6 May 2008 : Column 763W—continued
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each primary care trust in London waited for (a) three, (b) six, (c) nine, (d) 12, (e) 15, (f) 18, (g) 21 and (h) 24 weeks and over for out-patient admission in each quarter of each of the last five years. [200366]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The information is not held in the format requested. Data prior to 2006-07 were collected in grouped time bands of four-week waiting times. However, the waiting times measurement was changed from banded weeks to actual individual weeks for 2006-07 onwards as the maximum waiting times reduced.
The information available about the number of outpatients seen in each quarter, for each London primary care trust since 2002-03, has been placed in the Library.
6 May 2008 : Column 764W
Incontinence: Medical Equipment
Ms Keeble:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department’s policy is on provision of aids and appliances for stoma patients; and if he will make a statement; [202693]
(2) what representations he has received from patient groups in response to the consultation about provision of aids and appliances for stoma patients; [202694]
(3) what the timetable is for his Department’s consultation on provision of aids and appliances for stoma patients. [202695]
Dawn Primarolo:
The general policy on appliances is that patients should receive cost-effective treatment to meet their clinical needs as established by appropriate national health service healthcare professionals.
Since the review of the arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances and related services began in October 2005, the following representations have been received from patient groups.
| | Number |
|
Ministerial meetings
|
3
|
|
Letters to Ministers
|
5
|
|
Meetings with officials
|
7
|
Note:
These figures do not include the numerous letters received directly from patients and their Members of Parliament.
|
The review is ongoing. A further consultation will be published in May 2008, together with an Impact Assessment and Equality Impact Assessment, and will be open for 12 weeks.
Ipsos MORI
Mr. Pickles:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2008, Official Report, column 873W, on Ipsos MORI, which policy teams commissioned work from Ipsos MORI. [203034]
Mr. Bradshaw:
From March 2006 to March 2008, the following directorates commissioned work from Ipsos MORI: Equality and Human Rights; Health Protection International Health and Scientific Development; Health Improvement and Protection; Commissioning and System Management; Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships; and NHS Finance, Performance and Operations and Communications.
Medical Records: Databases
Justine Greening:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what datasets are recorded by primary care trusts for inclusion on the National Health Application Infrastructure Service (Exeter) system. [200888]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The National Health Application Infrastructure Service (NHAIS) comprises of four datasets which support: the recording and maintenance of patient demographics, that is name, national health service number, gender, date of birth and address; the payment of general practitioners, including practitioner and practice
6 May 2008 : Column 765W
details; the call or recall of women for cervical screening, as required by the national cervical screening programme; and the call or recall of women for breast screening, as required by the national breast screening programme. In addition, the NHAIS systems are a mechanism by which patients are able to opt in to being an organ donor.
Methadone
David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2008, Official Report, column 1105W, on methadone, what the cost to primary care trusts of dispensing methadone prescriptions was in 2006-07. [200509]
Dawn Primarolo:
The total net ingredient cost to primary care trusts in England of methadone prescriptions in 2006-07 was £15.7 million(1). This does not include prescriptions written in hospitals or clinics that were dispensed in the community, prescriptions dispensed in hospitals or private prescriptions.
Methadone can be prescribed as a cough suppressant, as an analgesic or for the treatment of addiction.
6 May 2008 : Column 766W
NHS: Finance
Mark Simmonds:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the difference was between the weighted caption formula calculation and the final allocation for each primary care trust in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. [200454]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The table provides the final allocations made to primary care trusts (PCTs) for the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 and the percentage distance from target allocation set by the weighted-capitation formula for every PCT for the same period.
Revenue allocations are made to PCTs on the basis of the relative needs of their populations. A weighted capitation formula is used to determine each PCT’s target shares of available resources to enable them to commission similar levels of health care for populations in similar need.
The formula is used to set targets, which then inform allocations. The distance from target represents the actual allocation compared to the target allocation. It is the pace of change policy that determines actual allocations, as it dictates how quickly PCTs are brought nearer to target through the distribution of additional funds.
| | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| PCT name | Allocation (£000) | Closing distance from target (DFT) (percentage) | Allocation (£000) | Closing DFT (percentage) | Allocation (£000) | Closing DFT (percentage) |
|
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT
|
410,731
|
-2.3
|
449,115
|
-2.4
|
473,646
|
-2.40
|
|
Barking and Dagenham PCT
|
240,688
|
-4.8
|
267,023
|
-3.5
|
281,607
|
-3.50
|
|
Barnet PCT
|
425,930
|
8.3
|
460,640
|
6.9
|
485,800
|
6.90
|
|
Barnsley PCT
|
319,935
|
-4.5
|
353,531
|
-3.5
|
372,841
|
-3.50
|
|
Bassetlaw PCT
|
130,267
|
-4.8
|
144,874
|
-3.5
|
152,787
|
-3.50
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset PCT
|
206,371
|
0.9
|
224,569
|
0.4
|
236,835
|
0.40
|
|
Bedfordshire PCT
|
434,053
|
-4.4
|
483,955
|
-3.3
|
510,388
|
-3.30
|
|
Berkshire East PCT
|
429,771
|
1.6
|
467,641
|
1.4
|
493,184
|
1.40
|
|
Berkshire West PCT
|
477,657
|
-0.4
|
521,310
|
-0.5
|
549,784
|
-0.50
|
|
Bexley Care Trust
|
258,661
|
0.6
|
281,904
|
0.3
|
297,301
|
0.30
|
|
Birmingham East and North PCT
|
551,721
|
-3.1
|
606,916
|
-2.2
|
640,065
|
-2.20
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen PCT
|
207,706
|
-3.6
|
227,152
|
-3.2
|
239,559
|
-3.20
|
|
Blackpool PCT
|
213,766
|
0.5
|
232,537
|
0.2
|
245,239
|
0.20
|
|
Bolton PCT
|
355,301
|
-2.1
|
388,481
|
-2
|
409,700
|
-2.00
|
|
Bournemouth and Poole PCT
|
418,982
|
0.8
|
455,410
|
0.5
|
480,284
|
0.50
|
|
Bradford and Airedale PCT
|
655,461
|
-0.6
|
713,986
|
-1.1
|
752,984
|
-1.10
|
|
Brent Teaching PCT
|
407,601
|
5.3
|
440,836
|
4.8
|
464,915
|
4.80
|
|
Brighton and Hove City PCT
|
349,706
|
0
|
381,965
|
0.2
|
402,828
|
0.20
|
|
Bristol PCT
|
526,977
|
1.5
|
571,181
|
1
|
602,379
|
1.00
|
|
Bromley PCT
|
373,188
|
4.4
|
403,632
|
3.2
|
425,678
|
3.20
|
|
Buckinghamshire PCT
|
524,765
|
-0.4
|
573,490
|
-0.3
|
604,814
|
-0.30
|
|
Bury PCT
|
226,689
|
-2.3
|
247,864
|
-2.2
|
261,403
|
-2.20
|
|
Calderdale PCT
|
254,621
|
3.4
|
275,396
|
2.6
|
290,438
|
2.60
|
|
Cambridgeshire PCT
|
622,584
|
-2.1
|
685,883
|
-2.1
|
723,346
|
-2.10
|
|
Camden PCT
|
368,783
|
7.4
|
398,848
|
5.6
|
420,633
|
5.60
|
|
Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT
|
522,824
|
1.6
|
571,132
|
1.2
|
602,327
|
1.20
|
|
Central Lancashire PCT
|
556,430
|
0.9
|
607,500
|
0.6
|
640,682
|
0.60
|
|
City and Hackney Teaching PCT
|
380,906
|
-3.3
|
416,671
|
-3.5
|
439,429
|
-3.50
|
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|
Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly PCT
|
645,556
|
-3.4
|
710,827
|
-3.3
|
749,652
|
-3.30
|
|
County Durham PCT
|
711,825
|
-2.2
|
784,201
|
-1.2
|
827,034
|
-1.20
|
|
Coventry Teaching PCT
|
425,221
|
-4.9
|
469,451
|
-3.5
|
495,092
|
-3.50
|
|
Croydon PCT
|
424,028
|
3
|
458,633
|
1.9
|
483,683
|
1.90
|
|
Cumbria PCT
|
632,547
|
-0.1
|
689,160
|
-0.5
|
726,801
|
-0.50
|
|
Darlington PCT
|
136,390
|
6.6
|
147,509
|
5.5
|
155,566
|
5.50
|
|
Derby City PCT
|
329,454
|
-3.2
|
361,115
|
-2.9
|
380,839
|
-2.90
|
|
Derbyshire County PCT
|
841,060
|
-1.3
|
922,913
|
-1.1
|
973,323
|
-1.10
|
|
Devon PCT
|
871,595
|
-0.7
|
956,903
|
-0.8
|
1,009,169
|
-0.80
|
|
Doncaster PCT
|
401,609
|
-2
|
439,103
|
-1.9
|
463,087
|
-1.90
|
|
Dorset PCT
|
467,804
|
-1
|
512,900
|
-1.1
|
540,915
|
-1.10
|
|
Dudley PCT
|
373,359
|
-0.6
|
407,037
|
-0.7
|
429,270
|
-0.70
|
|
Ealing PCT
|
444,899
|
7.5
|
481,157
|
6.7
|
507,438
|
6.70
|
|
East and North Hertfordshire PCT
|
608,574
|
-1.9
|
667,728
|
-1.9
|
704,199
|
-1.90
|
|
East Lancashire PCT
|
506,236
|
-1
|
553,338
|
-0.8
|
583,561
|
-0.80
|
|
East Riding Of Yorkshire PCT
|
345,739
|
-1.7
|
380,204
|
-1.8
|
400,971
|
-1.80
|
|
East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT
|
421,307
|
3.4
|
458,443
|
2.6
|
483,483
|
2.60
|
|
Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT
|
917,451
|
-1.3
|
1,013,331
|
-0.9
|
1,068,679
|
-0.90
|
|
Enfield PCT
|
351,514
|
0.1
|
384,190
|
0.1
|
405,175
|
0.10
|
|
Gateshead PCT
|
286,689
|
-0.6
|
313,317
|
-0.1
|
330,431
|
-0.10
|
|
Gloucestershire PCT
|
669,670
|
0.8
|
731,208
|
0.5
|
771,146
|
0.50
|
|
Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT
|
286,026
|
-5.1
|
319,752
|
-3.5
|
337,217
|
-3.50
|
|
Greenwich Teaching PCT
|
344,632
|
2.1
|
372,379
|
0.7
|
392,719
|
0.70
|
|
Halton and St Helens PCT
|
434,697
|
-1.8
|
474,176
|
-1.8
|
500,076
|
-1.80
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
|
265,137
|
7.1
|
286,377
|
6
|
302,019
|
6.00
|
|
Hampshire PCT
|
1,404,036
|
1
|
1,531,884
|
0.6
|
1,615,555
|
0.60
|
|
Haringey Teaching PCT
|
346,339
|
1
|
375,205
|
0.5
|
395,698
|
0.50
|
|
Harrow PCT
|
255,367
|
8.1
|
276,176
|
7.2
|
291,261
|
7.20
|
|
Hartlepool PCT
|
131,905
|
-2.9
|
144,243
|
-2.8
|
152,122
|
-2.80
|
|
Hastings and Rother PCT
|
248,194
|
2.6
|
270,154
|
2.1
|
284,910
|
2.10
|
|
Havering PCT
|
303,017
|
0.3
|
331,028
|
0.2
|
349,109
|
0.20
|
|
Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
|
410,557
|
-4.7
|
454,255
|
-3.5
|
479,066
|
-3.50
|
|
Herefordshire PCT
|
202,786
|
-5.1
|
226,439
|
-3.5
|
238,807
|
-3.50
|
|
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT
|
288,702
|
-1.8
|
316,327
|
-1.5
|
333,605
|
-1.50
|
|
Hillingdon PCT
|
308,041
|
4.5
|
333,169
|
3.4
|
351,367
|
3.40
|
|
Hounslow PCT
|
298,309
|
5.3
|
322,634
|
4.7
|
340,256
|
4.70
|
|
Hull PCT
|
371,301
|
0.9
|
401,457
|
0.6
|
423,384
|
0.60
|
|
Isle of Wight NHS PCT
|
185,563
|
-3.7
|
204,994
|
-3.5
|
216,191
|
-3.50
|
|
Islington PCT
|
336,943
|
9.8
|
363,928
|
8.4
|
383,806
|
8.40
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea PCT
|
275,175
|
7.9
|
297,613
|
4.9
|
313,868
|
4.90
|
|
Kingston PCT
|
202,727
|
10.6
|
219,238
|
9.2
|
231,213
|
9.20
|
|
Kirklees PCT
|
485,093
|
1.1
|
527,512
|
0.7
|
556,324
|
0.70
|
|
Knowsley PCT
|
243,375
|
-4.8
|
268,697
|
-3.5
|
283,374
|
-3.50
|
|
Lambeth PCT
|
467,660
|
13.3
|
505,097
|
12.6
|
532,686
|
12.60
|
|
Leeds PCT
|
952,025
|
3.7
|
1,032,366
|
3.2
|
1,088,754
|
3.20
|
|
Leicester City PCT
|
386,947
|
-4.1
|
424,964
|
-3.2
|
448,176
|
-3.20
|
|
Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT
|
663,407
|
-2.6
|
730,485
|
-2.3
|
770,384
|
-2.30
|
|
Lewisham PCT
|
397,785
|
12.1
|
429,633
|
11.4
|
453,100
|
11.40
|
|
Lincolnshire PCT
|
829,240
|
-3.9
|
922,602
|
-3.1
|
972,995
|
-3.10
|
|
Liverpool PCT
|
733,222
|
-3.8
|
803,354
|
-3
|
847,234
|
-3.00
|
|
Luton PCT
|
223,068
|
-5.1
|
247,703
|
-3.5
|
261,233
|
-3.50
|
|
Manchester PCT
|
735,995
|
-4.9
|
815,430
|
-3.5
|
859,969
|
-3.50
|
|
Medway PCT
|
304,301
|
-5.1
|
340,701
|
-3.5
|
359,310
|
-3.50
|
|
Mid Essex PCT
|
365,484
|
-3.3
|
405,722
|
-2.3
|
427,883
|
-2.30
|
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|
Middlesbrough PCT
|
208,845
|
-2.3
|
228,340
|
-1.5
|
240,812
|
-1.50
|
|
Milton Keynes PCT
|
247,043
|
-5.1
|
277,919
|
-3.5
|
293,098
|
-3.50
|
|
Newcastle PCT
|
386,439
|
2.2
|
417,413
|
1.6
|
440,212
|
1.60
|
|
Newham PCT
|
415,179
|
-3.2
|
454,046
|
-3.2
|
478,846
|
-3.20
|
|
Norfolk PCT
|
839,936
|
-3.4
|
932,449
|
-2.4
|
983,379
|
-2.40
|
|
North East Essex PCT
|
381,624
|
-4.2
|
422,921
|
-3.3
|
446,020
|
-3.30
|
|
North East Lincolnshire PCT
|
210,372
|
0.3
|
229,114
|
0.2
|
241,629
|
0.20
|
|
North Lancashire PCT
|
418,760
|
0.1
|
456,349
|
-0.5
|
481,275
|
-0.50
|
|
North Lincolnshire PCT
|
190,441
|
-1.8
|
208,972
|
-1.7
|
220,386
|
-1.70
|
|
North Somerset PCT
|
225,201
|
-5.1
|
251,427
|
-3.5
|
265,159
|
-3.50
|
|
North Staffordshire PCT
|
255,312
|
0.7
|
278,040
|
0.4
|
293,227
|
0.40
|
|
North Tees PCT
|
228,058
|
-4.8
|
253,743
|
-3.5
|
267,603
|
-3.50
|
|
North Tyneside PCT
|
273,205
|
0
|
298,390
|
0
|
314,688
|
0.00
|
|
North Yorkshire and York PCT
|
870,019
|
0.8
|
947,379
|
0.2
|
999,125
|
0.20
|
|
Northamptonshire PCT
|
730,405
|
-5
|
817,249
|
-3.7
|
861,887
|
-3.70
|
|
Northumberland Care Trust
|
399,055
|
0.5
|
434,542
|
0.2
|
458,277
|
0.20
|
|
Nottingham City PCT
|
396,017
|
-0.2
|
430,928
|
0
|
454,466
|
0.00
|
|
Nottinghamshire County PCT
|
766,008
|
-0.8
|
839,335
|
-0.6
|
885,179
|
-0.60
|
|
Oldham PCT
|
304,145
|
-3.1
|
332,588
|
-2.7
|
350,754
|
-2.70
|
|
Oxfordshire PCT
|
663,385
|
0.3
|
727,498
|
0.2
|
767,234
|
0.20
|
|
Peterborough PCT
|
200,369
|
1.6
|
226,047
|
4.4
|
238,393
|
4.40
|
|
Plymouth Teaching PCT
|
320,442
|
0.9
|
348,433
|
0.5
|
367,464
|
0.50
|
|
Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
|
232,225
|
-0.2
|
253,929
|
0
|
267,799
|
0.00
|
|
Redbridge PCT
|
292,512
|
1.4
|
317,506
|
0.6
|
334,848
|
0.60
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland PCT
|
189,438
|
-0.7
|
206,163
|
-0.7
|
217,424
|
-0.70
|
|
Richmond and Twickenham PCT
|
224,520
|
14.5
|
242,789
|
13
|
256,050
|
13.00
|
|
Rotherham PCT
|
330,233
|
-1.2
|
361,022
|
-1.2
|
380,741
|
-1.20
|
|
Salford PCT
|
346,814
|
1.5
|
374,615
|
0.9
|
395,076
|
0.90
|
|
Sandwell PCT
|
422,253
|
-3.6
|
461,941
|
-3
|
487,172
|
-3.00
|
|
Sefton PCT
|
389,658
|
2.2
|
424,393
|
2.1
|
447,574
|
2.10
|
|
Sheffield PCT
|
721,813
|
4.3
|
783,833
|
4.1
|
826,646
|
4.10
|
|
Shropshire County PCT
|
331,198
|
-1
|
363,336
|
-0.8
|
383,181
|
-0.80
|
|
Solihull Care Trust
|
236,950
|
-0.8
|
259,370
|
-0.4
|
273,537
|
-0.40
|
|
Somerset PCT
|
598,119
|
-3
|
661,858
|
-2.3
|
698,008
|
-2.30
|
|
South Birmingham PCT
|
467,293
|
-0.3
|
510,764
|
-0.1
|
538,661
|
-0.10
|
|
South East Essex PCT
|
405,020
|
-0.4
|
441,775
|
-0.8
|
465,904
|
-0.80
|
|
South Gloucestershire PCT
|
250,189
|
-0.9
|
275,190
|
-0.8
|
290,221
|
-0.80
|
|
South Staffordshire PCT
|
653,701
|
-1.6
|
716,139
|
-1.6
|
755,254
|
-1.60
|
|
South Tyneside PCT
|
222,991
|
-2.1
|
243,791
|
-1.4
|
257,107
|
-1.40
|
|
South West Essex PCT
|
473,017
|
-3.5
|
525,622
|
-2.3
|
554,331
|
-2.30
|
|
Southampton City PCT
|
295,218
|
-2.4
|
323,249
|
-2.1
|
340,905
|
-2.10
|
|
Southwark PCT
|
401,542
|
3.9
|
433,721
|
3.2
|
457,410
|
3.20
|
|
Stockport PCT
|
349,861
|
1.1
|
379,343
|
0.7
|
400,063
|
0.70
|
|
Stoke On Trent PCT
|
360,415
|
-0.7
|
392,763
|
-0.5
|
414,216
|
-0.50
|
|
Suffolk PCT
|
659,034
|
-2.5
|
726,691
|
-2
|
766,383
|
-2.00
|
|
Sunderland Teaching PCT
|
413,283
|
0.6
|
449,010
|
0.3
|
473,535
|
0.30
|
|
Surrey PCT
|
1,234,594
|
6
|
1,335,260
|
4.9
|
1,408,192
|
4.90
|
|
Sutton and Merton PCT
|
459,723
|
5.8
|
497,211
|
4.6
|
524,369
|
4.60
|
|
Swindon PCT
|
223,813
|
0.8
|
243,943
|
0.3
|
257,267
|
0.30
|
|
Tameside and Glossop PCT
|
308,593
|
-0.4
|
337,310
|
-0.3
|
355,733
|
-0.30
|
|
Telford and Wrekin PCT
|
187,621
|
-5.1
|
209,334
|
-3.5
|
220,768
|
-3.50
|
|
Torbay Care Trust
|
185,688
|
-5.1
|
207,397
|
-3.5
|
218,725
|
-3.50
|
|
Tower Hamlets PCT
|
360,074
|
-3.6
|
395,521
|
-3.5
|
417,125
|
-3.50
|
|
Trafford PCT
|
275,442
|
3
|
299,535
|
2.8
|
315,896
|
2.80
|
|
Wakefield District PCT
|
444,548
|
-2.5
|
489,186
|
-2
|
515,905
|
-2.00
|
|
Walsall Teaching PCT
|
342,196
|
-0.9
|
374,066
|
-0.7
|
394,497
|
-0.70
|
|
Waltham Forest PCT
|
320,806
|
1.3
|
347,335
|
0.8
|
366,306
|
0.80
|
|
Wandsworth PCT
|
388,415
|
12.7
|
420,027
|
11.9
|
442,968
|
11.90
|
|
Warrington PCT
|
237,103
|
0.1
|
259,050
|
-0.1
|
273,199
|
-0.10
|
6 May 2008 : Column 771W
6 May 2008 : Column 772W
|
Warwickshire PCT
|
592,423
|
-2.4
|
652,206
|
-2.1
|
687,830
|
-2.10
|
|
West Essex PCT
|
313,574
|
1.8
|
340,399
|
0.8
|
358,991
|
0.80
|
|
West Hertfordshire PCT
|
627,084
|
3.4
|
679,655
|
2.6
|
716,778
|
2.60
|
|
West Kent PCT
|
740,523
|
0
|
810,316
|
0
|
854,576
|
0.00
|
|
West Sussex PCT
|
952,453
|
3.2
|
1,034,023
|
2.4
|
1,090,501
|
2.40
|
|
Western Cheshire PCT
|
303,849
|
0
|
332,116
|
0
|
350,256
|
0.00
|
|
Westminster PCT
|
367,029
|
14.8
|
396,902
|
11.6
|
418,581
|
11.60
|
|
Wiltshire PCT
|
490,847
|
-0.1
|
539,616
|
-0.1
|
569,089
|
-0.10
|
|
Wirral PCT
|
459,538
|
0.5
|
500,617
|
0.3
|
527,960
|
0.30
|
|
Wolverhampton City PCT
|
326,781
|
-4.8
|
360,656
|
-3.5
|
380,355
|
-3.50
|
|
Worcestershire PCT
|
617,658
|
-2.2
|
679,281
|
-1.8
|
716,383
|
-1.80
|
