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Hospitals: South East
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many redundancies there were in each hospital trust in the South East in each of the last 12 months. [304107]
Gillian Merron: Monthly redundancy figures for individual trusts are not held centrally. Quarterly compulsory redundancy figures for individual strategic health authorities (SHAs) are held centrally. The figures for the two SHAs in the South East region for the last four quarters are as follows:
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From 2009-10 foundation trust data are no longer centrally collected. In previous years their returns were voluntary.
Influenza: Stockport
Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) hospitalisations and (b) deaths in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area related to (i) swine influenza and (ii) seasonal influenza there were in the 12 months to 1 December 2009. [304123]
Gillian Merron: The swine flu hospital data collected by the Department are not broken down by primary care trust (PCT). They are collated for acute trusts rather than PCT areas so precise figures for Stockport PCT are not available.
The data collected show that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has reported 108 patients were admitted with H1N1 swine flu (swabbed or clinically presumed) between 6 July and 1 December 2009. Data on hospital admissions related to swine flu were not collected prior to 6 July. The above figures include all patients reported by the hospital regardless of where they are resident, so may include non-Stockport residents. The figure will not include any residents of the Stockport PCT area who have been admitted to other hospitals with swine flu.
The Department can not release a breakdown of swine flu related deaths in individual PCTs as to do so could breach the confidentiality of patients and their relatives. Details of these deaths were supplied in strict confidence.
The Department does not collect data on seasonal flu hospitalisations and deaths.
Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area to whom it plans to offer the seasonal influenza vaccination. [304124]
Gillian Merron: Estimates suggest that there are about 85,000 people in Stockport Primary Care Trust area that fall within the groups eligible to receive the seasonal influenza vaccine.
Frontline health care workers involved in direct patient care can also receive the seasonal influenza vaccine. There are an estimated 4,000 people who fall into this category working in Stockport national health service trusts.
Legislation
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pieces of primary legislation sponsored by his Department have not had commencement clauses since 1997. [304848]
Phil Hope: All pieces of primary legislation sponsored by the Department since 1997 include a commencement provision.
Medical Treatments
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether NHS trusts will be the preferred provider under the proposed patient entitlement to treatment if a patient cannot be seen within the relevant period and desires an alternative provider. [304264]
Ann Keen: Under the proposed new patient right, if access to the relevant service is inappropriately delayed, the national health service would be required to take all reasonable steps to offer that patient a range of alternative providers which would be able to provide the service sooner than the original provider, if this is what the patient wants. Where possible, the range of alternative providers should include NHS providers and private providers which meet NHS standards and the NHS tariff.
The patient would have a choice between their original provider or one of the range of alternatives.
Midwives: Manpower
Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent midwives were in post at each hospital in the North West providing maternity services in each of the last five years. [304668]
Ann Keen: The information is not available in the format requested. Non-medical work force census data are collected by trust, so hospital level data are not available. The information that is available is shown in the following table:
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