Terrence Higgins Trust: Finance
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding Terrence Higgins Trust has received from his Department in 2010-11; how much he expects it to receive in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. [83422]
Anne Milton: The Department can confirm that Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) received £2,611,750 in 2010-11 and is expecting to provide funding of £2,555,000 in 2011-12.
It should be noted that funding for 2011-12 represents the latest allocations and additional funding could be allocated in the remaining months of the financial year.
THT has received funding from the Department for targeted HIV prevention programmes for MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) communities and for Terrence Higgins Trust Direct. THT has also received funding through the Reaching Out to Carers Innovation Fund, the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Scheme and for the chairing of INVOLVE (Patient and Public Involvement in Research and Development).
Trauma Centres
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many additional consultants will be employed in major trauma accident and emergency centres in 2012. [83375]
Mr Simon Burns: Local national health service organisations are best placed to decide on the work force needs for their community, according to local circumstances and priorities, with assurance and challenge regionally and nationally.
To better understand the future demand for medical staff and to develop supply strategies to meet this demand, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) will publish its second report on the medical work force in autumn 2011. In 2010, the CfWI published its first report on the medical work force, which included a series of fact sheets for each medical specialty, including the trauma and orthopaedic specialty. A copy of this report has been placed the Library.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which major trauma centres will be operational in 2012. [83376]
Mr Simon Burns: A regional trauma network is comprised of a major trauma centre and eight to 12 trauma units. 22 major trauma centres (MTCs) have been proposed, with locations determined by national health service strategic health authorities. The major trauma units will be located in adjacent trusts.
Royal London Hospital
King's College London
St George's Hospital
St Mary's Hospital.
Nottingham University Hospital
John Radcliffe Oxford
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Southampton General Hospital
Addenbrooke's Cambridge
Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle
James Cook Middlesbrough
North Bristol NHS Trust
Derriford Hospital Plymouth
University Hospital Birmingham
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
University Hospital North Stafford
Leeds General Infirmary
Northern General Hospital Sheffield
Hull Royal Infirmary
Brighton and Sussex University Hospital
Royal Preston.
Designation still under discussion:
Greater Manchester
Merseyside.
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Sheffield Children's Hospital
Bristol Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of fractured neck of femur cases which will be transferred to major trauma accident and emergency centres in the next 12 months; [83377]
(2) what advice his Department has given on the transfer of fractured neck of femur cases to major trauma accident and emergency centres. [83378]
Mr Simon Burns:
Fractured neck of femur (also known as hip fracture) is a general trauma injury, and
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fractured neck of femur patients are unlikely to trigger the ambulance service pre-hospital triage that invokes the major trauma pathway. The older person, who is the typical victim of this injury from a fall, would typically follow the local care route to the local hospital for treatment, unless exceptionally they were part of a multiple injuries scenario.
Working Hours: EU Law
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the European Working Time Directive on continuity of care for patients; and if he will make a statement. [82422]
Mr Simon Burns: Ensuring service rotas are compliant, and appropriately staffed, and assessing the effects implementation of the directive is having on patients and staff is the responsibility of individual national health service trusts.
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of measures NHS trusts are taking to monitor junior doctors' compliance with the European Working Time Directive. [82423]
Mr Simon Burns: It is the responsibility of individual national health service trusts to ensure service rotas are compliant with the working time directive (WTD).
In line with the Government's coalition agreement to reduce duplication and resources spent on administration, the Department reduced bureaucracy for the service by removing the burden of central monitoring of compliance, leaving this role to organisations at a local level.
The last assessment of the WTD was undertaken in January 2010 and reported that 6,564 (nearly 99%) of doctors' rotas were compliant with the directive.