§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by each acute trust on agency locum doctors as(a) a total annual amount, (b) a proportion of the annual expenditure on doctors' salaries and (c) as a proportion of the total operating expenses in each of the last five years for which records are available. [47996]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 10 April 2002]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the savings which NHS trusts can make by recruiting locums from NHS Professionals rather than private agencies. [59442]
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Coronary revascularisation, position at 31 December 2001 CABG PTCA Region/HA code/HA name 9–11 months 12+ months 9–11 months 12+ months Northern and Yorkshire QDD Bradford 11 3 0 0 QDE County Durham and Darlington 19 3 3 0 QDF East Riding and Hull 30 3 0 QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside 6 0 0 0 QDH Leeds 0 0 0 0 QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside 11 0 0 QDK North Cumbria 25 0 0 0 QDM Northumberland 3 0 0 0 QDN Sunderland 4 0 0 0 QDP Tees 16 0 0 QDQ Wakefield 4 0 0 QDR North Yorkshire 21 3 0 0 QDT Calderdale and Kirklees 26 3 4 0 176 17 9 0 Trent QCG Barnsley 1 0 1 0 QCH North Derbyshire 1 4 1 0 QCJ Southern Derbyshire 0 0 2 1 QCK Doncaster 10 0 1 0 QCL Leicestershire 33 11 0 1 QCM Lincolnshire 34 1 1 1 QCN North Nottinghamshire 0 1 1 1 QCP Nottingham 0 1 5 10 QCQ Rotherham 6 0 0 0 QCR Sheffield 7 0 0 0 QDL South Humber 0 0 0 0 92 18 11 14
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 24 May 2002]: NHS Professionals for doctors will improve the quality of patient care by establishing a national database of doctors outside managed organisations, improving standards and providing locum doctors with suitable appraisal and in due course support for general medical Council revalidation.
NHS Professionals are non-profit making service designed for, and led by, the national health service. We expect it to provide a high quality competitive service as the first-choice supplier to the NHS. It is difficult to predict the precise savings as NHS employers have a variety of different arrangements with the private sector agencies.