§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior citizens in Birkenhead have access to free eye tests; [166215]
(2) how many residents in Birkenhead aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [166216]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData for the number of sight tests by constituency or by the number of senior citizens are not collected centrally.
NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority area be grade and by each specified organisation as at 30 September each specified year headcount 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Q15 Cheshire & Merseyside SHA 4,922 5,122 5,324 5,562 5,959 6,317 6,702 of which Total specified organizations 1,201 1,215 1,246 1,256 1,281 1,406 1,439 5H2 Birkenhead and Wallasey PCT — — — — — 76 59 Manager — — — — — 1 3 Therapist — — — — — 69 38 Scientist — — — — — 3 — Technician — — — — — 3 18 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 497 512 530 541 540 554 570 Manager 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 Therapist 241 241 246 254 240 260 268 Scientist 37 38 55 54 57 8 11 Scientific officer 81 78 73 73 71 133 142 Technician 131 148 148 151 163 145 141 Instructor/teacher 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 RQ6 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen 704 703 716 715 741 776 810 Manager 1 — — — — 1 1 Therapist 231 245 256 261 267 277 286 Scientist 58 55 57 58 58 68 79 Scientific officer 205 191 190 181 192 195 195 Technician 202 200 202 205 210 221 235 Instructor/teacher 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 Tutor 1 6 6 6 10 8 8 Source: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list time for the residents of Birkenhead in the last seven years. [166219]
542WIn 2002–03, the total number of national health service sight tests paid for patients aged 60 and over in Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority was 201,180. The total number eligible for a free sight test for those aged 60 and over was 507,080. Sight tests cannot be equated to the numbers of patients.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Birkenhead are receiving drug treatment. [166489]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonBirkenhead is part of Wirral drug action team. There were 2,269 people receiving drug treatment in Wirral in 2000–01. This is the latest available data. Data broken down by drug action team for 2001–02 and 2002–03 have not been finalised and published.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed in Birkenhead in each of the last seven years. [166217]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Birkenhead in each of the last seven years. [166218]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the tables.
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the tables.
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Out-patients waiting to be seen over 13 weeks for the Birkenhead area (Provider based) Patients waiting to be seen in number of weeks Quarter Unit code Unit name Speciality Not seen 13 to 25 Not seen 26+ 1995–96 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 873 704 1996–97 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 1,316 818 1997–98 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 1,202 558 1998–99 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 1,597 1,236 1999–2000 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 3,853 3,025 2000–01 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 1,586 2,419 2001–02 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 1,720 0
Patients waiting to be seen in number of weeks Quarter Unit code Name Speciality Not seen 13 to 17 Not seen 17 to 21 Not seen 21-26 Not seen 26+ 2002–03 4 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 600 458 0 0 2003–04 3 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust All specialties 370 0 0 0 Source: Department of Health QM08.
Out-patients waiting to be seen over 13 weeks for the Birkenhead area (Resident based) Patients waiting to be seen in number of weeks Quarter Unit code Name Speciality Not seen 13 to 25 Not seen 26+ 1997–98 4 QDC Wirral HA All specialties 1,443 654 1998–99 4 QDC Wirral HA All specialties 1,781 1,351 1999–2000 4 QDC Wirral HA All specialties 4,130 3,261 2000–01 4 QDC Wirral HA All specialties 1.644 2,464 2001–02 4 QDC Wirral HA All specialties 1,684 1
Patients waiting to be seen in number of weeks Collection ID StHA code Unit code Name Speciality Not Seen 13 to 17 Not seen 17 to 21 Not seen 21 to 26 Not seen 26+ 2002–03 4 5F8 Bebington and West Wirral PCT All specialties 204 137 0 0 2002–03 4 5H2 Birkenhead and Wallasey PCT All specialties 375 292 0 0 2003–04 3 5F8 Bebington and West Wirral PCT All specialties 117 2 0 0 2003–04 3 5H2 Birkenhead and Wallasey PCT All specialties 269 3 0 0 Source: Department of Health QMO8R.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in Birkenhead saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [166220]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Waiting times for patients with suspected cancer referred urgently by their GP to first out-patient appointment: Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust Quarter Percentage of patients seen in two weeks Total patients seen Patients seen in two weeks 2000–01 4 97.8 450 440 2001–02 1 97.7 474 463 2001–02 2 98.6 553 545 2001–02 3 99.5 611 608 2001–02 4 98.2 625 614 2002–03 1 93.6 706 661 2002–03 2 89.9 714 642 2002–03 3 80.2 696 558 2002–03 4 93.5 650 608
Waiting times for patients with suspected cancer referred urgently by their GP to first out patient appointment: Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust Quarter Percentage of patients seen in two weeks Total patients seen Patients seen in two weeks 2003–04 1 98.0 756 741 2003–04 2 98.3 835 821 2003–04 3 99.6 810 807 Source: Department of Health form QMCW.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in Birkenhead. [166221]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonIn March 1997 there were 138 people waiting nine months and 40 people waiting over 12 months for heart surgery at the cardiothoracic center—Liverpool National Health Service Trust. The latest available figures show that in February 2004, there were no people waiting nine months and over for surgery.
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§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the secretary of State for Health how many residents in Birkenhead awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [166222]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is not held centrally.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the secretary of State for Health how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in Birkenhead. [166224]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere are no rapid access chest pain clinics in Birkenhead. Rapid access chest pain clinics are held at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a diagnostic and treatment center located in Birkenhead. [166225]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere is no treatment center in Birkenhead. There is a treatment center on the Clatterbridge Hospital site, which is managed by the Wirral Hospital National Health Service Trust.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on (a) heart disease and (b) cancer care in Birkenhead in each of the last five years. [166569]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is not collected centrally. Allocations of funding for particular treatments are matters for the local primary care trust.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on health in Birkenhead in each of the last seven years. [166571]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not available in the format requested. Expenditure per weighted head in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area, which includes the constituency of Birkenhead, has increased from £596.24 in 1997–98 to £1,103.34 in 200:!-03 (the latest year available). This does not represent the total expenditure per head as an element of health expenditure cannot be identified by SHA area.