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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the debts and overspending of the Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 June 2003

Reference

117979; 406 c1119W;406 c1121W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the plans of North Surrey Primary Care Trust and the doctors who use the centre to redevelop the Shepperton Health Centre.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 June 2003

Reference

117980; 406 c1133-4W;406 c1135-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the pay differentials between staff of the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust based at (a) Ashford and (b) Chertsey; what plans he has to provide the resources needed to enable the Ashford and...

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 May 2003

For answer on

20 May 2003

Answered on

20 May 2003

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the pay differentials between staff of the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust based at (a) Ashford and (b) Chertsey; [113092] (2) what plans he has to provide the resources needed to enable the Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust to implement the recommendations in the Commission for Health Improvement report on the trust's maternity services; [113129] (3) if he will make a statement on the progress made with the implementation of the Franchise Plan for the Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Trust; [113130] (4) what discussions have taken place between his officials and officers of the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust about the possibility of opening a midwife-led maternity unit at Ashford Hospital; [113131] (5) what discussions have taken place between his officials and officers of the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust about Dr. Kevin Gangar. [113132] Ms Blears :[holding answer 19 May 2003]: The Government's policy is to put as much National Health Service funding as possible at the front-line. In 2003-04, the Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area will receive a recurrent allocation of £2,269 million, a 9.29 per cent, cash terms increase on the previous year. The maternity unit at the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is currently undergoing a £1.4 million programme of modernisation and refurbishment. It is a matter for the trust, working with the SHA, to produce and implement an action plan for the recommendations made by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI). It is understood that the trust is in the process of doing this. Advice from the SHA suggests that significant progress has been made on the franchise plan for Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust. Since the plan was agreed the trust has: Implemented a £10 million capital programme, including additional theatre capacity at Ashford Hospital and Medical Assessment Unit at St. Peters Hospital. Improved recruitment and retention. Improved communications with staff and stakeholders. Agreed capacity plans with local primary care trusts. Moved from being a zero star to one star trust. It is understood that the trust, as part of a wider review of services on its two sites, will be considering the viability of a midwifery-led maternity unit at Ashford Hospital in addition to planning enhancements to ante- and post-natal services at Ashford. Issues such as paediatric cover and midwife recruitment must also be considered to make improvements to the unit at St. Peters Hospital, following publication of the CHI investigation report. The responsibility for the disciplining of doctors is a matter for the employing trust, which will take into account the outcome of General Medical Council hearings. It is understood that prior to Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust merger, Ashford Hospital paid staff a London weighting allowance whereas St. Peter's Hospital did not. This differential has gradually been phased out as employees move but some are still affected. The Agenda for Change initiative provides the trust with an opportunity to address this differential.

Date

20 May 2003

Reference

405 c736-7W;405 c734-5W; 113092;113129;113130;113131;113132

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the preparations being made at hospitals near Heathrow Airport to treat people arriving at Heathrow Airport who are infected with the SARS virus.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

110558; 405 c321W;405 c319W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the precautions being taken at Heathrow to prevent the spread of the SARS virus into the United Kingdom via the airport.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 April 2003

For answer on

14 May 2003

Answered on

14 May 2003

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the precautions being taken at Heathrow to prevent the spread of the SARS virus into the United Kingdom via the airport. [110559] Ms Blears: Since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), environmental health officers (EHOs) based at Heathrow's health control unit are boarding flights arriving at the airport from high risk areas such as Hong Kong, China and Singapore. EHOs are meeting planes before passengers disembark to ascertain from the cabin crew whether there are any ill passengers on board. In addition, they verify that the airline is aware of their legal requirement to notify port health authorities of any suspected infectious disease. If a passenger has become ill during the flight and develops symptoms suggestive of SARS, an EHO/ health control unit officer and a medical officer will board the plane on its arrival. Airline crew and passengers remain on board while the medical officer assesses the patient and establish the nature of the illness. The health control unit arranges for the patient's subsequent care. If SARS is suspected, then all passengers and crew will be given information sheets about the illness and the need to seek early medical advice should they develop symptoms within ten days of the flight. Close contacts, including passengers sitting in the same seating row or within at least two rows in front of or behind the ill passenger, will be given a form to complete. The form will require them to provide their contact details and in the event of the suspected case being confirmed, will enable public health services to monitor their health. The plane involved will then be impounded by EHOs until it has been disinfected by the airline in accordance with current requirements.

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

110559; 405 c321-2W;405 c319-20W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the overspending by the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust. - Inc ref to 23 October 2002, 391 c402W.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 December 2002

Reference

85224; 395 c895W;395 c893W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring to an end the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust running a deficit budget. - Inc ref to 'Shifting the Balance of Power'. (Holding answer 21 October 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

75493; 391 c402W;391 c399W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates the 2002-03 budget was (a) formally finalised and (b) published for (i) the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) North Surrey Primary Care Trust. - (Holding answer 21 October 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

75487; 391 c402-3W;391 c399W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the Franchise Plan for the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust presented to the Government was not published until 10th October 2002. - (Holding answer 21 October 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

75488; 391 c402W;391 c399W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the £16.9 million cut in the income for 2002-03 was apportioned between the three acute hospital trusts in West Surrey; for what reason an extra £16.9 million has been added to the 2002-03 income of the primary care trusts...

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

391 c401-2W;391 c398W; 75491;75492;75490;75494

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial and staff resources are being made available to the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust to enable the implementation of its franchise plan. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 21 October 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2002

Reference

75489; 391 c402W;391 c398-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Spelthorne will receive a reply to his letter dated 22nd August in relation to correspondence with the Surrey and Sussex Health Authority dated 17th April about Mr G Smith, a constituent. - (Holding answer 15 October 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 October 2002

Reference

391 c270W; 74802

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason general practitioners practising within the area covered by the North Surrey PCT have been refused permission by the PCT to refer expectant mothers to the maternity units of their choice. - (Holding answer 5 July 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 July 2002

Reference

67468; 389 c1099W;389 c1097W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) budgeted income and (b) planned expenditure of the North Surrey Primary Care Trust are for 2002-03. - Inc figures.

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 2002

Reference

67465; 388 c1272-3W;388 c1274W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many extra midwives are required by the Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust to achieve full establishment. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 5 July 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

67461; 388 c1220W;388 c1220-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) extra beds and (b) extra staff he estimates will be required at the Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust to enable the new chief executive to achieve the franchise plan that he has approved. - Inc ref to...

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

67462; 388 c1219-20W;388 c1220W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds have been blocked in Surrey hospitals in each month in 2002. - Info on delayed discharges is collected at health authority level and has been placed in Library. (Holding answer 5 July 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

67467; 388 c1220-1W;388 c1221W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the required reduction in expenditure arising from the merger of the Ashford Hospital NHS Trust and the St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust was (a) in the year the merger took place and (b) in each subsequent year; what reduction in expenditure...

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

388 c1220W;388 c1221W; 67464;67463

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much the funding of NHS services in West Surrey has been reduced since 1997 to bring it into line with the requirements of the Resource Allocation Working Party. - Including table. (Holding answer 5 July 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 July 2002

For answer on

9 July 2002

Answered on

9 July 2002

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health by how much the funding of NHS services in west Surrey has been reduced since 1997 to bring it into line with the requirements of the Resource Allocation Working Party. [67456] Ms Blears: [holding answer 5 July 2002]: Actual funding for the national health service in west Surrey has risen from £369.8 million in 1997-98 to £485.9 million in 2002-03. This represents an increase of 31.4 per cent. Real terms percentage allocation increases in west Surrey and nationally are shown in the table. Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Real terms increase Average increase in England 1997-98 2.54 2.04 1998-99 1.35 1.90 1999-2000 2.91 4.00 2000-01 3.67 4.18 2001-02 5.91 5.85 2002-03 6.89 7.20 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. During this period, changes in the resource allocation formula have meant that west Surrey has moved from being 1.71 per cent. above its target in 1997-98 to 3.63 per cent. above target in 2002-03.

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

67456; 388 c932-3W;388 c934-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ashford (Middlesex) Hospital accident and emergency department was downgraded to an emergency department. - (Holding answer 2 July 2002).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2002

Reference

66489; 388 c456W;388 c454W

House

House of Commons

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