§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS trusts employ ward housekeepers. [47010]
§ Mr. HuttonThe NHS Plan set a target for 50 per cent. of all hospitals to have housekeepers working on wards by 2004. Data compiled in March 2002 show that 41 per cent. of NHS trusts, excluding ambulance trusts, report that they are employing housekeepers within their hospitals on a number of their wards.
Number Percentage Acute trusts with housekeepers 73 49 Community trusts with housekeepers 19 27 Mental health trusts with housekeepers 10 30 Multiservices trusts with housekeepers 19 40