To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information about ambulance waits at accident and emergency departments has been collected since 1 January; where this information is kept; and what actions have been taken as a result of the collection of this information. [111084]
The Department has asked ambulance trusts to provide information on the number of delays of 15 minutes or more between the time of arrival of an ambulance at accident and emergency (A&E) and the hand-over of the patient to the care of the A&E staff.This information is fast track internal management information only and is not validated and of poor quality. Coverage is not complete and interpretation of the definition is inconsistent and it is therefore not appropriate for publication under exemption 11 of the code of practice on access to Government information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health where the additional accident and emergency funding announced on 25 January 2001 has been spent; and what changes the additional spending has made to the performance of the accident and emergency departments involved. [110176]
A total of £150 million was invested in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Modernisation Programme in three waves. On 25 January 2001, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced the final wave of funding totalling £35 million.
| Expenditure on non-NHS Nurses by NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts in the West Sussex Region 1997–98 to 2001–02. | |||||
| Trust name | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
| Brighton Health Care NHS Trust1 | 684,226 | 1,825,524 | 2,423,597 | 2,530,120 | 3,424,800 |
| Mid Sussex NHS Trust1 | 50,902 | 138,321 | 308,367 | 335,549 | 821,400 |
| Mid Sussex PCT | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | n/a | 1,136,517 | 2,361,955 | 3,612,627 | 5,504,034 |
| Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust2 | 161,724 | 176,437 | 1,366,393 | 265,287 | 118,643 |
| The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust | 40,484 | 45,682 | 121,461 | 249,448 | 280,329 |
| The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust | 130,610 | 126,878 | 20,650 | 172,024 | 707,769 |
| Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust | 998,449 | 1,266,644 | 1,199,299 | 1,132,291 | 1,223,576 |
| Worthing Priority Care Services NHS Trust 2 | 241,619 | 331,753 | 422,350 | 794,023 | 241,238 |
| West Sussex total | 2,308,014 | 5,047,756 | 8,224,072 | 9,091,369 | 12,321,789 |
| Expenditure on non-NHS Nurses by NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts in the West Sussex Region 1997–98 to 2001–02. | |||||
| Trust name | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
| Brighton Health Care NHS Trust1 | 313,792 | 193,364 | 221,020 | 218,760 | 339,176 |
| Mid Sussex NHS Trust1 | 695,739 | 792,400 | 958,106 | 1,071,226 | 1,723,626 |
| Mid Sussex PCT | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | n/a | 1,043,486 | 1,450,586 | 1,236,600 | 1,245,739 |
| Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust 2 | 127,602 | 145,971 | 167,613 | 706,414 | 1,122,924 |
| The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust | 9,266 | 411 | 8,426 | 42,177 | 138,725 |
| The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust | 316,494 | 342,516 | 475,227 | 572,843 | 837,597 |
| Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust | 524,915 | 566,162 | 582,773 | 825,392 | 738,674 |
| Worthing Priority Care Services NHS Trust2 | 281,772 | 398,916 | 371,164 | 555,944 | 959,818 |
| West Sussex total | 2,269,580 | 3,483,226 | 4,234,915 | 5,229,356 | 7,106,279 |
| Total nurses and doctors in West Sussex | 4,577,594 | 8,530,982 | 12,458,987 | 14,320,725 | 19,428,068 |
Notes:
Nurses = Nursing, Midwifery and Heath Visiting Staff.
Doctors = Medical Staff.
1 Brighton Health Care NHS Trust and Mid Sussex NHS Trust merged on 1 April 2002 to form Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
2 Sussex Weald & Downs NHS Trust and Worthing Priority Care Services NHS Trust merged on 1 April 2002 to form West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust
Source:
Annual financial returns of NHS Trusts
Annual financial returns of Primary Care Trusts
The modernisation has improved the patient experience in A&E. This is a result of improved capacity and patient flows, improved environment for patients and staff and a reduction in clinical times lost between facilities.
The A&E Modernisation Programme has enabled 180 A&E departments to be modernised. Work at 175, 97 per cent., of these has been completed.
Information on the funding allocation to NHS trusts under the A&E Modernisation Programme has been placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to use career grade doctors to cover emergency 24 hour access to medical and surgical care. [110946]
At present, career grade doctors operate an on-call rota to cover emergency 24-hour access to medical and surgical care.