My hon. Friend is right, and these are the sort of individual examples that we increasingly hear about from our constituents—from both staff and patients. I have heard from staff in intensive care and in paediatrics who are deeply worried about the pressures and responsibility on them in case something...

My hon. Friend is right, and these are the sort of individual examples that we increasingly hear about from our constituents—from both staff and patients. I have heard from staff in intensive care and in paediatrics who are deeply worried about the pressures and responsibility on them in case something...

I wish those Members departing the Chamber a good summer and thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting me the final debate before the summer recess. I also welcome the new Minister to the Dispatch Box.

I called this debate, following that brought a few months ago by my hon. Friend the...

I wish those Members departing the Chamber a good summer and thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting me the final debate before the summer recess. I also welcome the new Minister to the Dispatch Box.

I called this debate, following that brought a few months ago by my hon. Friend the...

My hon. Friend is exactly right. We hear continually from constituents often saying the same thing: the nursing staff are wonderful, look after

them and work immensely hard, but are overstretched; there are simply not enough of them to do the job they want to do.

The trust has recruited not...

My hon. Friend is exactly right. We hear continually from constituents often saying the same thing: the nursing staff are wonderful, look after

them and work immensely hard, but are overstretched; there are simply not enough of them to do the job they want to do.

The trust has recruited not...

But what if there just are not enough A and E doctors or neurology doctors to fill the posts? If they advertise them, charge around the country recruiting for them and they still cannot get the doctors in, what are they supposed to do?

But what if there just are not enough A and E doctors or neurology doctors to fill the posts? If they advertise them, charge around the country recruiting for them and they still cannot get the doctors in, what are they supposed to do?

I thank the Minister for his generosity in giving way. Will he confirm that the reason universities were forced to turn down so many would-be nurses was that the Government did not fund enough places? I realise that he is new to the Department and will not have had a...

I thank the Minister for his generosity in giving way. Will he confirm that the reason universities were forced to turn down so many would-be nurses was that the Government did not fund enough places? I realise that he is new to the Department and will not have had a...

Agreed to on question.

Agreed to on question.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Hospital Chaplaincy and the data Protection Act 1998.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on Hospital Chaplaincy and the data Protection Act 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to increase the number of dentists taking NHS patients in the Boston and Skegness constituency. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to increase the number of dentists taking NHS patients in the Boston and Skegness constituency. - Includes figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each of the last five years were treated in the high security infectious disease units in (a) London and (b) Newcastle; for what diseases patients were admitted, and how many patients there were in each case, to each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each of the last five years were treated in the high security infectious disease units in (a) London and (b) Newcastle; for what diseases patients were admitted, and how many patients there were in each case, to each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the NHS long-stay provision for severely demented patients in North Hertfordshire and (b) the closure of beds at Elizabeth Court and Victoria Court; what his assessment is of the effect on delayed discharges at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the NHS long-stay provision for severely demented patients in North Hertfordshire and (b) the closure of beds at Elizabeth Court and Victoria Court; what his assessment is of the effect on delayed discharges at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were awaiting in-patient treatment in the last two available months; and how many were waiting (a) over 12 months and (b) over 15 months for treatment. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were awaiting in-patient treatment in the last two available months; and how many were waiting (a) over 12 months and (b) over 15 months for treatment. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area are waiting for an out-patient appointment; how many have been waiting more than (a) 13 weeks and (b) 26 weeks in the latest available quarter.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area are waiting for an out-patient appointment; how many have been waiting more than (a) 13 weeks and (b) 26 weeks in the latest available quarter.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated, and what the underlying costs to the NHS were, as a result of (a) accidents incurred and (b) diseases contracted abroad in each of the last 10 years. - Not available centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated, and what the underlying costs to the NHS were, as a result of (a) accidents incurred and (b) diseases contracted abroad in each of the last 10 years. - Not available centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died as a result of hospital-acquired infection in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died as a result of hospital-acquired infection in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of respiratory syncitial virus requiring hospital admission there have been in the last three years in the Portsmouth Health Authority, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement; what estimate he has made of the cost...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of respiratory syncitial virus requiring hospital admission there have been in the last three years in the Portsmouth Health Authority, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement; what estimate he has made of the cost...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if re-admission procedures for in-stent restenosis are recorded as separate patient episodes. - (Holding answer 7 May 2002).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if re-admission procedures for in-stent restenosis are recorded as separate patient episodes. - (Holding answer 7 May 2002).