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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to NHS trusts on ensuring that stroke patients are assessed by social services before discharge; how many beds were available in specialist stroke units in each of the past five years. - Inc ref to National Service...

Asked by

Helen Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 July 2001

Reference

372 c72W; 3493;3492

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the National Commission for Care Standards to inspect all establishments for which it is responsible to ensure that (a) resuscitation policies which respect the rights of clients for whom they are responsible are in place, (b) such policies...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 February 2001

For answer on

6 March 2001

Answered on

6 March 2001

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will (1) instruct the National Care Standards Commission to inspect all establishments for which it is responsible to ensure that (a) resuscitation policies which respect the rights of clients for whom they are responsible are in place, (b) such policies are understood by relevant staff and accessible to them and (c) such policies are subject to robust audit and monitoring arrangements; [151465] (2) extend the remit of the requirement outlined in National Health Service Circular 2000/028, to require social services departments and private and voluntary providers to ensure that (a) all appropriate resuscitation policies which respect the rights of clients for whom they are responsible are in place, (b) such policies are understood by relevant staff and accessible to them and (c) such policies are subject to robust audit and monitoring arrangements. [151464] Mr. Hutton: The National Care Standards Commission will regulate a wide range of social care and independent healthcare providers. Regulations and national minimum standards are being developed to reflect the different nature of each of the services to be regulated. Depending on the nature of the service being provided, a resuscitation policy will be required for some providers but not others. For example we will require independent healthcare providers to have a resuscitation policy in which patients' rights are central, which is readily available to staff, patient's relatives and carers, and of which staff are informed. These policies will have to be kept under review to ensure their continued effectiveness. We published the national minimum standards for "Care Homes for Older People" on 2 March. These require care home providers to discuss with service users their wishes concerning terminal care. The standards also require them to provide staff with first aid training or employ nurses who will have basic life support training. There will, however, be providers for whom a resuscitation policy will not be necessary, such as fostering agencies or voluntary adoption agencies. It will not be necessary to extend the requirements in National Health Service Circular 2000-028 to local authority social services departments as the providers they contract with will have to be registered by the commission and therefore required to meet the relevant standards. This new regulatory framework will also require local authority owned care homes to be registered for the first time and these too will be required to meet the national minimum standards.

Date

6 March 2001

Reference

364 c185-6W; 151465;151464

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

30 March 1999

Reference

328 c843

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, How many beds are currently blocked in the district general hospitals in West Middlesex and Kingston.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 1999

Reference

328 c843; 77699

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate (a) by health authority, (b) by region and (c) nationally the number of patients staying past their original discharge date in NHS beds before moving to social service beds; and if he will estimate the cost to the...

Asked by

Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 1999

Reference

327 c201W; 75040

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue guidance on the provision of care pathways for patients with long-term medical conditions.

Asked by

Gordon Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 1999

Reference

66874; 324 c109W

House

House of Commons

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