HC Deb 03 November 2003 vol 412 cc522-3W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the first report on the Hospital at Night project is due to be completed. [133223]

Mr. Hutton

Information about the Hospital at Night project is currently available on the Configuring Hospitals website at www.doh.gov.uk/configuringhospitals. Further information will be made available on the site as the project progresses.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals are participating in the Hospital at Night project. [133224]

Mr. Hutton

The following four sites are piloting the hospital at night concept across adult acute specialties:

  • Morecambe Bay National Health Service Trust.
  • Wirral Hospital NHS Trust.
  • Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
  • Homerton Hospital NHS Trust.

The methodology is being extended to maternity and paediatrics, and three pilots have been established:

South East London (a sector-wide pilot). This includes:

  • Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust
  • King's College Hospital NHS Trust
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust
  • Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust
  • The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust
  • Newham Healthcare NHS Trust.
  • Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.