HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 cc519-20W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) residential care and (b) nursing homes have closed in (i) Hull and (ii) the East Riding in each quarter since 1997 for which figures are available. [97731]

Jacqui Smith

Information on the number of residential and nursing care homes that have closed is not centrally available.

Information on the number of residential and nursing care homes in East Riding and Hull is shown in the table at 31 March for the years 1997 to 2001. Data for 2002 are not yet available.

Number of residential and nursing care homes1 in East Riding and Hull2 at 31 March 1997 to 2001
Residential care homes2 Nursing care homes2,3
As at 31 March Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority East Riding Unitary Authority Total for Kingston Upon Hull Unitary Authority and East Riding Unitary Authority East Riding and Hull Health Authority
1997 106 237 343 49
1998 116 228 344 56
1999 105 259 364 56
2000 100 247 347 52
2001 103 240 343 47
1Residential data exclude dual registered homes.
2 Residential data is shown separately for Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority and East Riding Unitary Authority, and combined for comparative purposes with East Riding and Hull Health Authority. Nursing data refers to East Riding and Hull Health Authority.
3 Nursing data includes general nursing homes, mental nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients contracted a hospital acquired infection in the Hull and East Riding Hospitals Trust in each quarter since 1997.[97727]

Jacqui Smith

Data on hospital acquired infections are not routinely collected. However, collection of methicillin resistantstaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections data was commenced in April 2001. In the period April 2001 to March 2002 there were 106 cases of M RSA bacteraemias in Hull and East Yorkshire National Health Service Trust.

Source:

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (MRSA table).