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