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Heart Diseases: Health Services

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department plans to take in response to the National Specialist Commissioning Group's document for designation of Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease Specialist Centres; and if he will make a statement. [304418]

Ann Keen: Designation of specialised services such as services for Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease is a formal process of checking that service providers meet certain standards and that services are able to meet demand and to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients and are good value for money. The service specification standards included in the Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease designation document have been drawn up to assist this process by providing a common set of criteria against which services can be assessed. It is the responsibility of the 10 Specialised Commissioning Groups in England working on behalf of their constituent primary care trusts to decide on the relative priority of work on the specialised services within their designation programmes.

Hospitals: Admissions

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to NHS organisations on the length of stay of patients in (a) medical and (b) surgical admission units. [304703]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: None.

Hospitals: Hygiene

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of the effects of poor hand hygiene on (a) infection and (b) mortality rates in hospitals; [304101]

(2) what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of each hand hygiene initiative undertaken in hospitals; [304183]

(3) how much his Department spent to increase levels of compliance with hand hygiene procedures in hospitals in the last 12 months. [304184]

Ann Keen: Hand hygiene is only one part of our comprehensive strategy to reduce health care associated infections, and the evidence base shows that it prevents infections. All acute trusts signed up to the National Patient Safety Agency's 'cleanyourhands' campaign and independent evaluation of this campaign suggests a strong association with a reduction in infections. We do not specifically fund or assess individual hospital campaigns and mortality rates have not been specifically investigated.

Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on the rapidity of the spread of hospital-acquired infections of (a) the use of disposable blood pressure cuffs, (b) the practice of infusing hospital equipment with silver ion particles and (c) banning hospital staff from wearing neckties. [304146]

Ann Keen: Devices such as silver alloy coated catheters aim to prevent infections rather than reduce transmission. Although specific information on the effect of blood pressure cuffs and neckties on transmissions is not available, they will be expected to contribute if part of a systematic approach to infection control. However, manufacturers of new devices are able to submit their products to the Rapid Review Panel for evaluation.

Hospitals: Manpower

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) managers and (b) senior managers were in post at each hospital in the North West in each of the last five years. [304680]

Ann Keen: The information is not available in the format requested. Non-medical workforce census data are collected by trust, so hospital level data are not available. The information that is available is shown in the following tables:


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National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services: Senior Managers and Managers in the North West Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area by organisation as at 30 September: Each year (as full time equivalents)
2004 2005 2006

All managers Senior managers Managers All managers Senior managers Managers All managers Senior managers Managers

North West SHA area

4,358

1,709

2,649

4,522

1,527

2,995

4,345

1,514

2,831

Five Boroughs Partnership National Health Service Trust

75

54

21

78

58

21

81

21

60

Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust

71

36

35

76

17

58

81

17

64

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Primary Care Trust (PCT)

58

19

39

53

33

20

52

33

20

Blackburn with Darwen PCT

24

10

15

24

10

15

30

12

18

Blackpool PCT

31

4

27

39

5

34

19

5

14

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust

100

46

54

97

39

58

94

36

58

Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust

50

10

40

55

19

36

48

21

27

Bolton PCT

64

48

16

60

8

53

62

7

55

Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust

72

42

30

69

46

23

70

49

21

Bury PCT

30

30

0

35

35

0

45

41

4

Calderstones NHS Trust

34

27

7

33

17

16

29

16

14

Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT

74

34

41

104

56

48

92

20

72

Central Lancashire PCT

118

38

80

110

29

81

94

30

64

Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust

68

25

43

74

27

47

80

28

52

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust

41

13

28

41

9

32

37

10

27

Christie Hospital NHS Trust

53

45

8

16

3

13

16

3

13

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust

23

19

4

26

20

6

13

11

2

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

72

23

49

78

19

60

72

26

46

Cumbria PCT

144

52

92

88

21

67

73

17

56

East Cheshire NHS Trust

28

19

9

51

9

42

53

8

45

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

98

58

40

100

62

37

99

62

37

East Lancashire PCT

42

21

21

43

23

20

51

22

29

Halton and St Helens PCT

70

24

45

63

24

40

69

28

41

Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT

38

27

11

44

14

30

40

20

20

Knowsley PCT

29

4

25

39

7

32

43

4

40

Lancashire Care NHS Trust

55

48

7

46

3

43

75

25

50

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

109

12

96

126

7

119

122

8

114

Liverpool PCT

155

64

91

201

74

127

191

57

133

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

24

8

16

18

3

15

32

18

14

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

52

37

15

57

41

16

55

40

15

Manchester PCT

149

17

133

216

25

192

196

70

126

Mersey Care NHS Trust

121

19

102

99

46

53

84

39

46

Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust

123

70

53

132

78

54

117

57

60

North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust

87

6

81

77

4

73

72

4

69

North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

52

14

38

61

24

37

63

29

34

North Cumbria Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Trust

25

15

10

25

12

13

28

13

15

North Lancashire PCT

62

13

49

48

9

39

69

14

55

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

135

41

94

200

72

128

240

90

150

North West SHA

230

56

174

243

52

191

185

52

133

Oldham PCT

32

5

27

36

5

31

34

5

29

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

120

34

86

125

32

93

131

31

100

Pennine Care NHS Trust

42

15

27

45

13

33

48

15

34

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

119

39

80

128

44

84

136

65

71

Royal Liverpool Children's' Hospital NHS Trust

52

20

32

58

24

34

53

20

33

Salford PCT

111

27

84

127

21

106

109

20

89

Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust

79

32

47

54

24

30

56

22

34

Sefton PCT

61

28

33

94

10

84

26

9

17

South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust

59

17

42

64

20

44

56

9

47

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

26

8

18

25

8

17

23

13

10

St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

43

24

19

50

24

26

51

20

31

Stockport NHS Trust

57

19

38

61

20

40

58

19

38

Stockport PCT

55

38

17

30

5

25

38

8

30

Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust

42

7

35

41

7

34

24

7

17

Tameside and Glossop PCT

60

25

36

68

28

40

58

22

35

The Cardiothoracic Centre - Liverpool NHS Trust

28

28

0

20

6

15

27

8

19

The Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust

51

30

21

50

30

20

43

25

17

The Wirral Hospital NHS Trust

48

24

24

48

24

24

49

25

24

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust

43

15

28

34

12

23

30

9

21

Trafford PCT

50

8

42

47

9

38

61

10

51

Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust

36

20

16

33

14

19

35

19

16

Warrington PCT

36

24

12

40

23

17

36

11

25

West Cheshire PCT

62

24

39

67

25

42

49

17

32

Wirral PCT

86

25

61

65

14

51

71

13

58

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust

73

28

45

64

27

36

71

30

42


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