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Hospitals

Volume 172: debated on Thursday 17 May 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish, on the basis of the most recent available figures, the average number of nursing staff hours per standardised unit of work at each of the district general hospitals in Wales and the all-Wales average; and if he will make a statement on the implications of these figures.

The information requested is not readily available; however, information on nurses per 1,000 units of work for each district health authority in Wales is shown in table 5.1 of the publication "Key Statistical Indicators for National Health Service Management in Wales, No 7, 1988", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each district general hospital in Wales the number of outpatient attendances for ear, nose and throat treatment during the most recent

Per cent1
Patient's HomeOther HospitalsOther Locations2DeathsNot Known
Ysbyty Glan Clwyd915230
Wrexham Maelor941130
Bronglais General916120
West Wales General933130
Withybush932130
Nevill Hall914140
Royal Gwent924220
St. Woolos845470
Ysbyty Gwynedd896230
Princess of Wales933220
East Glamorgan905220
Prince Charles916120
University Hospital of Wales943121
Cardiff Royal Infirmary849143
Llandough915140
Morriston886240
Singleton916120
Neath General941420
1 Figures may not sum to 100 per cent, owing to rounding.
2 Discharges to private nursing homes cannot be separately identified, but are included within 'other locations'.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list changes in the definitions of units of work used by his Department for the measurement of managerial performance in National Health Service hospitals in Wales since the concept was first introduced; and whether he has any plans for further changes.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the introduction to chapter 1 in the publication "Key

12-month period available; and what was the notional period of time in days to clear the waiting list for each such hospital at the end of that 12-month period.

The most recently readily available information is published in "Welsh Hospital List Bulletin 1990: No 1", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish, for each of the district general hospitals in Wales, figures showing for the most recent available date the cost per standardised unit of work; if he will rank these on an indexed basis, taking the all-Wales average as 100; and if he will make a statement on the implications of these figures.

Information on costs per standardised unit of work are shown in section 2 of the publication "Key Statistics Indicators for National Health Service Management in Wales, No. 7, 1988", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. The tables also show indexed costs, taking the average for hospitals of a similar classification as 100.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish an analysis for each of the district general hospitals in Wales, showing the total number of deaths and discharges, indexed as 100 for each hospital; and what proportion is accounted for by virtue of (a) discharge to their own houses, (b) discharge to other National Health Service hospitals, (c) discharge to private nursing homes, (d) discharge to other locations and (e) deaths.

Figures on the destination of patients, based on the available information for 1988, are as follows:Statistical Indicators for National Health Service Management in Wales, No. 7, 1988", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. The methodology is constantly under review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing in each district health authority in Wales the number of new hospitals costing over £1 million which are all currently at various stages of planning, design and construction; and of these how many in each district are currently under construction.

District health authority and proposed new hospital

1. Under construction

  • Clwyd—Deeside community hospital
  • Mid Glamorgan—North Rhondda community hospital
  • 2. In planning/design
    • Gwent—Ebbw Vale community hospital
    • Gwynedd—West Monmouth community hospital
    • Mid Glamorgan—District general hospial for Taff Ely/Rhondda
    • West Glamorgan—District general hospital for Neath/Port Talbot

    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of general practitioner beds available in National Health Service hospitals in each district health area in Wales at the most recent available date; and what is his policy towards the maintenance and extension of the availability of general practitioner beds.

    The latest available information is published in "Hospital Bed Use Statistics, 1988–89", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.The provision of general practitioner beds is a matter for district health authorities, in consultation with family practitioner committees, in the light of their assessments of local need and resources available.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish a table showing the number of beds in community hospitals in each of the nine district health authorities in Wales;(2) what was the total number of hospital beds available in 1978–79 and at the most recent available date

    (a) for Wales as a whole and (b) for each district health authority in Wales.

    The information requested is published annually in "Hospital Bed Use Statistics", copies of which are in the Library of the House.Separate publications are available for each calendar year 1973 to 1987, and for each financial year 1982–83 to 1988–89.