HC Deb 14 May 2004 vol 421 cc628-33W
Mr. Borrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in South Ribble. [171270]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust has rapid access chest pain clinics at both the Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. Both clinics are meeting the national service framework two week target for patients to be seen from date of referral by a General Practitioner.

Mr. Borrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many residents in South Ribble aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests; [171272]

In-patient waiting list in months
Name of Commissioner Total 0–2 3–5 6–8 9–11 12–14 15–17 18+
1996–97 South Lancashire HA 10,092 4,565 2,587 1,696 1,069 160 12 3
1997–98 South Lancashire HA 10,414 4,566 2,391 1,580 1,128 563 186 0
1998–99 South Lancashire HA 9,179 4,259 2,285 1,354 839 356 86 0
1999–2000 South Lancashire HA 8,604 4,251 2,042 1,260 715 270 66 0
2000–01 South Lancashire HA 8,283 4,401 1,979 1,041 559 208 95 0
2001–02 South Lancashire HA 8,047 4,317 1,997 1,090 544 99 0 0
March 2003 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 4,761 3,108 1,108 510 35 0 0 0
March 2003 West Lancashire PCT 3,042 1,390 844 564 244 0 0 0
September 2003 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 4,922 3,278 1,178 447 19 0 0 0
September 2003 West Lancashire PCT 2,813 1,681 788 306 38 0 0 0

Source:

Department of Health QF01

Out-patient waiting list in weeks
Name 13–25 26+
1997–98 South Lancashire HA 2,200 6,291
1998–99 South Lancashire HA 2,790 1,373
1999–2000 South Lancashire HA 2,135 5,07
2000–01 South Lancashire HA 1,823 374
2001–02 South Lancashire HA 1,676 1

Name 13–17 17–21 21–26 26+
March 2003 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 363 108 0 0
March 2003 West Lancashire PCT 196 72 0 0
December 2003 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 615 17 0 0
December 2003 West Lancashire PCT 250 1 0 0

Source:

Department of Health

Mr. Borrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in South Ribble awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [171268]

Miss Melanie Johnson

This information requested is not collected centrally.

Mr. Pickthall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in West Lancashire aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [171547]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer my hon. Friend to the response I gave to my hon. Friend, the Member for Workington (Mr. Cunningham) today.

(2) how many senior citizens in South Ribble have access to free eye tests. [171279]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer my hon. Friend to the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Tony Cunningham) today.

Mr. Borrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times in the last seven years for residents of South Ribble. [171275]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information most closely associated with place of residency is not collected on a constituency level, but at a health services commissioner level.

Data are shown as follows for the South Lancashire Health Authority for the period 1997 to 2002 and the Chorley and South Ribble and West Lancashire Primary Care Trusts for 2003.

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior citizens in Workington constituency have access to free eye tests; [170704]

(2) how many residents in Workington constituency aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [170705]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Data for the number of sight tests by constituency or by the number of senior citizens is not collected centrally.

The total number of sight tests paid for by Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority in the year 2002–03 for those aged 60 and over was 189,100.

The total number of eligible for a free eye test for those aged 60 and over was 429,300. Sight tests cannot be equated to the number of patients.

Source:

Department of Health statistics.

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 Lancashire SHA total 3,352 3,486 3,595 3,706 3,758 3,893 4,279
5D6 West Cumbria PCT 1 1 1 1 128 128 130
RE7 West Cumbria Health Care NHS Trust 187 209 224 243 1 1 1
RLG Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 200 206 230 230 1 1 1
RNL North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1 1 1 1 351 331 366
1 Not applicable

Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in Workington constituency saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [170709]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information from 2000–01, the earliest available, is shown in the table.

Waiting times for first consultant outpatient appointment for

suspected cancer following urgent GP, referral—Workington

Seen within two

weeks

Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number
2000–01 4 West Cumbria Health Care NHS

Trust

89.6 190
2000–01 4 Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 79.6 227
2001–02 1 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 89.8 467
2001–02 2 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 85.3 492
2001–02 3 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 84.9 594
2001–02 4 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 78.7 511
2002–03 1 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 83.1 674
2002–03 2 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 85.6 734
2002–03 3 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 87.1 757
2002–03 4 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 81.2 722

Count of in-year elective (waiting time, booked, planned) admissions—Primary care trust of responsibility—5D6 West Cumbria PCT—

NHS Hospitals, England 1998–99 to 2002–03

PCT of responsibility 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
5D6 West Cumbria PCT 16,395 16,163 16,579 16,577 16,613

Notes:

1. An in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the datayear. Periods of care on-going 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.

2. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on heart disease and cancer care in Workington constituency in each of the last five years. [170716]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested is not collected centrally. Allocation of funding for

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years. [170707]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested is shown in the table.

Waiting times for first consultant outpatient appointment for

suspected cancer following urgent GP referral—Workington

Seen within two

weeks

Quarter NHS trust Percentage Number
2003–04 1 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 82.4 831
2003–04 2 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 96.9 946
2003–04 3 North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust 99.8 991

Source:

Department of Health form QMCW

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in Workington constituency awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [170711]

Miss Melanie Johnson

This information is not collected centrally.

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Workington constituency in the past five years. [170712]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested is shown in the table.

particular treatments are matters for local primary care trusts.

Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on health in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years. [170718]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information is not available in the format requested. Expenditure per weighted head of the population in the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area, which includes the constituency of Workington, has increased from £600.03 in 1997–98 to £1,173.57 in 2002–03 (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.

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