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Primary Care Trusts

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will hold discussions with (a) Shropshire primary care trust, (b) Telford and Wrekin primary care trust and (c) Shrewsbury and Telford NHS hospital trust on security of patient health records. [176973]

Mr. Bradshaw: Each national health service trust is legally responsible for the data that is in its possession and must comply with all relevant legislation. The Department has published clear rules and guidelines for NHS trusts on compliance with this legislation and on the management of personal data. This takes the form of a series of Codes of Practice on confidentiality, security and records management, supported by numerous good practice guidelines. An online resource—the NHS Information Governance Toolkit—makes this guidance accessible to all parts of the NHS and all major NHS organisations are required to provide an annual performance assessment against the standards derived from the three codes of practice.

In view of this it would not be proportionate for departmental Ministers to meet these individual NHS organisations at the present time.

Queen’s Hospital Romford: Waiting Lists

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) outpatients and (b) inpatients were treated within their target waiting time at Queen’s Hospital, Romford in 2007. [179654]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the percentage of out-patients treated within their target waiting time at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals NHS trust, which includes Queen’s Hospital, Romford from January to November 2007.

Patients waiting for a first out-patient appointment following a general practitioner referral
Month ending	Total out-patients waiting	Patients waiting over 13 weeks	Percentage over 13 weeks
January 2007	12,219	0	0.0
February 2007	11,564	0	0.0
March 2007	11,191	0	0.0
April 2007	12,476	0	0.0
May 2007	12,285	0	0.0
June 2007	13,732	0	0.0
July 2007	13,687	0	0.0
August 2007	13,376	1	0.0
September 2007	13,087	0	0.0
October 2007	11,463	0	0.0
November 2007	10,288	0	0.0

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The following table shows the percentage of in-patients treated within their target waiting time at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust, which includes Queen’s Hospital, Romford from January to November 2007.

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Patients waiting for an in-patient admission
Month ending	Total waiting	Patients waiting over 26 weeks	Percentage over 26 weeks
January 2007	13,827	0	0.0
February 2007	8,981	0	0.0
March 2007	8,480	0	0.0
April 2007	8,082	13	0.2
May 2007	7,980	1	0.0
June 2007	7,801	0	0.0
July 2007	7,470	4	0.1
August 2007	7,327	4	0.1
September 2007	7,073	2	0.0
October 2007	6,655	3	0.0
November 2007	6,417	1	0.0
Note: Waiting times targets are monitored using counts of patients still waiting at the end of each month, therefore figures show number at end of each month who have already waited above the waiting target time. Source: Department of Health KH07 and QM08

Surgery: Greater London

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients at (a) Barnet and Chase Farm, (b) the Royal Free and (c) Northwick Park Hospital had operations cancelled at short notice (i) in each of the last two years and (ii) in 1997; on how many occasions in each case patients failed to give notice of cancellation; and if he will make a statement. [178953]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information is not held in the format requested.

The following table shows cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and North West London hospitals NHS Trust.

Cancelled operations for non clinical reasons
	Number of last minute cancellations for non clinical reasons in the quarter
National health service trust	2001-02( 1)	2005-06	2006-07
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	1,206	279	294
Royal Free Hampstead National Health Service Trust	148	460	268
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust(2)	499	480	457
(1) Earliest available data at NHS trust level (2) Northwick Park Hospital is part of North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Source: Department of Health form QMCO

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) operations and (b) out-patient appointments were carried out in (i) each of the last two years and (ii) the current year to date at (A) Barnet hospital, (B) Royal Free hospital and (C) Edgware hospital; and if he will make a statement. [179056]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information is not available in the format requested.

The data for operations carried out is held at trust level only and data for 2007-08 is not yet available.

The latest data published in January 2008 shows that in October 2007 over half of admitted patients and over three quarters of non-admitted patients were seen within 18 weeks.

The second table shows the number of out-patient appointments carried out for the Barnet and Chase Farm NHS trust and the Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust for the dates requested.

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First, subsequent and total (first + subsequent) attendances seen for Barnet and Chase Farm NHS trust and Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust since 2005-06
	Period		Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals NHS trust	Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust
2005-06	Q1	First attendances seen	22,760	27,945
		Subsequent attendances seen	43,920	60,544
		Total attendances seen	66,680	88,489
	Q2	First attendances seen	24,223	26,664
		Subsequent attendances seen	46,010	58,122
		Total attendances seen	70,233	84,786
	Q3	First attendances seen	23,817	26,895
		Subsequent attendances seen	46,150	58,262
		Total attendances seen	69,967	85,157
	Q4	First attendances seen	24,068	26,040
		Subsequent attendances seen	47,693	59,684
		Total attendances seen	71,761	85,724
2006-07	Q1	First attendances seen	22,539	27,607
		Subsequent attendances seen	46,160	58,264
		Total attendances seen	68,699	85,871
	Q2	First attendances seen	22,673	29,352
		Subsequent attendances seen	45,128	67,765
		Total attendances seen	67,801	97,117
	Q3	First attendances seen	22,275	30,364
		Subsequent attendances seen	45,778	70,618
		Total attendances seen	68,053	100,982
	Q4	First attendances seen	21,668	32,932
		Subsequent attendances seen	46,571	75,658
		Total attendances seen	68,239	108,590
2007-08	Q1	First attendances seen	20,268	33,247
		Subsequent attendances seen	45,516	74,452
		Total attendances seen	65,784	107,699
	Q2	First attendances seen	(1)19,937	35,967
		Subsequent attendances seen	(1)44,117	75,882
		Total attendances seen	64,054	111,849
(1) Based on estimated data. Notes: 1. We collect data at trust level, not for individual hospitals. Both Edgware hospital and Barnet hospital are managed by and provide services for Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals NHS trust. Royal Free hospital is managed by and provides services for Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust. 2. QM08 and QAR Prov are collected on a quarterly basis. Q1—June, Q2—September, Q3—December, Q4—March. Source: 2005-06—2006-07 Department of Health Form QM08 2007-08 Department of Health Form QAR

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