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Care Homes: Closures
Mr. Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations were made by the Anchor Trust to his Department on the closure of its nursing care homes across the North of England in the last 12 months. [267316]
Phil Hope: We are informed that no such representations were made.
Care Homes: Drugs
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) boys and (b) girls are known to have experienced medical complications arising from the administration of behaviour controlling drugs in care homes in the last 30 years; and if he will make a statement. [270039]
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally.
Clostridium: Elderly
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of clostridium difficile infection were reported in people aged 65 years and over in each NHS trust area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [269147]
Ann Keen: The information requested is not available as the mandatory surveillance scheme in which acute trusts report all cases of clostridium difficile infection in people aged 65 years and over began in January 2004. These data comprise all specimens processed by NHS acute trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere.
Data for each trust for the calendar years 2004 to 2007 are published on the Health Protection Agency's website at:
The annual totals for England are:
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It should be noted that data are no longer published by calendar year. Data up to financial year 2008-09 will be available in July 2009.
Dental Services
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists in England have not met their units of dental activity allocation in each year since the new dental contract was introduced in April 2006. [270030]
Ann Keen: This information is not held centrally.
Departmental Training
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. [268551]
Mr. Bradshaw: Training is provided to Ministers as necessary in order to carry out their duties effectively under the Ministerial Code.
Information about media training sessions undertaken by previous Ministers is not held centrally. The training organised by the Department that has been undertaken by the current ministerial team during this period is listed as follows:
Two media training sessions have been undertaken by Ann Keen, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, at a total spend of £6,600.
Five media training sessions have been undertaken by Lord Ara Darzi, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, at a total spend of £9,500.
All of the above training sessions were provided by Millbank Media. The figures given are exclusive of VAT.
Depressive Illnesses
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on psychological therapies for people with depression in each year since 1997. [270275]
Phil Hope: No information is held centrally about how much the national health service has spent on psychological therapies for people with depression in each year since 1997.
The Government have provided substantial new funding to increase services over the next three years:
£33 million for 2008-09;
a further £70 million to a total of £103 million in 2009-10; and
a further £70 million to a total of £173 million in 2010-11.
On 8 March 2009, my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced an additional £13 million to
support a package of measures to help people who are distressed, depressed or anxious as a result of the economic downturn. These measures include a greater provision of talking therapies and a new network of employment support workers.
Health Services: Digital Technology
Alun Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the principles of digital inclusion are applied to mainstream health services. [268989]
Mr. Bradshaw: Where digital services are offered to citizens, the Department is working to ensure no citizens are disadvantaged due to access to relevant technology. The Department is participating in the preparation of the cross-government Digital Inclusion Action Plan. The principal channel for tackling digital inclusion is through NHS Choices. In October 2008, NHS Choices launched a new Carers Direct hub on its site aimed at carers of people with disabilities and long-term conditions. NHS Choices is also developing an online training programme aimed at health information intermediaries, who can work with those who lack access to the internet. From April 2009, NHS Choices takes over the NHS Direct digital TV service on Freeview and will be developing this further as an access channel for non-internet users.
Health Services: Hemel Hempstead
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the changes in the levels of local demand for (a) double-manned ambulances, (b) emergency care assistants and (c) community first responders following the closure of acute services at Hemel Hempstead hospital. [268886]
Phil Hope: As an operational matter, it is for the local national health service to commission urgent and emergency care services from local service providers with a view to meeting specific local demands. This provision of services can be delivered by a mix of providers, and by staff working in a range of roles. The particular mix of providers and roles can be expected to vary from area to area, but the local NHS is best placed to determine what is most appropriate in each case.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the time taken to transfer patients by ambulance to appropriate acute care facilities of the closure of acute services at Hemel Hempstead hospital. [268887]
Phil Hope: There is no recommended minimum or maximum travelling time, or distance, to healthcare facilities issued by the Department. However, regardless of the reconfiguration of services, there are national standards for the response time of ambulances. 75 per cent. of all ambulance category A (life-threatening) 999 calls should be responded to in eight minutes or less (95 per cent. in 19 minutes) and 95 per cent. of category B (serious) 999 calls should be responded to in 19 minutes or less, ensuring that appropriate, timely care is provided to patients at the scene.
Home Care Services: Standards
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps he has taken to ensure that levels of care users of domiciliary care support services receive are consistent with the standard set by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [270349]
Phil Hope: The new integrated regulator of health and adult social care, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), took over from the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission on 1 April 2009.
CQC is responsible for registering and inspecting all providers of domiciliary care. It has a wide range of enforcement powers under the Care Standards Act 2000. These include issuing notices requiring improvement within a specified time period, prosecuting providers for failing to provide proper care and even closing down a provider by cancelling its registration.
From 2010, CQC will be introducing a new system of registration under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. This will give it additional powers to fine providers and suspend those which are not providing acceptable levels of care.
Hospitals: Infections
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients were screened for healthcare-acquired infections in (a) the North West and (b) England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [269148]
(2) how many patients were treated for healthcare-acquired infections in (a) the North West and (b) England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [269149]
Ann Keen: Data on screening for health care associated infections are not collected centrally. The information requested on treatment is not collected centrally. The best available data are from the mandatory surveillance system, which covers methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections, Clostridium difficile infections, glycopeptide-resistant enterococci bloodstream infections, and orthopaedic surgical site infections operated for the Department by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
Data for England and North West of England respectively are provided in the following tables. Regional data are not available for surgical site infections.
Since April 2001, all acute national health service trusts in England have been obliged to report all cases of bloodstream infections caused by MRSA. These data comprise all specimens processed by NHS acute trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere. These data are only available by financial year.
| Number of cases of bloodstream infections caused by MRSA | ||
| Number of cases of bloodstream infections caused by MRSA | ||
| April to March each year | England | North West England |
All acute NHS trusts in England are obliged to report all cases of Clostridium difficile ( C. difficile) infection in people aged 65 years and over since January 2004. These data comprise all specimens processed by NHS acute trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere.
| Number of cases of C. difficile infection in people aged 65 years and over | ||
| Number of cases of C. difficile infection in people aged 65 years or over | ||
| England | North West England | |
Since October 2003, all acute NHS trusts in England are obliged to report all cases of blood stream infections
caused by glycopeptide resistant enterococci. These data comprise all specimens processed by NHS acute trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere. These data are available from October to September; they are not available by calendar year.
| Number of cases of blood stream infections caused by glycopeptide-resistant enterococci | ||
| Number of cases of bloodstream infections caused by glycopeptide-resistant enterococci | ||
| October to September each year | England | North West England |
Since April 2004, the following data have been collected from the mandatory surveillance of surgical site infections (SSIs) in orthopaedic categories in English NHS hospitals. Hospitals carrying out orthopaedic surgery have to participate in the surveillance of at least one category for at least one quarter of the year. All of the SSIs reported are identified during the in-patient period.
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |||||
| Surgical category | No. of operations | No. of SSIs | No. of operations | No. of SSIs | No. of operations | No. of SSIs | No. of operations | No. of SSIs |
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