§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce an early warning system for clinical errors. [131505]
§ Ms Stuart"An Organisation with a Memory", the report of an expert group chaired by the Chief Medical Officer, was published on 13 June 2000. The group examined the extent to which the National Health Service and its constituent organisations had the capability to learn from untoward incidents and service failures so that similar occurrences are avoided in future. The report's main recommendation is the introduction of a mandatory reporting system for adverse health care events and specified near misses. We are taking steps to implement such a system and expect to have made significant progress before the end of the year.
Hernia operations NHS hospitals England, 1998–99 Operation Coventry1 West Midlands England T19 Simple excision of inguinal hernial sac 44 1,051 10,315 T20 Primary repair of inguinal hernia 619 7,670 66,346 T21 Repair of recurrent inguinal hernia 16 610 5,478 T22 Primary repair of femoral hernia 21 445 4,119 T23 Repair of recurrent femoral hernia 0 14 177 T24 Repair of umbilical hernia 75 1,489 12,358 T25 Primary repair of incisional hernia 43 617 5,297 T26 Repair of recurrent incisional hernia 6 87 689 T27 Repair of other hernia of abdominal wall 38 517 4,885 Total 862 12,500 109,664 1 The appropriate area of treatment for Coventry, South is Coventry Health Authority. Notes:
1. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several operations within the year.
2. Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) where OPCS4R operation codes T19 to T27 appeared as the main operation.
3. For 1998–99, no adjustments have as yet been made for shortfalls in the data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) hip replacement and (b) cataract operations were carried out by the NHS last year (i) in Coventry South, (ii) in the West Midlands and (c) nationally. [131538]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is given in the table.
Hip replacements and cataract operations. NHS hospitals England, 1998–99 Operation Coventry1 West Midlands England Primary total hip replacements2 275 4,704 37,189 Hip replacement revisions3 24 408 4,013 Total hip replacement operations 299 5,112 41,202 Cataract operations4 1,995 20,602 204,074