§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what facilities there are in each hospital in the North Cheshire hospitals trust for the treatment of diabetes; how many dedicated beds there are; and(a) how many beds and (b) what outpatient facilities will be available in each hospital under the plan "A vision for future services" drawn up by the trust; [85430]
(2) how many admissions there were to each hospital in the North Cheshire hospitals trust for (a) respiratory problems and (b) diabetes in each of the past five years. [85429]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 5 December 2002]The figures for hospital admissions are shown in the table.
Admissions, primary diagnosis as specified Warrington hospital Halton general hospital Diabetes 1996–97 561 67 1997–98 441 64 1998–99 773 75 1999–2000 781 62 2000–01 700 62 Respiratory 1996–97 2,735 791 1997–98 3,012 876 1998–99 3,373 968 1999–2000 2,985 1,005 2000–01 3,216 851 Notes:
ICD10 Codes Diabetes Problems E 10-E14, P70, 024, E23, R73.
ICD10 Codes Respiratory Problems J00-J99.
Ungrossed data.
The primary diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.
Warrington hospital currently has 244 acute medical beds including five coronary care, seven medical day beds and 21 transitional care beds. There are no dedicated diabetes beds, since diabetes patients can be admitted to any general medical bed. There are 28 respiratory care beds, although patients can be admitted to any general medical bed for respiratory care.
Halton hospital currently has 152 general medical beds. There are 28 respiratory and general medical beds on one ward, which take a mixture of respiratory and general medicine patients. Respiratory patients can be admitted to any of the general medical beds. There are no dedicated diabetes beds because diabetes patients can be admitted to any of the general medical beds.
390WThere are outpatient clinics for diabetes at Warrington hospital four times a week, plus a foot clinic with podiatry support on alternate weeks. All diabetes clinics have specialist nurse input. There is no dedicated space for diabetes in outpatients; shared facilities are in use in the main outpatients department. There is an assessment area with an office and assessment room that is shared with the rehabilitation team, which is used by the specialist nurses for patient interviews and education sessions.
There are four diabetes clinics on the Halton site and an alternate weekly high-risk foot clinic with podiatry support. All diabetes clinics have specialist nurse input. There is no dedicated diabetes space in outpatients; shared facilities are in use in the main outpatients department.
The specialist nurses share an office that is used for patient interviews and education sessions.
There is no change in bed numbers for diabetes patients under the plan "A vision for future services". The plan does, however, identify the need for dedicated outpatient facilities on both sites, with improved facilities for patient consultation, education and interviews.