360
|
1,970
|
2,260
|
1,750
|
1,290
|
Surrey
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
4,920
|
5,320
|
West Sussex
|
6,820
|
4,310
|
7,520
|
6,690
|
6,980
|
Dorset
|
3,580
|
3,650
|
4,090
|
3,960
|
3,930
|
Bournemouth
|
2,010
|
1,060
|
990
|
1,140
|
1,300
|
Poole
|
1,690
|
1,640
|
1,490
|
1,460
|
1,550
|
Hampshire
|
10,730
|
10,660
|
11,690
|
13,270
|
11,460
|
Portsmouth
|
3,100
|
3,250
|
2,990
|
2,780
|
2,870
|
Southampton
|
3,510
|
3,520
|
5,280
|
3,650
|
4,100
|
East Sussex
|
4,500
|
4,160
|
5,160
|
4,400
|
4,280
|
Brighton and Hove
|
4,000
|
3,640
|
3,630
|
2,490
|
2,730
|
Wiltshire
|
3,590
|
4,660
|
5,640
|
7,160
|
6,720
|
Swindon
|
1,640
|
1,610
|
1,520
|
1,550
|
1,520
|
Kent
|
19,140
|
26,050
|
17,100
|
19,480
|
19,010
|
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Medway Towns
|
2,690
|
2,740
|
2,680
|
3,070
|
3,000
|
Cornwall
|
7,620
|
8,420
|
8,920
|
9,620
|
9,960
|
Gloucestershire
|
5,010
|
4,570
|
5,970
|
4,960
|
5,580
|
Somerset
|
7,810
|
8,340
|
8,270
|
7,410
|
7,120
|
Isles of Scilly
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
30
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
(3)
|
2,450
|
2,300
|
2,090
|
1,700
|
Bristol
|
6,150
|
5,950
|
5,580
|
5,120
|
4,300
|
North Somerset
|
2,050
|
1,990
|
1,730
|
1,190
|
1,880
|
South Gloucestershire
|
2,320
|
2,190
|
2,260
|
2,190
|
2,500
|
Devon
|
9,080
|
8,500
|
8,060
|
8,610
|
8,140
|
Plymouth
|
1,360
|
1,230
|
1,660
|
2,140
|
2,280
|
Torbay
|
2,580
|
2,290
|
2,210
|
2,030
|
2,190
|
(1) Home care covers both home help/home care and overnight respiteclients home
(2 )In 2004-05 restated guidance was issued to exclude people receiving services from grant funded organisations and who had not had a community care assessment. Therefore, data for 2004-05 onwards is not comparable to previous years.
(3 )Data not available.
Note:
Figures may not add up due to rounding.
Source:
RAP P2F
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