Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors and nurses have worked in each service provided at Mount Vernon hospital in each of the last 10 years; and how many doctor and nurse vacancies there have been in each service provided in each of the last 10 years. [48907]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what services are provided at Mount Vernon hospital; how many patients were treated as(a) out-patients and (b) in-patients in each of the last five years, 578W broken down by service area; whether each of the services will continue to be provided in the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [48910]
§ Mr. HuttonHillingdon Hospital National Health Service Trust provides the following services on the Mount Vernon site: general medical and surgical out-patient care (including orthopaedics and urology), endoscopy day care and in-patient general surgery, urology, orthopaedics, rehabilitation and continuing care.
West Hertfordshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust provides specialist services on site such as cancer services and burns and plastics. They also provide pharmacy, medical physics and haematology services.
The future of cancer services at Mount Vernon is currently under review. The long term review of the Mount Vernon cancer network and centre is scheduled to be published in June 2002. A review of burns and plastics services has already been undertaken and these services are due to move to the Northwick Park site by 2004.
Information is not collected centrally with regard to the number of patients treated as in-patients and out-patients in each of the last five years, broken down by service area. The data are collected annually at NHS trust level, rather than by individual hospital site. NHS trusts provide health care but may provide it at more than one hospital site.