§ Jon TrickettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of chiropody services in the Hemsworth constituency. [109980]
§ Jacqui SmithPrimary care trusts now have the responsibility for improving the health of the community, securing the provision of high quality services, and integrating health and social care locally. They have the resources to commission services, and to identify the number of professional staff that they need to deliver those services. This process provides the means for addressing local needs within the health community including the provision of chiropody services.
§ Jon TrickettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about the availability of digital hearing aids in(a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) West Yorkshire. [109876]
§ Jacqui SmithAudiology services in the Hemsworth constituency are provided through the Mid Yorkshire National Health Service Trust, which is not yet providing digital hearing aids through the modernising hearing aid services (MHAS) project. Following the announcement, on 7 February, of an additional £94 million to ensure that all NHS hearing aid services are providing digital hearing aids by April 2005, all trusts not yet involved were invited to indicate the preferred timing for modernisation. Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust has applied for modernisation in 2003–04. A firm timetable for modernisation will be agreed between the trust and the MHAS project management team shortly.
Of the other audiology services in West Yorkshire, Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been fitting digital hearing aids, as part of MHAS, since 2001. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust has applied for modernisation in 2003–04 and the audiology department in Airedale has yet to indicate a preferred date. The Royal National Institute for the Deaf has now written to all trusts who have not given a preference for full modernisation and will be pursuing them.
§ Jon TrickettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a teenage cancer unit which serves young people in the Hemsworth constituency. [109868]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 28 April 2003]: Children's cancer services are provided at the St. James's University Hospital, which is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service 652W Trust. The hospital also houses a specific teenage and adolescent cancer unit, which serves the Hemsworth area.
§ Jon TrickettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients waited more than(a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, and (d) 12 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each NHS hospital trust in the Hemsworth constituency in each year since 1997. [109874]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 28 April 2003]: Information relating to waiting list and booked admissions where patients waited more than three months, six months, nine months and 12 months for selected diagnoses and operations in the Hemsworth area is shown in the table.
Number of elective admissions 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Cancer > 3 months 3,986 4,728 3,845 3,365 3,661 > 6 months 1,890 2,382 1,632 1,393 1,624 > 9 months 1,115 1,345 788 719 864 > 12 months 608 635 336 310 383 Total 33,595 37,531 39,277 35,865 37,291 Heart diseases > 3 months 4,530 5,306 5,121 5,401 5,330 > 6 months 2,792 3,267 2,844 2,998 2,774 > 9 months 1,764 2,293 1,747 1,782 1,672 > 12 months 1,065 1,153 915 825 671 Total 11,521 12,010 12,664 12,660 12,818 Heart operations > 3 months 1,777 2,180 2,398 2,700 2,860 > 6 months 1,052 1,156 1,163 1,471 1,388 > 9 months 577 849 741 949 861 > 12 months 354 339 441 467 311 Total 4,035 4,667 5,601 5,845 6,628 Hip replacement > 3 months 756 889 929 924 983 > 6 months 492 572 628 647 656 > 9 months 288 372 364 379 404 > 12 months 152 198 171 171 167 Total 1,123 1,227 1,278 1,282 1,378 Notes:
Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data.
Waiting time statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and waiting times for patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment at a given point in time and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the waiting time as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
Cancer COO-D48 (ICD 10)
Heart Diseases 100–199 (ICD 10)
Heart Operations K01-K71 (OPCS 4R)
Hip Replacement W37-W39 (OPCS4R)
The Hemsworth area is defined by HA areas QDD Bradford, QDH Leeds, QDQ Wakefield and QDT Calderdale and Kirklees.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.