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Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of his Department's (a) capital budget and (b) capital expenditure outturn in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. [286317]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Details of the Department's capital expenditure forecasts for 2009-10 and 2010-11 were published in the 2009 departmental report (page 218), Cm 7593, which is available in the Library.
General Practitioners: Working Hours
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the change to the number of patient appointments available following the introduction of extended evening and weekend opening hours at GP practices in (a) Tamworth and (b) England. [286338]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information is not collected centrally on which individual general practitioner (GP) practices offer extended opening hours. GP practices can voluntarily participate in a national scheme where they should offer 30 minutes of extended opening for every 1,000 registered patients. Guidance issued to primary care trusts (PCTs) suggests that this would normally equate to 12 to 14 additional patient appointments being available in the average practice of 6,000 patients. However, there will be variations in the number of additional appointments available within each practice dependent on the list size of each practice participating in the scheme. It is not possible to estimate the number of additional appointments being delivered in Tamworth (South Staffordshire PCT). However, nationally, we estimate that around 5.5 million additional new appointments may have been created based on the current levels of extended opening. I have asked the PCT to provide any local information they have to my hon. Friend.
Hospital Beds
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 117-8W, on hospital beds, whether his Department collates data on the (a) sex and (b) age of occupants of hospital beds. [285724]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department does not collate these data. However, the NHS Information Centre publishes Hospital Episode Statistics for admitted patient care which are available by age and gender. Summary data are published at:
www.hesonline.org.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer? siteID=1937&categoryID=193
Hospitals: Admissions
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) respiratory diseases in (i) England and (ii) each primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available. [286251]
Ann Keen: The hospital admission data for 2007-08 for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and all respiratory disease in England and each primary care trust are contained in a the table which has been placed in the Library.
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) elective in-patient admission and (b) first out-patient appointment in each specialty at York NHS Trust in each year since 1996. [285714]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information on the waiting times for York health services by specialty is shown in a table which has been placed in the Library.
Injuries: Dogs
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) between 10 and 18 and (c) over 18 years of age were admitted to accident and emergency departments in each hospital trust under the external cause code of W54 as a result of an attack by a dog in each year since 2000. [285762]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. Tables showing a count of the number (admission episodes) admitted to hospital via accident and emergency departments for hospital providers in England, with a cause code of W54 (bitten or struck by dog) have been placed in the Library. This information has been provided by the following age groups: under 10, between 10 and 18 and over 18, for each financial year from 2000-01 to 2007-08-the most recent financial year available.
Kidneys
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions for the treatment of kidney stones were recorded in each year since 1997. [285445]
Ann Keen: The following table shows how many finished hospital admissions for the treatment of kidney stones were recorded in each year since 1997.
Mental Health Services: Kent
Mr. Fallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated for the provision of mental health services in West Kent for 2009-10. [286758]
Gillian Merron: The information requested is not held centrally. Primary care trusts are responsible for decisions about the funding of mental health services based on the priorities and needs of the local population.
NHS: Debt
Mr. Stephen O'Brien:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 494W, on the NHS: debt, how
the NHS accounts for debts owed by trusts to bodies other than (a) his Department and (b) other Government bodies. [285937]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: From 2009-10, accounting for all types of creditor transactions by national health service organisations is in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adapted and interpreted for the public sector by the Government Financial Reporting Manual issued by Her Majesty's Treasury.
NHS: Drugs
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in (a) legal costs and (b) compensation awards arising from cases of adverse incidents associated with the use of medicines outside their licensed indication in the last 12 months. [286295]
Ann Keen: The information requested can be answered only at disproportionate cost because the NHS Litigation Authority does not record this information in a readily accessible format.
NHS: Private Sector
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what criteria relating to (a) medical conditions and (b) waiting times the eligibility of patients for access to treatment funded by the NHS in private hospitals is determined. [285989]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Under free choice, patients who require an elective referral can choose to be treated at any clinically appropriate provider that meets national health service costs and standards (including waiting times standards). This includes all NHS Foundation trusts and NHS Acute trusts as well as a large number of Independent Sector providers and their hospitals.
There are some services that fall outside the scope of the choice policy. Where speed of access is particularly important (for example, patients attending a rapid access chest pain cancer services under the two week maximum waiting time). Maternity and mental health services are also currently exempt.
Pharmacy
Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support primary care trusts provide to pharmacies which do not reach their prescription items threshold for (a) one month, (b) six months and (c) one year. [286062]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Essential Small Pharmacy Local Pharmaceutical Services (ESPLPS) contracts are in place for those low-volume pharmacies considered by their primary care trust to be essential to the proper and sufficient provision of drugs and medicines within its area. This provides a 'top-up' where the dispensing activity falls below certain monthly thresholds. For other low-volume pharmacies it is a matter for the parties locally to agree what measures, if any, may be taken, including, for example, the commissioning of additional services.
Pregnant Women
Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health in pregnancy grants have been made in the London boroughs of (a) Waltham Forest and (b) Redbridge; and what estimate he has made of the number of residents of each borough who will be eligible for such grants in 2009-10. [285819]
Mr. Timms: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not yet available, it is estimated that, 140,000 mothers-to-be in London will be eligible for the Health in Pregnancy grant in 2009-10.
Prescription: Fees and Charges
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress his Department has made towards exempting from prescription charges people with long-term medical conditions; and if he will make a statement. [285917]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) on 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 92W.
Primary Care Trusts: Working Hours
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been allocated to each primary care trust in respect of compliance with the revised requirements of the European Working Time Directive; and what assessment he has made of the use to which such funds have been put. [285462]
Ann Keen: A total of £310 million has been made available to support implementation of the Directive. In 2009-10 the tariff uplift includes £150 million implementing the Directive, while strategic health authorities will be able to target £50 million to support change and expansion in paediatrics, obstetrics and anaesthetics and other trained doctor solutions.
Strategic health authorities have made clear to primary care trusts and trust boards the availability of funding and the criteria for its use.
The strategic health authorities will report on usage in due course.
Swine Flu
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-62, on swine flu update, what scenarios have been planned for; and which of these has enabled his Department to plan for the worst. [284274]
Gillian Merron:
The planning assumptions set out in the National Framework for Responding to an Influenza
Pandemic, which was published in November 2007, advise planning for a range of scenarios. A copy has already been placed in the Library. These were based on advice from the predecessor of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee, the Scientific Advisory Group on Pandemic Influenza, and its subgroup on Modelling. These assumptions are for a considerably more severe and more infectious illness than the illness currently seen in the United Kingdom or abroad with the swine flu virus A(H1N1).
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Expenditure
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capital expenditure York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has incurred in each year since 1996-97. [285871]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested.
The following table shows data for 2001-02 to 2006-07, which are the only years for which information is available for the York Hospitals NHS Trust.
| Charge against the capital resource limit (£000) | |
| Notes: 1. York Hospitals NHS Trust achieved Foundation Trust status on 1 April 2007. The Department does not collect data from foundation trusts, therefore no data are available for 2007-08. 2. The term "capital expenditure" has been interpreted to mean the charge against the Capital Resource Limit for the year. This charge is calculated as follows: (a) Gross capital expenditure in accruals terms for the period (b) Less the net book value of assets disposed of (c) Plus any loss on disposal of donated assets (d) Less capital grants received (e) Less donations 3. The negative figures in 2006-07 and 2001-02 indicate that the trust has disposed of assets with a net book value greater than the amount spent on the purchase of fixed assets in each period. 4. For the available data since achieving foundation trust status, my hon. Friend may wish to contact the York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust direct. Source: Department of Health audited summarisation schedules. | |
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