§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the National Service Framework for older people milestones on(a) strategic and operational plans to promote healthy ageing and disease prevention in older people, (b) local health systems demonstrating improvements and moving towards benchmarked intervention rates, (c) skills profile of staff who care for older people in hospital, (d) analysis of levels and patterns of key intervention rates to establish best practice benchmarks and (e) one-stop dispensing/ dispensing for discharge scheme were achieved. [130937]
§ Dr. LadymanInformation on such milestones has not been collected centrally. A monitoring exercise conducted at the end of 2002 suggested that 54 per cent., of hospitals have a 'one-stop' dispensing/dispensing for discharge scheme and, where appropriate, self administration schemes for medicines for older people.
Responsibility for monitoring progress with these milestones and ensuring that any shortcomings are addressed rests with strategic health authorities.
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§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to measure the National Service Framework for older people milestones on(a) additional people receiving intermediate care services promoting rehabilitations compared with the 1999–2000 baseline and (b) jointly appointed co-ordinators for intermediate care. [131005]
§ Dr. LadymanThe specific information requested is not collected centrally. Responsibility for monitoring progress and delivering these services rests with strategic health authorities, who must ensure that milestones are met and, where appropriate, joint working arrangements are developed to ensure delivery.
During a stocktake exercise conducted by the Department in January 2002, 87 per cent. of national service framework local implementation teams reported that an intermediate care co-ordinator was in place.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to monitor achievement of the National Service Framework for older people milestones that information provided to older people is reviewed and action plans developed to correct shortcomings. [131006]
§ Dr. LadymanJoint responsibility for ensuring that reviews of information take place and shortcomings are addressed rests with strategic health authorities and local authorities, who must ensure that milestones are met and joint working arrangements are developed to ensure delivery.
Councils reported brief progress information to the social services inspectorate (SSI) as part of the in-year monitoring programme for 2002–03. This information is available at www.doh.gov.uk/ssi/ciann-12.htm. More recent and detailed information about progress in 2003–04 is being gathered by SSI from the councils during the autumn and the results will be available in January 2004.
§ Mr. BaronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in meeting the National Service Framework for Older People target of having an additional 5,000 intermediate care beds and 1,700 non-residential intermediate care places in place by March 2004 compared with the 1999–2000 baseline. [131046]
§ Mr. Paul BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people received intermediate care preventing hospital admission in each region under the National Service Framework for Older People;[124922]
(2) how many people received intermediate care services promoting rehabilitation in each region under the National Service Framework for Older People; [124923]
(3) how many intermediate care beds in each region have been set up under the National Service Framework for Older people. [124925]
§ Dr. Ladyman[holding answer 18 September 2003]: By the end of June 2003, there were approximately 3,600 additional intermediate care beds and approximately 12,800 additional non-residential places compared with the 1999–2000 baseline. During the year 2002–03 approximately 143,200 additional people recived 1336W intermediate care services, compared with the 1999–2000 baseline. It is not possible to break this down into the categories requested.
It is not possible to make comparisons by region due to restructuring within the National Health Service.