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Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the alternative providers of medical services scheme and its implementation. [186881]

Mr. Bradshaw: This is not a matter for the Department. It is for primary care trusts to engage appropriately with patient and public groups, clinicians and the local health authority on all aspects of service planning, including the development and consideration of service changes and decisions that affect service operation.

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he consulted (a) local trusts, (b) GPs, (c) scrutiny bodies and (d) patients representatives on the delivery of the alternative providers of medical services scheme. [186882]

Mr. Bradshaw: Decisions on the form of consultation process to adopt, who to consult and the time allowed for this process will be made by each primary care trust and will need to be considered in light of all relevant factors, including any consultation already conducted or underway.

Health Services: Standards

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the targets on (a) financial savings and (b) improvements in care will be for the next basket of Better Care, Better Value indicators. [188282]

Mr. Bradshaw: The final indicator set for the third quarter of 2007-08 is currently being finalised. There are no plans to introduce metrics on financial savings as part of this process.

Hospitals: Costs

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 6 July 2007, Official Report, column 656W, on hospitals: costs, which buildings procured under the private finance initiative his Department's Private Finance Unit has assessed as not representing better value for money overall when compared with the public sector; and if he will make a statement. [175350]

Mr. Bradshaw: Private finance initiative (PFI) was considered for the schemes listed as follows but in each case did not produce a suitable value for money solution:


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£ million
Capital value

1997

Rochdale NHS Trust(1)

24

Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust(1)

24

Berkshire and Battle NHS Foundation Trust(1)

84

Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust(1)

50

2000

Thames Gateway NHS Trust(1)

13

Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust(2)

20

Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust(3)

11

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust(3)

14

2003

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

250

2004

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

50

2006

Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust

167

2007

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust(4)

400

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust(4)

200

Whips Cross University Hospitals Hospital NHS Trust

328

South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

164

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

711

(1) These schemes subsequently went ahead using public capital.
(2) This was retendered as a PFI scheme and opened to patients in January 2007.
(3) These schemes were incorporated into larger PFI schemes which subsequently went ahead.
(4) These schemes were proposals developed after an initial £340 million scheme which went out to the Official Journal of the European Union in 2004 was reviewed.

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average hospital waiting times were in (a) Cornwall, (b) the south west and (c) England for each specialty in each year since 1997. [186915]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information is shown in the following tables.

Inpatient median waiting times, C ommissioner B asis (Cornwall A rea)

Organisation: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly primary care trust (PCT): median waiting time for elective admission
Weeks
Specialty Period ending March 2007

General surgery

7.2

Urology

6.1

Trauma AND Orthopaedics

7.4

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)

8.2

Ophthalmology

7.2

Oral surgery

7.4

Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery

8.4

Neurosurgery

8.9

Plastic surgery

9.4

Cardiothoracic surgery

4.2

General medicine

n/a

Gastroenterology

n/a

Cardiology

4.6

Dermatology

5.2

Thoracic medicine

n/a

Genito-urinary medicine

n/a

Clinical Neuro-Physiology

n/a

Rheumatology

n/a

Paediatrics

n/a

Geriatric medicine

n/a

Gynaecology

7.2

All specialties

7.0



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West of Cornwall PCT: median waiting time for elective admission
Weeks
Period ending
Specialty March 2006 March 2005 March 2004 March 2003

General surgery

6.0

6.9

9.1

8.7

Urology

6.6

9.2

9.4

10.4

Trauma and Orthopaedics

10.9

11.9

15.0

18.2

ENT

8.5

7.7

11.6

12.8

Ophthalmology

5.2

6.1

10.3

20.6

Oral surgery

8.2

8.9

8.9

7.5

Neurosurgery

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Plastic surgery

9.8

16.2

16.9

22.3

Cardiothoracic surgery

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Endocrinology

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cardiology

7.6

8.2

10.8

n/a

Dermatology

6.3

4.2

8.1

7.8

Gynaecology

8.5

8.0

10.7

14.5

Neuropathology

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

All specialties

7.9

8.8

11.0

12.8


North and East Cornwall PCT: Median waiting time for elective admission
Weeks
Period ending
Specialty March 2006 March 2005 March 2004 March 2003

General surgery

9.0

9.9

11.4

15.2

Urology

6.1

8.2

10.4

10.5

Trauma and Orthopaedics

11.2

12.5

14.7

19.6

ENT

10.5

14.3

17.6

19.6

Ophthalmology

5.7

5.3

9.6

20.7

Oral surgery

8.2

9.9

10.0

9.9

Neurosurgery

n/a

n/a

9.5

n/a

Plastic surgery

10.3

13.2

17.4

19.9

Cardiothoracic surgery

n/a

n/a

10.7

n/a

Endocrinology

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cardiology

8.0

10.8

10.7

10.1

Dermatology

7.4

9.9

9.1

n/a

Gynaecology

7.8

7.8

12.7

14.4

Neuropathology

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

All specialties

8.5

10.1

12.2

16.8

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