Unallotted backbench debate (half day). Agreed to on question.

Unallotted backbench debate (half day). Agreed to on question.

I start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for scheduling the debate and the hon. Member for Stourbridge (Margot James) for securing it. We have heard personal testimonies and powerful speeches today. There have been thoughtful contributions and I want to make sure that the debate is seen by colleagues...

I start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for scheduling the debate and the hon. Member for Stourbridge (Margot James) for securing it. We have heard personal testimonies and powerful speeches today. There have been thoughtful contributions and I want to make sure that the debate is seen by colleagues...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards achieving the national priorities guidance performance target to reduce the per capita rate of growth in emergency readmissions of people aged 75 years or over; and for what reasons the data collection for emergency admissions was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards achieving the national priorities guidance performance target to reduce the per capita rate of growth in emergency readmissions of people aged 75 years or over; and for what reasons the data collection for emergency admissions was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people were hospitalised as a result of cold in each (a) primary care trust and (b) acute trust in each year since 1997. (Tables in Library Dep 03/1848). The information for each national health service trust has been placed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people were hospitalised as a result of cold in each (a) primary care trust and (b) acute trust in each year since 1997. (Tables in Library Dep 03/1848). The information for each national health service trust has been placed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of stroke patients were treated in a specialist unit in each strategic health authority, in each year since 1997; how many stroke patients did not receive a swallowing assessment within 24 hours of admission to hospital within the last year;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of stroke patients were treated in a specialist unit in each strategic health authority, in each year since 1997; how many stroke patients did not receive a swallowing assessment within 24 hours of admission to hospital within the last year;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many structures identifying nursing leaders with responsibility for older people have been developed as part of the milestones set out on page 172 of the National Service Framework for Older People. - Inc figures and fact that information is not held...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many structures identifying nursing leaders with responsibility for older people have been developed as part of the milestones set out on page 172 of the National Service Framework for Older People. - Inc figures and fact that information is not held...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes refused to admit NHS patients due to the contraction of (a) MRSA and (b) other hospital acquired infections, in the last year for which figures are available; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that older people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes refused to admit NHS patients due to the contraction of (a) MRSA and (b) other hospital acquired infections, in the last year for which figures are available; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that older people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figures are collected on the reasons for people over the age of 75 being admitted to hospital as an emergency readmission within (a) 14 days and (b) 28 days of their discharge from hospital. - No figures given.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figures are collected on the reasons for people over the age of 75 being admitted to hospital as an emergency readmission within (a) 14 days and (b) 28 days of their discharge from hospital. - No figures given.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to issue the hospital discharge workbook in (a) hard copy and (b) electronic form; what the total cost of revising the hospital discharge workbook was; and what the reasons for the delay in revising the document were; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to issue the hospital discharge workbook in (a) hard copy and (b) electronic form; what the total cost of revising the hospital discharge workbook was; and what the reasons for the delay in revising the document were; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the rate of growth in emergency readmissions of people over 75 per thousand emergency admissions in each of the last five years in (a) each region and (b) England. - Includes fact that the information requested is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the rate of growth in emergency readmissions of people over 75 per thousand emergency admissions in each of the last five years in (a) each region and (b) England. - Includes fact that the information requested is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that health authorities comply with guidance issued in booklet 252535 that a written care plan is to be given to patients or the family before they move out of an NHS hospital to a nursing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that health authorities comply with guidance issued in booklet 252535 that a written care plan is to be given to patients or the family before they move out of an NHS hospital to a nursing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Bethnal Green and Bow of 28th November, 395 c413W, on patient discharge, what financial incentives the Community Care (Delayed Discharges, etc) Bill places on the National Health Service to ensure that they tackle...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Bethnal Green and Bow of 28th November, 395 c413W, on patient discharge, what financial incentives the Community Care (Delayed Discharges, etc) Bill places on the National Health Service to ensure that they tackle...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the impact on the number of delayed discharges of the introduction of fines over the next three years. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 28 November 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the impact on the number of delayed discharges of the introduction of fines over the next three years. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 28 November 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many people and (b) how long over 75s experienced delayed discharge, broken down by (i) elective and (ii) emergency admissions in each region in the last quarter of 2002-03. - Not collected centrally. (Holding answer 2 December 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many people and (b) how long over 75s experienced delayed discharge, broken down by (i) elective and (ii) emergency admissions in each region in the last quarter of 2002-03. - Not collected centrally. (Holding answer 2 December 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many older people whose discharge from hospital was delayed have acquired a healthcare-associated infection while waiting to be discharged in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement; how many emergency readmissions associated with healthcare acquired infections there...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many older people whose discharge from hospital was delayed have acquired a healthcare-associated infection while waiting to be discharged in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement; how many emergency readmissions associated with healthcare acquired infections there...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many osteoporotic hip fractures have been recorded in each health authority in the last five years; and if he will make a statement; what guidance he provides on osteoporosis risk assessement; and what percentage of fracture patients aged 50 years and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many osteoporotic hip fractures have been recorded in each health authority in the last five years; and if he will make a statement; what guidance he provides on osteoporosis risk assessement; and what percentage of fracture patients aged 50 years and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place a copy of the Q4 2001-02 (a) emergency readmissions and (b) delayed discharge figures in the Library, broken down by (i) age, (ii) region, (iii) health authority and (iv) reason. (Tables in Library Dep 02/1417). - Q4 2001-02...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place a copy of the Q4 2001-02 (a) emergency readmissions and (b) delayed discharge figures in the Library, broken down by (i) age, (ii) region, (iii) health authority and (iv) reason. (Tables in Library Dep 02/1417). - Q4 2001-02...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Maidenhead, of 15th May 2002, 385 c735W, on hospital discharges, if he will set out the target number of the maximum number of beds blocked following the 20 per cent. reduction of bed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Maidenhead, of 15th May 2002, 385 c735W, on hospital discharges, if he will set out the target number of the maximum number of beds blocked following the 20 per cent. reduction of bed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he received of drug trials often not being carried out on older patients so drugs would not be designed to meet their needs, as published on page 6 of the NSF for Older People Interim Report on Age Discrimination; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he received of drug trials often not being carried out on older patients so drugs would not be designed to meet their needs, as published on page 6 of the NSF for Older People Interim Report on Age Discrimination; and...