§ Charles HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the last full inventory of land owned by(a) the NHS and (b) NHS trusts was carried out; and what steps he is taking to sell off unused excess land. [175838]
§ Mr. HuttonAn independent valuation of all national health service property assets is undertaken every five years with the 2005 exercise nearing completion. Registers of such assets, including land, are held and continually updated by individual NHS bodies.
Land and property identified as surplus to requirements is sold in accordance with departmental guidance given in "Estatecode".
headcount 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 5F8 Bebington and West Wirral PCT 1— 1— 1— 1— 4 60 65 QDC Wirral HA 1— 2 6 9 1— 1— RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 497 512 530 541 540 554 570 1 Not applicable. Source: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of patients with suspected cancer in Wirral, South saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [172688]
1604W
All cancer waiting times, selected NHS Trusts Urgent referrals received within 24 hours Quarter ended Name Total referrals seen during the
quarter
Number of patients seen during the quarter
by a specialist within
14 days of the decision
to refer by their GP
Number of patients seen during the quarter
by a specialist after 14
days of the decision to
refer by their GP
Percentage compliance with the two week
standard
December 1999 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 110 74 36 67.3 December 2000 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 138 117 21 84.8 December 2001 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 611 608 3 99.5 December 2002 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 696 558 138 80.2 December 2003 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 810 807 3 99.6 June 2000 Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust 190 176 14 92.6 June 2001 Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS
1 1 0 100.0 December 2003 Trust 1 I 0 100.0 Source: Department of Health form QMCW An agreement in principle has been reached to transfer surplus land in the ownership of the Secretary of State for Health to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.