§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general hospitals have failed to introduce232W plans for a specialist stroke unit as referred to on page 172 of the National Service Framework for Older People. [124586]
§ Dr. LadymanA monitoring exercise, conducted at the end of 2002, suggested that 83 per cent. of hospitals have plans in place to have a specialist stroke service by April 2004.
The Department of Health will be monitoring formally the overall stroke milestone in April 2004, as this is included as one of the key targets in Improvement, Expansion and Reform, the priorities and planning framework for 2003–06. It is now for strategic health authorities to plan, deliver and monitor progress locally on the other stroke milestones in the national service framework.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his assessment is of how successfully implemented the medicine reviews are for older people as referred to on page 172 of the National Service Framework for Older People. [124587]
§ Dr. LadymanA monitoring exercise, conducted at the end of 2002 through the strategic health authorities (SHAs), suggested that 29 per cent. of practices had mechanisms in place to review medicines prescribed to those aged 75 and over, in accordance with the national service framework (NSF) for older people.
The Department of Health will be monitoring formally the key targets in Improvement, Expansion and Reform, the priorities and planning framework for 2003–06. It is now for SHAs to plan, deliver and monitor progress locally on the other milestones in the NSF.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints have been received by NHS organisations from older people and carers under systems set up under the National Standards Framework for Older People. [124924]
§ Dr. LadymanIt is for local National Health Service organisations to analyse and report on complaints received from older people and their carers. This information is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many risk management procedures under the National Standards Framework for Older People are(a) in development and (b) planned but not in place in providers of health and social care. [124926]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is not collected centrally. The Department of Health will be monitoring formally the overall falls milestone of integrated health and social care falls services by April 2005 as this is included as one of the key targets in Improvement, Expansion and Reform, the priorities and planning framework for 2003–2006. It is now for strategic health authorities to plan, deliver and monitor progress locally on the other falls milestones in the national service framework.