§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Oldham, West and Royton are receiving drug treatment. [170958]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonIn 2000–01, there were 737 people receiving drug treatment in Oldham. This is the latest available data. Data broken down by drug action team for 2001–02 and 2002–03 has not yet been finalised and published.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior citizens in Oldham, West and Royton have access to free eye tests; [170882]
(2) how many residents in Oldham, West and Royton aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [170883]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonFigures for the number of sight tests by constituency, or senior citizens are not collected centrally.
In 2002–03, the total number of national health service sight tests paid for patients aged 60 and over in Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority was 189,900. The total number eligible for free sight test for those aged 60 and over was 493,100.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Oldham, West and Royton in each of the last seven years. [170884]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) therapists and (b) scientists there were located in Oldham, West and Royton in each of the last seven years. [170885]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but at national health service trust level. The information is shown in the table.
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Patients waiting for elective in-patient admission Patients waiting for admission by months waiting NHS Trust Total number of patients waiting for
admission
Less than 3 months
3–5 months
6–8 months
9–11 months
12–14 months
15–17 months
18+ months
March 1997 Oldham NHS Trust 8,436 3,837 2,293 1,339 967 — — — Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 4,464 2,472 868 577 374 173 — — North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 5,787 2,961 1,506 708 427 157 22 6 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 2,223 1,471 399 196 120 37 — — March 1998 Oldham NHS Trust 8,332 3,954 1,976 1,650 736 16 — Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 4,684 2,702 924 581 305 132 40 — North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 6,002 2,911 1,253 827 528 308 175 — Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 2,437 1,581 375 251 128 91 11 — March 1999 Oldham NHS Trust 7,338 4,156 1,904 895 315 67 1 — Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 4,168 2,351 873 484 257 167 36 — North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 4,699 3,342 737 369 148 76 27 — Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 2,153 1,210 367 240 127 158 51 — March 2000 Oldham NHS Trust 6,484 4,012 1,364 682 371 50 5 — Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 4,032 2,102 841 568 330 130 61 — North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 4,262 3.131 653 230 150 78 20 — Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 2,103 1,218 341 219 164 105 56 — March 2001 Oldham NHS Trust 6,427 4,092 1,478 601 213 43 — — Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 4,039 2,456 876 397 249 45 16 — North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 4,016 2,884 680 303 119 27 3 — Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 1,916 1,250 367 181 118 — — — March 2002 Oldham NHS Trust 6,297 3,830 1,631 611 225 — — — Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 4,530 2,675 1,029 527 254 45 — — North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 4,008 2,804 795 265 114 30 — — Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 2,045 1,411 336 218 78 2 — — March 2003 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 15,872 10,226 3,607 1,575 464 — — — February 2004 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 15,892 9,720 4,536 1,491 145 — — — Source: Department of Health form KHO7 and monthly monitoring.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of patients with suspected cancer in Oldham, West and Royton saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [170887]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but at national health service trust level. Information from 2000–01, the earliest available, is shown in the table.
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Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected cancer following urgent general practitioner referral Seen within two weeks
Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 2000–01 4 Oldham NHS Trust 93.3 167 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 99.0 200 4 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 93.9 200 4 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 97.1 374 2001–02 1 Oldham NHS Trust 94.8 181 1 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 97.8 224 1 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 94.9 242 1 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 96.1 345 2 Oldham NHS Trust 96.4 162 2 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 93.0 227 2 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 90.6 298 2 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 99.0 385
Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected cancer following urgent general practitioner referral Seen within two weeks
Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 3 Oldham Trust 98.9 181 3 Rochdale Healthcaoe NHS Trust 99.6 235 3 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 94.7 286 3 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 99.5 398 4 Oldham NHS Trust 98.5 197 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 99.5 209 4 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 99.7 302 4 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 450 2002–03 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 98.8 1,215 2 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.1 1,240 3 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 98.4 1,325 4 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 95.8 1,190 2003–04 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 92.2 1,214 2 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 94.9 1,174 3 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 97.6 1,276 Source: Department of Health form QMCW.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in Oldham, West and Royton. [170888]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere was one patient waiting more than nine months for heart surgery in the Oldham Primary Care Trust irea at 30 June 2002. No patients have waited more than nine months since this date.
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§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in Oldham, West and Royton awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [170889]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Oldham West and Royton in the past five years. [170890]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is shown in the table.
Primary care trust of responsibility, 5J5 Oldham PCT count of in- year selective admissions (waiting list, booked and planned cases)
NHS hospitals, 1998–99 to 2002–03
In-year admissions 1998–99 34,871 1999–2000 37,389 2000–01 34,386 2001–02 30,932 2002–03 29,988 Notes: In-year admissions
An in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the datayear. Periods of care ongoing at the end of the datayear (unfinished admission episodes) are included. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Oldham NHS trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03 All specialties (excluding day only)
General and acute
Acute Geriatric Mental illness
Learning disability
Maternity Day only 1996–97 764 579 441 138 124 — 61 73 1997–98 740 554 554 — 125 — 60 65 1998–99 756 573 573 — 116 — 66 73 1999–2000 764 582 582 — 116 — 66 73 2000–01 768 586 586 — 116 — 65 81 2001–02 818 642 642 — 113 — 63 72 2002–03 — — — — — — — — Source: Department of Health form KH03. 584W
Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Oldham NHS trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03 All specialties (excluding day only)
General and acute
Acute Geriatric Mental illness
Learning disability
Maternity Day only 1996–97 670 513 401 112 99 9 49 22 1997–98 638 482 361 121 98 8 49 23 1998–99 645 490 389 100 98 9 49 22 1999–2000 656 522 401 120 87 8 39 22 2000–01 657 520 385 135 94 8 36 25 2001–02 631 488 83 405 94 8 41 31 2002–03 — — — — — — — — Source: Department of Health form KH03. Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Strategic Health Authority (SHA) Data Quality
PCT and SHA data was added to historic data-years in the HES database using 2002–03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. Data quality of PCT of GP practice for 1998–99 is poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in Oldham, West and Royton. [170891]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere is a rapid access chest pain clinic at the Royal Oldham Hospital, part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust.
The clinic is meeting the national service framework two-week target for patients to be seen from date of referral by general practitioner.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a diagnostic and treatment centre located in Oldham, West and Royton. [170892]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere is no treatment centre in Oldham West and Royton. A treatment centre is planned for Trafford Healthcare national health service trust.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS beds were available in Oldham, West and Royton in each year since 1997. [170893]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the tables.
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Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Oldham NHS trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03 All specialties (excluding day only)
General and acute
Acute Geriatric Mental illness
Learning disability
Maternity Day only 1996–97 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 — — — — — — — — 1999–2000 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 2,321 2,142 2,142 — — — 179 153 Source: Department of Health form KH03.
Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Oldham NHS trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03 All specialties (excluding day only)
General and acute
Acute Geriatric Mental illness
Learning disability
Maternity Day only 1996–97 740 582 398 184 97 12 49 10 1997–98 720 568 568 — 91 10 51 8 1998–99 686 553 553 — 83 10 39 10 1999–2000 658 539 539 — 78 10 31 8 2000–01 653 534 534 — 78 10 31 8 2001–02 667 529 529 — 84 10 44 11 2002–03 — — — — — — — — Source: Department of Health form KH03.
Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Oldham NHS trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03 All specialties (excluding day only)
General and acute
Acute Geriatric Mental illness
Learning disability
Maternity Day only 1996–97 849 669 669 — 134 — 46 23 1997–98 826 633 633 — 137 — 56 20 1998–99 766 625 625 — 108 — 33 20 1999–2000 766 617 617 — 99 — 49 31 2000–01 755 617 617 — 99 — 38 22 2001–02 680 638 638 — — — 41 34 2002–03 — — — — — — — — Source:
Department of Health form KH03.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on(a) heart disease and (b) cancer care in Oldham, West and Royton in each of the last five years. [170895]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is not collected centrally. Allocations of funding for particular treatments are matters for the local primary care trust.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of women in Oldham, West and Royton with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last five years. [170896]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but at National Health Service Trust level. The information is shown in the table.
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Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected breast cancer following urgent general practitioner
referral
Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 1999–2000 1 Oldham NHS Trust 100.0 8 1 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 39.6 19 1 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 81.8 45 1 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 85.0 34 2 Oldham NHS Trust 100.0 n/a 2 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 64.1 25 2 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 90.6 29 2 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 97.1 66 3 Oldham NHS Trust 100.0 n/a 3 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 70.6 24 3 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 75.0 30 3 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 58 4 Oldham NHS Trust 100.0 22 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 88.9 32 4 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 94.5 52 4 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust100. 0 64 2000–01 1 Oldham NHS Trust 88.9 32 1 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 84.1 37 1 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 98.7 74 1 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 77
Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected breast cancer following urgent general practitioner
referral
Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 2 Oldham NHS Trust 97.5 77 2 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 72 2 North Manchester Healthcare NHS. Trust 89.9 71 2 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 77 3 Oldham NHS Trust 93.8 76 3 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 77 3 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 93.9 77 3 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 93 4 Oldham NHS Trust 97.1 68 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 71 4 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 98.6 70 4 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 88 2000–02 1 Oldham NHS Trust 98.7 76 1 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 85 1 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 98.6 68 1 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 105 2 Oldham NHS Trust 98.7 75 2 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 95.9 71 2 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 91.3 94 2 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 93 3 Oldham NHS Trust 100.0 106 3 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 93 3 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 79 3 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 108 4 Oldham NHS Trust 100.0 84 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 54 4 North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 66 4 Bury Healthcare NHS Trust 100.0 107 2002–03 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.4 357 2 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.7 357 3 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.0 383 4 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 97.7 334
NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff in the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority area by organisation as at 30 September each specified year headcount 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashiie SHA total 3,352 3,486 3,595 3,706 3,759 3,893 4,279 5F2 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 1— 1— 1— 1— 93 124 147 5F3 West Lancashire PCT 1— 1— 1— 1— 45 48 59 QC1 South Lancashire HA 2 2 1 4 1 1— 1— RJU Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 211 218 216 222 169 1— 1— RJV West Lancashire NHS Trust 183 177 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— RMF Preston Acute Hospitals MHS Trust 378 410 435 460 468 1— 1— RW5 Lancashire Care NHS Trust 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 260 259 RXN Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 603 726 1 Not applicable Source: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
§ Mr. BorrowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in South Ribble saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [171276]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation from 2000–01, the earliest available, is shown in the table.
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Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected breast cancer following urgent general practitioner
referral
Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 2000–04 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 98.0 389 2 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 98.1 366 3 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.6 449 Note:
Where patient numbers are below six, the Department does not publish figures in order to avoid patients being identifiable due to low numbers. Where this would apply, the table reads n/a.
Source:
Department of Health form QMCW.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on health in Oldham, West and Royton in each of the last seven years. [170897]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not available in the format requested. Expenditure per weighted head in the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area, which includes the constituency of Oldham West and Royton, has increased from £582.33 in 1997–98 to £992.61 in 2002–03 (the latest year for which data is available). This does not represent the total expenditure per head, as an element of health expenditure cannot be identified by SHA area.
§ Mr. BorrowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in South Ribble in each of the last seven years. [171274]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected cancer following urgent GP referral—South Ribble Seen within two weeks Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 2000–01 4 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 98.8 320 2000–01 4 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 100.0 158 2001–02 1 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 98.5 336 2001–02 1 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 100.0 204
Waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment for suspected cancer following urgent GP referral—South Ribble Seen within two weeks Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number 2001–02 2 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust
99.1 325 2001–02 2 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 100.0 231 2001–02 3 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 100.0 428 2001–02 3 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.6 252 2001–02 4 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 100.0 406 2001–02 4 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 100.0 291 2002–03 1 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 100.0 435 2002–03 1 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 99.7 312 2002–03 2 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 99.9 822 2002–03 3 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 99.4 822 2002–03 4 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 100.0 783 2003–04 1 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 99.9 843 2003–04 2 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 98.9 887 2003–04 3 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 100.0 990 Source: DH form QMCW.
§ Mr. BorrowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in South Ribble. [171277]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere were eight patients waiting more than nine months for heart surgery in Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust area at 30 June 2002. No patients have waited for more than nine months since this date.
§ Mr. BentonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Bootle in each of the last seven years; and if he will make a statement. [169264]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in Taunton awaiting heart surgery have been offered the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [172012]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information requested is not held centrally.
§ Mr. Neil TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior citizens in Wigan have access to free eye tests;[169343]
(2) how many residents in Wigan aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [169344]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData for the number of sight tests by constituency or by the number of senior citizens are not collected centrally.
The total number of National Health Service sight tests paid for by the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority in 2002–03 for patients aged 60 and 590W over was 180,900. The total number eligible for a free sight test for those aged 60 and over was 493,100. Sight tests cannot be equated to the numbers of patients.