Results 1-20 of 25 for foundation hospital speaker:Derek Twigg

Lance Corporal Compton (Compensation) (11 Jun 2008)

Derek Twigg: ...the clinical care that they receive once they are returned to the UK for specialist treatment. Since 2001, the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, which I visit regularly, based at the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust, has been the main receiving unit for military casualties evacuated from an operational theatre. The clear view of all the injured service personnel and...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Uniforms (13 Mar 2008)

Derek Twigg: The RAF did consult with Cambridgeshire Constabulary regarding the issue of the wearing of uniform off base. Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Peterborough city council were not involved in this process. Having been briefed on the background to this action, the Mayor of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire police issued a joint statement on 11 March supporting the decision.

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Hospitals (18 Feb 2008)

Derek Twigg: In answering this question I have taken wounded to mean UK Service battle casualties from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. There are no longer any military hospitals in the UK, with secondary medical care for service personnel now provided within the NHS. Since 2001, the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM), based at the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHBFT), has been...

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Mental Health Statistics (31 Jan 2008)

Derek Twigg: ...be able to access the service directly or through their GP, ex-service organisations, the Veterans' Welfare Service, or Social Service departments. The pilots at the Staffordshire and Shropshire Foundation Healthcare Trust and Camden and Islington are now open, Cardiff, Middlesbrough, St. Austell and Scotland are due to follow. If the pilots prove successful, the model will be rolled out...

Written Answers — Defence: Reserve Forces: Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2008)

Derek Twigg: ...be able to access this service directly or through their GP, ex-service organisations, the Veterans' Welfare Service, or Social Service departments. The pilot at the Staffordshire and Shropshire Foundation Healthcare Trust is now open. This will be followed by pilots in Camden and Islington, Cardiff, Middlesbrough, St. Austell and Scotland. If these pilots prove successful the model will...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Hospitals (17 Dec 2007)

Derek Twigg: A review of the UK's military hospitals as part of the 1994 Defence costs study confirmed that they were no longer able to provide the volume and range of cases essential to train our medical personnel in the advancing medical skills needed for their essential operational roles. The majority of the hospitals were closed during the 1990s, with the training needs of Defence Medical Services...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (10 Dec 2007)

Derek Twigg: ...to the NHS. For in-service personnel and reservists, the Department annually commissions some £29 million of activity (out-patients and in-patient care) from the five NHS trusts hosting MOD Hospital Units (MDHUs) and from University Hospital Birmingham NHS foundation trust (UHBFT). This includes approximately £6.5 million for emergency care that we pay the MDHU host trusts and...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (30 Oct 2007)

Derek Twigg: In financial year 2006-07 the Ministry of Defence paid just under £30 million for activity (out-patient and in-patient care) for Service personnel from the five NHS trusts hosting MOD Hospital Units (MDHUs) and from University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT) which hosts the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. Under previous agreements, the MOD pays for all treatment for...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (11 Oct 2007)

Derek Twigg: The MOD collates statistics of personnel evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) located at University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHBFT) which is the main receiving hospital trust for service personnel who are medically evacuated from overseas. In the period 1 April until 30 September 2007 RCDM had admitted 197 UK service patients from...

Written Answers — Defence: Departments: Official Hospitality (24 May 2007)

Derek Twigg: Between 26 April 2006 and 26 April 2007 the gifts and hospitality received and accepted by the Chief of the General Staff, the Adjutant General, the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland and the Commander in Chief Land are shown in the following tables. During the same period, the Chief of the General Staff received 209 offers of hospitality/gifts and accepted 46. Commander in Chief...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (8 May 2007)

Derek Twigg: ...position (which in some cases is subject to further consideration and negotiation). For example, over 120 military medical personnel are employed, in a wide range of roles, by the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust which hosts the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. But the total number of WTE provided under contract to that trust is 20, including only one nursing WTE...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (30 Apr 2007)

Derek Twigg: There is no 'ring fenced' capacity but the MOD has negotiated accelerated access to hospital assessment and treatment from the five Ministry of Defence Hospital Units (MDHU) host trusts and the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHBFT). The cost of this delivery in 2006-07 was just under £30 million. The historic figures for the MDHU spend on accelerated access are as...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (26 Apr 2007)

Derek Twigg: .... The range of services can be summarised as follows: Primary Medical Care; Regional Rehabilitation Services; Dental Services (including dental hygiene); Secondary Medical Care at the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT) where the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) is based, at NHS hospitals hosting Ministry of Defence Hospital Units (MDHUs) and other NHS...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (16 Apr 2007)

Derek Twigg: Military personnel who sustain a serious physical injury on operations overseas are most commonly received initially at Selly Oak Hospital, part of the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT), which is a centre of excellence in the medical care of the types of injuries our people most often sustain. Here we are able to provide patients who need it with the advanced...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (16 Apr 2007)

Derek Twigg: ...the armed forces is ensuring they receive high quality medical care, both while deployed on operations and back in the UK. This can range from life-saving surgery—both in our deployed field hospitals and NHS facilities in the UK—to treatment of routine ailments on a daily basis. At a pan-Government level the MOD works with the Department of Health and with other UK health...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (16 Apr 2007)

Derek Twigg: ...receive an overall excellent standard of medical care. Serious cases require access to a broad range of skills only available in a NHS specialist trauma centre. This is provided by University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust for casualties from overseas. Subsequently, the seriously injured are frequently referred to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, offering...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Selly Oak Hospital (16 Apr 2007)

Derek Twigg: The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine is undertaking a pilot military patient survey of military patients over the period up to the end of June. The survey covers military in-patients treated at hospitals of the University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, including Selly Oak, which is the principal receiving hospital for military patients. Emerging results from this pilot survey are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Injured Troops (26 Mar 2007)

Derek Twigg: Selly Oak hospital, part of the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, is the primary reception hospital for operational casualties. It is a centre of excellence for treating the injuries sustained by our troops. A military-managed ward reached initial operating capability in December 2006. There are 22 military nurses, including military nursing managers, who work at all levels...

Written Answers — Defence: Selly Oak Hospital (21 Mar 2007)

Derek Twigg: holding answer 19 March 2007 Military patients admitted to Selly Oak hospital, or other hospitals of the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust, are accommodated in wards appropriate to their clinical need. The largest number of operational casualties have required treatment as trauma orthopaedic cases. They are therefore the focus for the military managed ward that has been...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Health Services (8 Mar 2007)

Derek Twigg: Since April 2001, the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT) has been the main centre for the receipt of UK armed forces casualties aeromedically evacuated from all over the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan. UHBFT runs the Selly Oak and Queen Elizabeth hospital sites. In a few individual cases, operational casualties have...