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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) maximum waiting times for elective admissions for dental treatment were in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last six years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 November 2003

For answer on

20 November 2003

Answered on

20 November 2003

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) mean and (b) maximum waiting times for elective admissions for dental treatment were in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last six years. [138410] Mr. Hutton: The table shows the number of patients waiting over 12 months for elective inpatient admission in dentistry specialties (oral surgery, restorative dentistry, paediatric dentistry and orthodontics) and the average waiting times for those specialties. Patients waiting for elective admission for dentistry specialties1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England/Region/ Patients waiting over 12 months Median waiting times (months) Strategic Health Authority March 1997-98 England 3,397 3.4 Northern and Yorkshire 132 3.2 Trent 262 3.1 West Midlands 29 2.8 North West 176 2.8 Eastern 966 4.4 London 816 4.4 South East 817 3.7 South West 199 2.7 March 1998-99 England 1,654 2.8 Northern and Yorkshire 11 2.7 Trent 140 2.8 West Midlands 42 2.5 North West 172 2.5 Eastern 468 3.1 London 428 3.1 South East 340 3.3 South West 53 2.4 March 1999-00 England 943 2.5 Northern and Yorkshire 11 2.3 Trent 102 2.7 West Midlands 10 2.3 North West 116 2.3 Eastern 202 2.6 London 236 2.5 South East 206 2.6 South West 60 2.4 March 2000-01 England 683 2.3 Northern and Yorkshire 0 2.2 Trent 3 2.2 West Midlands 11 2.2 North West 87 2.2 Eastern 124 2.4 London 175 2.3 South East 181 2.3 South West 102 2.2 March 2001-02 England 235 2.2 Northern and Yorkshire 0 2.2 Trent 1 2.1 West Midlands 5 2.1 North West 44 2.2 Eastern 38 2.2 London 44 2.1 South East 78 2.4 South West 25 2.2 March 2002-03 England 0 2.3 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 0 2.3 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 0 2.6 Essex HA 0 2.3 North West London HA 0 2.4 North Central London HA 0 2.2 North East London HA 0 2.4 South East London HA 0 2.1 South West London HA 0 2.1 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 0 2.0 County Durham and Tees Valley 0 1.9 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 0 2.1 Lincolnshire HA West Yorkshire HA 0 2.9 Cumbria and Lancashire HA 0 2.2 Greater Manchester HA 0 2.1 Cheshire and Merseyside HA 0 2.2 Thames Valley HA 0 2.6 Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA 0 2.4 Kent and Medway HA 0 2.2 Surrey and Sussex HA 0 2.5 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 0 2.3 South West Peninsula HA 0 2.3 Somerset and Dorset HA 0 1.8 South Yorkshire HA 0 2.2 Trent HA 0 2.2 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 0 2.2 HA Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 0 2.4 Birmingham and The Black Country HA 0 2.1 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and 0 2.0 Worcestershire HA September 2003-04 England2 0 2.4 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 0 2.4 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 0 2.5 Essex HA 0 2.4 North West London HA 0 2.4 North Central London HA 0 2.7 North East London HA 0 2.4 South East London HA 0 2.5 South West London HA 0 2.2 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 0 2.5 County Durham and Tees Valley 0 2.2 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 0 2.3 Lincolnshire HA West Yorkshire HA 0 3.2 Cumbria and Lancashire HA 0 2.1 Greater Manchester HA2 0 2.2 Cheshire and Merseyside HA2 0 2.2 Thames Valley HA 0 2.5 Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA 0 2.8 Kent and Medway HA 0 2.1 Surrey and Sussex HA 0 2.5 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 0 2.6 South West Peninsula HA 0 2.4 Somerset and Dorset HA 0 2.0 South Yorkshire HA 0 2.2 Trent HA 0 2.3 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 0 2.3 HA Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 0 2.3 Birmingham and The Black Country HA 0 2.0 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and 0 2.1 Worcestershire HA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health form QF01. Note: 1 Dentistry specialties include oral surgery, restorative dentistry, paediatric dentistry and orthodontics. 2 Data is incomplete for September 2003 due to issues arising in Cheshire and Merseyside HA, this may affect data for England, Greater Manchester HA and Cheshire and Merseyside HA. Data prior to 2002/3 is based on England and Regional Office area, after that it is based on England and Strategic Health Authority.

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

138410; 413 c1375-7W;413 c1371-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to set up units to carry out minor operations in Buckinghamshire.

Asked by

Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

140003; 413 c1399-400W;413 c1395-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the average waiting times for cleft lip and palate surgery for children in Greater London in each year since 2000. - Inc tables. (Holding answer 6 November 2003).

Asked by

John Wilkinson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 October 2003

For answer on

20 November 2003

Answered on

20 November 2003

Mr. Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the average waiting times for cleft lip and palate surgery for children in Greater London in each year since 2000. [136067] Mr. Hutton: [holding answer issued 6 November2003]: The information requested is shown in the table. Main Operation (OPCS4 F03, F29) Correction of Deformity of Lip or Palate _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London Regional Office of Residence Age on Admission 0-17 years Count of Finished In year Admission Episodes (Waiting List and Booked Cases) and Average Time Waited NHS Hospitals, 2000-01 and 2001-02 2000-01 2001-02 Main Operation Admissions Mean Time waited (days) Admissions Mean Time waited (days) FO3 Correction of Deformity 60 70.6 81 79.1 of Lip F29 Correction of Deformity 66 77.1 56 88.6 of Palate Overall Figures 126 74.0 137 83.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Admissions Admissions are defined as the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. Grossing Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001-02 which is not yet adjusted for shortfalls. Main Operation The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set, and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g. Time Waited, but the figures for "all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with operations. Time Waited Time waited statistics from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

136067; 413 c1416-7W;413 c1412-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many units to carry out minor operations have been set up in Buckinghamshire since 1997. - Not collected centrally.

Asked by

Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

140004; 413 c1400W;413 c1396W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of variations in provision of NHS (a) chiropody and (b) podiatry in different regions of England; what plans he has to encourage the greater use of podiatric surgeons; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

John Baron (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1371W;413 c1367W; 140180;140181

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS has been of (a) hip replacements, (b) knee replacements and (c) cataract operations carried out at the BUPA hospital in Redhill.

Asked by

Liam Fox (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

413 c1104W;413 c1103W; 134950

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which private healthcare companies expressed an interest in running the treatment centre at King George's Hospital, Redbridge; and what the criteria were used to award the contract; if he will estimate how many patients will be treated at the treatment centre based...

Asked by

Lord Cryer (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 October 2003

For answer on

19 November 2003

Answered on

19 November 2003

John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which private healthcare companies expressed an interest in running the treatment centre at King George's Hospital, Redbridge; and what the criteria were used to award the contract; [133273] (2) if he will estimate how many patients will be treated at the treatment centre based at King George's Hospital, Redbridge; and if he will make a statement. [133274] Mr. Hutton: Anglo Canadian was announced as preferred bidder for the proposed treatment centre at King George's Hospital, Redbridge on 12 September. Their appointment is subject to final contract negotiation and agreement. Because of the commercial in confidence status of the procurement, it is not possible to list the other companies that expressed an interest in this scheme. The selection of the preferred bidders followed detailed evaluation of the submitted tenders. The evaluation criteria included clinical quality, building proposals, human resources, speed of mobilisation and delivery, affordability, value for money, bidders corporate structure and price. There was a structured scoring mechanism against each of these criteria and total scores assessed between bidders. It is expected that the treatment centre based at King George's Hospital will complete 11,800 procedures on average per year of the contract in ophthalmology, general surgery and trauma and orthopaedics. These are indicative activity levels and are subject to the possibility that it may make sense for the national health service and the preferred bidder to shift activity between different centres.

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

413 c1118W; 133273;133274

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June 2003, 406 c692W, on overseas treatment, how many further operations have been carried out abroad under the NHS overseas treatment scheme; whether he is now in possession of information on the clinical outcomes of these...

Asked by

Julian Brazier (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 November 2003

For answer on

18 November 2003

Answered on

18 November 2003

Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 9 June 2003, Official Report, column 692W, on overseas treatment, how many further operations have been carried out abroad under the NHS overseas treatment scheme; whether he is now in possession of information on the clinical outcomes of these operations; and what proportion of them resulted in medical complications. [136944] Mr. Hutton: Since 9 June 2003, no patients have been treated in France as part of the overseas treatment programme. The total number of patients treated in France is 275. The total number of patients treated abroad, including the pilot project, is 588. The Department does not routinely collect information about the post-operative complication rates arising after surgery for patients treated abroad. National health service organisations may collect and analyse this kind of information, among other indicators of quality, as part of their local clinical governance arrangements designed to assure and continuously improve the quality of care for all NHS patients. The NHS is responsible for ensuring that NHS patients receive high clinical standards of care wherever they are treated. From November 2003, where orthopaedic patients are treated abroad, there is support and agreement to register these patients on the United Kingdom National Joint Registry. East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust local audit committee, commissioned by the overseas commissioners, is undertaking a comparative audit of outcomes against patients treated by local consultants. When completed, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust will hold this information.

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

136944; 413 c868-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died during operations in the hospitals in the London Borough of Havering in 2002. - No figures. This info is not collected centrally.

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137322; 413 c583W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died while on a waiting list for an operation in each National Health Service hospital in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Havering in (i) 1995, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2001 and (v) 2002. - No...

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137323; 413 c618W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for surgery in the London Borough of Havering on 31st December (a) 2002, (b) 2001, (c) 2000, (d) 1999, (e) 1998 and (f) 1997. - No figures and information not held centrally see www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes.

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

413 c618W; 137328

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for hip replacements in each of the London boroughs; how many patients are waiting for orthopaedic surgery in the London Borough of Havering; how many patients are waiting for cancer surgery in each of the London boroughs....

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

413 c594W; 137324;137327;137329

House

House of Commons

Warner, Lord

What refinements are planned to the health resource group system of evaluating the costs of surgical and other procedures to ensure that those National Health Service foundation trusts with a high proportion of more complex cases can be reimbursed on a fair basis. [HL 5280].

Asked by

Earl Howe (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

654 c265WA; HL 5280

House

House of Lords

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for an operation in each of the London boroughs. - No figures, and information is not collected centrally see www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes.

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

413 c618W; 137332

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has had with (a) ophthalmologists in Buckinghamshire, (b) the Buckinghamshire Association for the Blind, (c) primary care trusts in Buckinghamshire and (d) the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust about his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in...

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 September 2003

For answer on

12 November 2003

Answered on

12 November 2003

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what consultation he has had with (a) ophthalmologists in Buckinghamshire, (b) the Buckinghamshire Association for the Blind, (c) primary care trusts in Buckinghamshire and (d) the Buckinghamshire hospitals NHS Trust about his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; [130808] (2) what assessment he has made of the impact on ophthalmology services at Stoke Mandeville hospital of his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; [130809] (3) what arrangements he is proposing for managing (a) operative and (b) post-operative complications at the planned diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; [130810] (4) representations he has received from local doctors about the accuracy of the information on the demands for cataract surgery on which he has based his plans for a diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. [130870] Mr. Hutton :[holding answers 18 September 2003]: Local primary care trusts (PCTs) have met with ophthalmologists and they have been actively involved in refining the proposal for a treatment centre for cataract surgery in Buckinghamshire and will continue to be involved in further developing the plans. Buckinghamshire hospitals trust has also been involved and will continue to be. Links are also being developed with local groups including patient support groups and the PCTs will be looking to work with them as the treatment centre plans progress. Treatment centres in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire will provide more choice for patients and provide services closer to home. Existing local services are held in high regard and an important outcome for local hospitals will be the opportunity of developing further their specialist service and chronic disease management. Clinicians and managers at Buckinghamshire hospitals trusts are involved in these discussions. Discussions have taken place with Stoke Mandeville hospital to ensure that the viability and quality of the current service will not be adversely affected. The treatment centre will offer additional opportunities for care of patients by increasing capacity and bringing down wait times and are a service enhancement to the PCT population. Treatment centres will be expected to be able to deal with typical surgical problems to at least the same standard as national health service providers. Local trusts, PCTs and new providers will agree protocols for referring and transferring patients who require emergency or urgent care that cannot be provided by the treatment centres. In autumn 2002, the NHS undertook a national capacity planning process led by local NHS commissioners. This identified a range of capacity gaps that needed to be met for the NHS to meet the waiting time target set for 2005. Where the NHS was not able to demonstrate robust plans to meet this demand the residual activity was included in the independent sector treatment centre programme. Advice and guidance has been made available to local NHS sponsors who are responsible for running an appropriate consultation with the patients and staff. I have been assured by the Thames Valley Strategic health authority that the treatment centre offers the opportunity to reduce waiting lists for cataract surgery further, with all the benefits that cataract surgery brings to the quality of life for older people. It also creates capacity in the ophthalmology departments of local trusts to enable more complex eye surgery to be carried out. The details of the scheme, together with a wider review of ophthalmology services generally, will be worked out locally with clinicians and other stakeholders. The specific issues raised in these questions will be managed locally as the NHS makes these new units a success. Letters have been received at the SHA from ophthalmologists in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire outlining local concerns. These have been addressed in meetings with clinicians and managers.

Date

12 November 2003

Reference

413 c343-4W; 130808;130809;130810;130870

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients undergoing angioplasty received titanium stents in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the reliability of stents. - Including fact that the Department does not hold this...

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

413 c262W; 134243

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations for (a) cataracts, (b) hernia, (c) hip replacement and (d) knee replacement were carried out at York District Hospital in each year since 1992.

Asked by

Hugh Bayley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 October 2003

For answer on

11 November 2003

Answered on

11 November 2003

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations for (a) cataracts, (b) hernia, (c) hip replacement and (d) knee replacement were carried out at York District Hospital in each year since 1992. [135961] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table. All operations (OPCS4 codes in brackets) Cataracts, Inguinal hernia, Hip replacement and Knee replacement procedures: Trust Provider of Treatment RGB York Health NHS Trust NHS hospitals, 1992-93 to 2001-02 Consultant Episodes Count of Finished _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Procedure grouping Cataracts (C71, C72, Inguinal hernia Hip replacement Knee replacement C74, C75) (T19-T21) (W37-W39) (W40-W42) 1992-93 750 529 239 93 1993-94 874 504 266 115 1994-95 989 511 298 120 1995-96 867 544 274 155 1996-97 1,010 551 271 163 1997-98 1,035 397 256 174 1998-99 1,337 493 313 213 1999-2000 1,448 473 298 209 2000-01 1,392 442 342 233 2001-02 1,357 500 371 246 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Finished Consultant Episode (FCE) An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. Grossing Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001-02 which is not yet adjusted for shortfalls. All Operations count of Episodes These figures represent a count of all FCE's where the procedure was mentioned in any of the 12 (four prior to 2002-03) operation fields in a HES record. A record is only included once in each count, even if an operation is mentioned in more than one operation field of the record. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

135961; 413 c269-70W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the frequency was in 2002-03 of the fitting of intrathecal analgesic (Isomed) pumps to patients in Gloucestershire; what the cost of each operation was; what the (a) length of the waiting list and (b) average times spent waiting for such an...

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

135003; 412 c690W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

1st supplementary on same. - Including figures.

Asked by

Peter Luff (Conservative)

Answering body

Wales Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

412 c780-1

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

Answered by

Lord Touhig (Labour)

Answering body

Wales Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

412 c780-1

House

House of Commons

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