| Main specialty code | Main specialty description | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-2000 | 1998-99 | 1997-98 | 1 996-97 |
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| Notes: 1. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between one and five have been replaced with ‘*’ (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify numbers from the total an additional number (the next smallest) has been replaced. 2. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year. 3. Consultant main specialty: The specialty under which the consultant responsible for the care of the patient at that time is registered. Take care when analysing HES data by specialty, or by groups of specialties (such as ‘acute’). Trusts have different ways of managing specialties and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other patient or service information. 4. HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts 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. 5. 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 outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care | ||||||||
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for (a) outpatient appointments and (b) in-patient admissions at York NHS Trust on 1 April (i) 1997, (ii) 2001, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2010 and (v) 2011. [71480]
Mr Simon Burns: The information is not available in the format requested.
The number of patients waiting for a first out-patient appointment at York Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (FT) in 2005 and 2010 is shown in the following table:
| Month ending | Number waiting at period end |
| Notes: 1. Out-patient waiting times are measured from general practitioner referral to first out-patient appointment. 2. Figures first published June 2004 and last published March 2010. Source: Department of Health QM08, monthly monitoring return | |
The number of patients waiting for elective admission at York Hospital NHS FT in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010 is shown in the following table:
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| Month ending | Number waiting at period end |
| Note: Data on in-patient waiting lists not centrally collected after March 2010 Source: Department of Health KH07, Monthly monitoring return | |
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average length of time patients waited for (a) outpatient appointments and (b) in-patient admissions at York NHS Trust in (i) 1997, ii) 2001, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2010 and (v) 2011. [71481]
Mr Simon Burns: The information is not available in the format requested.
The median out-patient waiting times, in weeks, for York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (FT) in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010 are shown in the following tables:
| Out-patients seen during quarter ending | Median wait (weeks) |
| Notes: 1. The figures show the median time waited for patients having a first consultant-led out-patient appointment in the period stated. 2. Out-patient waiting times are measured from general practitioner (GP) referral to first out-patient appointment. 3. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient-level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. 4. Figures last published September 2007. Source: Department of Health QM08, monthly monitoring return | |
| Out-patients still waiting at month ending | Median wait (weeks) |
| Notes: 1. The figures show the median waiting times for patients still waiting for first consultant-led out-patient appointment at the end of the period stated. 2. Out-patient waiting times are measured from GP referral to first out-patient appointment. 3. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient-level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. 4. Figures last published March 2010. Source: Department of Health QM08, monthly monitoring return | |
The median waiting times, in weeks, for elective admission at York Teaching Hospital NHS FT in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010 is shown in the following table:
| Month ending | Median wait (weeks) |
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| Notes: 1. The figures show the median waiting times for patients still waiting for admission at the end of the period stated. 2. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient-level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. 3. Data on in-patient waiting lists not collected after March 2010. Source: Department of Health KH07, Monthly monitoring return | |
The median Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times, in weeks, for York Teaching Hospital NHS FT in 2010 and 2011 is shown in the following tables.
| Admitted (adjusted) pathways completed during month: | |
| Period | Median waiting time (in weeks) |
| Notes: 1. The figures show the median time for patients completing a pathway in the period stated. 2. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient-level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. Source: RTT monitoring | |
| Non-admitted pathways completed during month: | |
| Period | Median waiting time (in weeks) |
| Notes: 1. The figures show the median time for patients completing a pathway in the period stated. 2. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient-level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. Source: RTT monitoring | |
NHS Manpower: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many staff were employed at York Hospital NHS Trust by main staff group as at 30 September (a) 1997, (b) 2008 and (c) in the latest year for which figures are available; [71476]
(2) how many (a) GPs, (b) hospital doctors, (c) community nurses and (d) hospital nurses were employed in NHS establishments and GP surgeries in the City of York in (i) 1997, (ii) 2010 and (iii) the latest date for which figures are available. [71479]
Mr Simon Burns: Information is not available in the format requested.
Information on the numbers of doctors, by main staff groups, employed by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (FT) and North Yorkshire and York primary care trust (PCT) on 30 September 1997, 2008 and 2010 and 30 May 2011 is shown in the following table:
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| (1) Headcount totals are unlikely to equal the sum of components. The new headcount methodology for 2010 data is not fully comparable with previous years' data due to improvements that make it a more stringent count of absolute staff numbers. Further information on the headcount methodology is available in the “NHS Workforce: Summary of staff in the NHS: Results from September 2010 Census” publication, which has already been placed in the Library. (2) Monthly data: As from 21 July 2010, the Information Centre for health and social care has published experimental, provisional monthly NHS workforce data. As expected with provisional, experimental statistics, some figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data are not directly comparable with the annual workforce census; they only include those staff on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) (i.e. they do not include primary care staff or bank staff), they also include locum doctors (not counted in the annual census). There are also new methods of presenting data (headcount methodology is different and there is now a role count). This information is available from September 2009 onwards in “Monthly NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics in England—May 2011, Provisional, Experimental Statistics”, which has been placed in the Library. Monthly locum data is excluded from this table. (3) Not applicable. North Yorkshire and York PCT was not formed until 2006. (4) Not available. Monthly data are not available for GP statistics. (5) In order to avoid double counting, hospital practitioners and clinical assistants are excluded from the all doctors totals, as they are predominantly GPs that work part time in hospitals (applies to headcount data only). Source: The Information Centre for health and social care—General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, Medical and Dental Workforce Census, and Monthly Provisional Statistics. | ||||
Information on the numbers of non-medical staff, by main staff groups, employed by York Teaching Hospital NHS FT and North Yorkshire and York PCT on 30 September 1997, 2008 and 2010 and 30 May 2011 is shown in the following table:
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| (1) Headcount totals are unlikely to equal the sum of components. The new headcount methodology for 2010 data is not fully comparable with previous years data due to improvements that make it a more stringent count of absolute staff numbers. Further information on the headcount methodology is available in the “NHS Workforce: Summary of staff in the NHS: Results from September 2010 Census” publication, has been placed in the Library. (2) Monthly data: As from 21 July 2010, the Information Centre for health and social care has published experimental, provisional monthly NHS workforce data. As expected with provisional, experimental statistics, some figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data are not directly comparable with the annual workforce census; they only include those staff on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) (i.e. they do not include Primary care staff or Bank staff), they also include locum doctors (not counted in the annual census). There are also new methods of presenting data (headcount methodology is different and there is now a role count). This information is available from September 2009 onwards in “Monthly NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) Workforce Statistics in England—May 2011, Provisional, Experimental Statistics”, which has been placed in the Library. (3) It is impossible to accurately split nursing staff census data between those who work in the community and those who are hospital based. These figures are based on those areas of work who are broadly assumed to be employed in community or hospital settings. Community nursing staff is an aggregate of the community services, community psychiatry, community learning disabilities and school nursing areas of work. Non-community areas of work is an aggregate of the acute, elderly and general care, education services, maternity services, other learning disabilities, other psychiatry and paediatric nursing areas of work. (4) Not applicable. North Yorkshire and York PCT was not formed until 2006. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care—Monthly Provisional Statistics and Non-Medical Workforce Census. | ||||
NHS Manpower: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other doctors, (c) nurses and midwives and (d) other health professionals were employed at York hospital in 1997, excluding posts subsequently transferred to York Primary Care Trust; and how many were employed in each such category at the most recent date for which figures are available; [71477]
(2) how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and clerical staff and (f) auxiliary staff were employed by York NHS Trust, excluding those transferred to Selby and York Primary Care Trust, in each year since 1996-97. [71478]
Mr Simon Burns: The information requested is not centrally held by the Department. The hon. Member may wish to approach the chief executive of the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust direct, which may hold some relevant information.
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International Development
Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to assist those in (a) developing countries and (b) British Overseas Territories who have been affected by Hurricane Irene. [71633]
Mr Duncan: My Department monitored the impact of Hurricane Irene on both the Overseas Territories (OTs) and the independent Caribbean. We activated our contingency plans for the region and the Overseas Territories. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Wave Ruler was deployed to the Turks and Caicos Islands to provide post-impact reconnaissance and transport of emergency supplies. A DFID disaster adviser was pre-positioned to Jamaica. We were also in contact with the regional emergency response organisation and international emergency response agencies.
We received no requests for assistance from any of the countries or territories affected by Hurricane Irene.
Horn of Africa: Overseas Aid
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with his foreign counterparts on the provision of aid to the Horn of Africa. [71744]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: Over the summer months I have spoken with a large number of my foreign counterparts to galvanise support on the provision of aid to the Horn of Africa, including:
Germany's Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development, Dirk Niebel; Ben Knapen, the Development Minister of the Netherlands; Henri de Raincourt, France's Development Minister; Franco Frattini, Italy's Foreign Minister and latterly Dr. Raj Shah of the United States Agency for International Development.
At the Tidewater conference in July I also addressed Development Ministers and officials—Denmark's State Secretary for development policy Ib Petersen, European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs, Deputy Director General and Minister of Foreign affairs for France George Serre, Minister of the Environment and International Development of Norway Erik Solheim, Japanese President Sadako Ogata, President of Institute for Liberty and Democracy Hernando de Soto, Deputy Administrator of USAID Donald Steinberg, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Panitchpakdi Supachai, Chair of Development Assistance Committee France Brian Atwood, Director-General of Ausaid Australia Peter Baxter, President of CIDA Canada Margaret Briggs, Director General of International Co-operation the Netherlands Yoka Brandt, Vice Minister for Development Policy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Korea, Tae-Yul Cho, Director General Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation Switzerland Martin Dahinden, Associate Administrator UNDP Rebecca Grynspan, Secretary-General OECD Angel Gurria, State Secretary for International Development Co-operation Sweden Anna Helquist, Political Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway Hege Hertzberg, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Eco-Co-operation Development Germany
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Gudrun Kopp, Executive Director UNICEF Anthony Lake, Managing Director of Public Policy Bill Gates Foundation Geoff Lamb and Managing Director of World Bank Mahmoud Mohieldin, Kenyan Prime Minister Razla Odinga and Foreign Minister George Saitotz, Somali Government, senior officials from the United Nations (UN) including Baroness Amos of the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Josette Sheeran of the World Food Programme, Antonio Guterres the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Tony Lake of the UN Children's Fund.
The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs also had discussions with their counterparts from a range of countries on the Horn.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the G20 in November 2011 and international action in respect of the Horn of Africa. [71745]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: In preparation for the G20 Finance and Development Ministers meeting on 23 September, we will be supporting a number of proposals put forward under the French presidency of the G20 which aim to manage and mitigate the effect on the poor of high and volatile food prices. International action on the crisis affecting the Horn of Africa is not the focus of the discussion at the G20 and I have not had any detailed discussion with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the right hon. Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne).
Human Rights
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports he has received on the human rights situation of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia; what steps he is taking to encourage an improvement in that situation; and what financial support his Department is providing to that government. [71373]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: Reports include those by the United Nations Human Rights Council independent expert (September 2010) and Human Rights Watch (August 2011). Both provide evidence that people in areas controlled by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) have been subjected to violations of their human rights. During my recent visit to Mogadishu, I urged the TFG to protect civilians and meet the needs of internally displaced persons.
The UK does not provide direct support to the TFG. Through the United Nations, we work to strengthen security and justice, including providing the only source of legal aid in Mogadishu. Future support to the TFG would be conditional on financial transparency and clear accountability agreements to ensure they comply with international human rights and humanitarian law.
Internally Displaced People
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on the establishment of internally displaced peoples' camps inside Somalia; and if he will make a statement. [71376]
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Mr Andrew Mitchell: UK Government policy is to get humanitarian assistance to people as close to their homes as possible so that they do not feel the need to leave their homes. Some Somalis choose to migrate internally, for example to seek support from family members in Mogadishu. I support United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugee's (UNHCR) work with the Somali authorities to get assistance to voluntary camps across Somalia.
Vulnerable Somalis also have a right to flee across international borders to seek asylum but I agree with the UNHCR position that establishing new internally displaced people's camps, especially near border areas, is not the answer to prevent international refugee flows. They are likely to be sited in insecure areas, with difficult access for agencies, and health and security risks for the population which may be even greater than where they have fled from.
Refugees
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received on the Liboi reception centre for refugees arriving in Kenya from Somalia; what assistance his Department has provided to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for that facility; and what barriers he has identified to the opening of the centre. [71375]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: I raised the issue with the Kenyan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during my visit to Kenya in July this year. In addition, Department for International Development (DFID) receives regular written and verbal reports and officials are in close contact with the Government of Kenya (GoK) on the Liboi reception centre. The GoK and UNHCR have reached an agreement on opening the Liboi reception centre. Once building has started, UNHCR estimates that there will be sufficient infrastructure in place to receive refugees within two weeks, but that full completion will take an additional two months.
These plans are however, subject to final authorisation from the GoK, who have valid security concerns over the management of its border with Somalia, and to the capacity of GoK, UNHCR and other organisations involved to set up and staff a new facility quickly. DFID provides some unearmarked funding to UNHCR's
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Kenya operation for them to allocate according to emerging priority gaps, including Liboi.
Somalia: Armed Conflict
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the conflict in Somalia. [71746]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: The Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), and I discussed the conflict in Somalia in July 2011 at the National Security Council. Our discussions included the ongoing peacekeeping efforts led by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and how the UK can contribute to the various Somali and international efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia.
UN Central Emergency Response Fund
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with other governments on the five-year evaluation of the Central Emergency Response Fund. [71747]
Mr Andrew Mitchell: DFID officials have participated in the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) evaluation as members of the Evaluation's Steering and Advisory Groups. Within these groups DFID officials have worked closely with other donor member groups from Norway, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands and Canada to ensure a robust evaluation of the mechanism.
A report based on the findings from the evaluation will be presented to member states in December 2011.
Northern Ireland
Departmental Responsibilities
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many meetings he has had with hon. Members of each political party since May 2010. [67160]
Mr Paterson: Since May 2010 I have met regularly with hon. Members from a range of political parties.