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Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) out patient and (b) in patient waiting time was for each hospital in Sheffield for each speciality in each year since 1998. [323760]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. The information that is available has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest Referral to Treatment Time data for (a) Eddisbury constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England. [323911]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: This information requested is contained in "18 Weeks Referral to Treatment Data January 2010-Central and Eastern Cheshire, North West and England" which has been placed in the Library.
Malnutrition: Greater London
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each age group were treated for malnutrition in each London borough in each year since 2000. [323788]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information is not held by the format requested. The following table provides a count of admissions where there was a primary diagnosis of malnutrition for patients who were treated within London strategic health authority by selected age groups.
| Count of admissions( 1) to hospital where there was a primary diagnosis( 2) of malnutrition( 3) by selected age groups for patients who were treated within London strategic health authority( 4) from 2000-01 to 2008-09-Activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector | ||||||
| Total | 0-24 years | 25-49 years | 50-74 years | 75+ years | Unknown | |
| (1) Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. (2) Primary diagnosis The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. (3) ICD10 Clinical Codes The ICD-10 codes for malnutrition are: E40.X Kwashiorkor E41.X Nutritional marasmus. (4) SHA of treatment This field is derived from the hospital provider code (procode). It indicates the strategic health authority (SHA) area within which the treatment took place. Notes: 1. Small numbers To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with "*" (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify numbers from the total an additional number. 2. Data quality HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts PCTs in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 3. Assessing growth through time HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in out-patient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care. | ||||||
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of treating malnutrition in each London borough in each year since 2000; [323790]
(2) whether he has made a recent estimate of the cost per bed day of treating a patient with malnutrition in each London borough. [323792]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested is not held centrally.
Medical Records: Children
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 641W, on medical records: children, when he expects to reach decisions on changes to the opt-out policy in respect of children's summary care records. [323905]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: This is a complex matter on which the National Information Governance Board is considering advice. Officials are providing advice as a matter of urgency.
Medical Treatments
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultation on the proposed transfer of responsibility for commissioning ultra-orphan treatments from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to the National Specialised Commissioning Group. [323689]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provides advice to the national health service on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. NICE does not commission services.
The Department published its response to the consultation Strengthening National Commissioning on 19 March 2010. The document can be found on the Department's website at:
A copy has been placed in the Library.
We are now working with the National Specialised Commissioning Team to set up the new advisory group and appoint its members. We intend that the new group will become operational in time to begin commissioning services from April 2011.
The National Specialised Commissioning Group will not have a role in deciding what services are commissioned nationally. It will concentrate on regional and supra-regionally commissioned services.
Mesothelioma
Mr. Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects his Department to provide updated leaflets with information for those with mesothelioma. [324094]
Ann Keen: Information for people with mesothelioma is available from the British Lung Foundation, the Department for Work and Pensions, and other sources. Information leaflets for clinicians and for the general public about the health implications of pleural plaques have been commissioned from, respectively, the British Thoracic Society and the British Lung Foundation. We understand that these leaflets will be published in the near future.
Neuromuscular Services: West Midlands
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many whole time equivalent consultant neurologists with a specialism in neuromuscular conditions are employed in the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area; [322584]
(2) how many whole time equivalent consultant paediatric neurologists with specialism in neuromuscular conditions are employed in the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area. [322585]
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally. However, this information may be available directly from West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.
Northwick Park Hospital: Manpower
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) managers, (b) nursing staff, (c) junior doctors and (d) consultants are employed at Northwick Park Hospital. [323472]
Ann Keen: Data is not available in the format requested. Data is collected by trust and is shown in the following table.
Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): medical, dental and non-medical staff within North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
Primary Care Trusts: Finance
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2010, Official Report, column 574WA, on NHS finances, for what reason primary care trusts are being asked to ensure that two per cent. of their funding is committed non-recurrently. [323832]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The NHS Operating Framework for 2010-11 stated that strategic health authorities must ensure that primary care trusts do not recurrently commit the totality of their recurrent funding in their 2010-11 plans, such that at least 2 per cent. of recurrent funding at the aggregate regional level is only ever committed non-recurrently.
The reason primary care trusts need to do this is to ensure that they have flexibility in their spending plans to provide the capability to manage risk and volatility.
Primary Care Trusts: Information Officers
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) communications and (b) press officers are employed by each primary care trust (PCT); and how many of each group have been so employed by each PCT in each of the last five years. [323488]
Ann Keen: The Department does not hold this information. The number of staff employed in communications and public relations activity is a matter that is determined locally (at PCT level) based on local communications need.
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