§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if the PSA target to improve continuity of care given to children looked after by local authorities by reducing to no more than 18 per cent. in all authorities the proportion of such children who leave three or more placements in one year by 2001 was achieved; [47284]
(2) if the PSA target to increase to at least 50 per cent. by 2001 the proportions of children leaving care aged 16 or above with nine GCSE or GNVQ qualifications was met; [47282]
(3) if the PSA target to increase to at least 75 per cent. by 2003 the proportion of children leaving care aged 16 or above with a GCSE or GNVQ qualification will be met. [47283]
§ Jacqui SmithInformation about progress on PSA targets will be published in the Department's 2002 Departmental Report.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target to reduce the national average emergency psychiatric re-admission rate by two percentage points by 2002 will be met. [47286]
§ Jacqui SmithThe most recent assessment made on whether the PSA target to reduce the national average emergency psychiatric re-admission rate by two percentage points by 2002 will be met is shown in the table. This indicates that the target was achieved for the third quarter of 2001–02 but that the current forecast is for the average for the whole year to be 0.4 percentage points above the target reduction.
Number of emergency psychiatric re-admissions of patients aged 16 to 64 within 90 days of discharge from the care of a psychiatric specialist as a percentage of such discharges Number of re-admissions within 90 days Total number of discharges Re-admission rate (percentage) Total 1998–99 15,461 113,585 13.60 1999–2000 14,875 114,616 13.00 2000–01 14,068 110,312 12.80 Q3 QA 2001–021 3,214 26,119 12.3 FOT 2001–022 13,377 105,735 12.7 1Actual position for Q3 2001–02 (relates to quarter 3 only). 2Forecast outturn position for 2001–02 taken at Q3 (relates to whole year). Source:
Common Information Core, (now known as Service and Financial Framework Return—SaFFR).
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if the PSA target for the appointment of new practice nurses by 2002 will be met on time; [47296]
(2) if the PSA target for the improvement of the quality of primary care premises targeted towards areas of deprivation will be met on time; [47295]
424W(3) if the PSA target of a national average annual increase of 1 per cent. whole-time equivalent GPs by 2002 will be met on time. [47297]
§ Mr. HuttonWe are on track to achieve each of these targets.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target to review at least 60 per cent. of services will be met. [47279]
§ Jacqui SmithInformation about progress on public service agreement targets, including Better Quality Services, will be published in the Department's 2002 Departmental report.