Results 1-20 of 76 for foundation hospital speaker:Andy Burnham

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

Andy Burnham: I shall make some progress. I said that we wish to move services from being good to being great. That means building on the foundations we have laid in the past decade to create more personalised and more preventive services that are more responsive and are of higher quality. So we want to lock in the achievements of the past 10 years and to hand power to people-to patients, pupils and...

New Member: Schedule 6 — Repeals and revocations (12 Oct 2009) has video

Andy Burnham: ..., in the next decade, we are placing the power to drive reform in the hands of patients and staff, not from the top down. The Bill also reaffirms our commitment to the pursuit of excellence in the foundation trust regime and across the NHS. We have listened to calls from another place for mental health trusts to be given more flexibility in respect of the operation of the private patient...

Written Ministerial Statements — Health: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (21 Jul 2009)

Andy Burnham: On 17 March 2009, the Healthcare Commission, the independent health regulator, published a damning report into the failings of emergency care provided by MidStaffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Since then, the Government and the local NHS have had two priorities: first to ensure services at the trust improve as soon as possible to the level that patients and the public have a right to expect;...

Written Answers — Health: Royal London Homeopathic Hospital: Closures (25 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: This is a matter for the chair of The University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Robert Naylor informing him of the hon. Member's inquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Health: Bournemouth Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments (19 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: holding answer 24 May 2007 This is a matter for the chair of The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Sheila Collins informing her of the hon. Member's inquiry. She will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Health: Royal London Homeopathic Hospital (15 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: This is a matter for the chair of The University College London Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust. We have written to Robert Naylor informing him of the hon. Member's enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Health: Departments: Private Finance Initiative (7 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...PFI contracts 2002-03 to 2006-07 £ million Unitary charge payment NHS Trust/PCT Total capital value 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Dartford and Gravesham Hospital NHS Trust 94 20.5 19.1 19.5 20.0 20.5 North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 67 13.0 13.4 13.7 14.8 15.1 Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust 45 10.5 10.8 11.1...

Written Ministerial Statements — Health: NHS Foundation Trusts (Authorisations) (5 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: The chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts) announced last week that, in accordance with section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, Monitor had decided to authorise the following NHS acute trusts as NHS foundation trusts from 1 June: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust; and West Dorset General Hospitals NHS...

Written Answers — Health: NHS Foundation Trusts (4 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: The total number of staff and public membership of the 32 national health service foundation trusts in existence during 2005-06 is available in the following table. The table is taken from Monitor's "Review and Consolidated Accounts of NHS Foundation Trusts 2005-06", which is available from their website at: www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/publications.php?id=960 There are now 65 foundation trusts....

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Management (18 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...better taken at regional and local level. The Government's reforms are devolving decision-making and giving people more choice and more say, so that the NHS responds to the wishes of the public. Foundation trusts are free from day-to-day Whitehall control, allowing them to innovate and improve clinical care for the benefit of patients. The National Institute for Health and Clinical...

Written Answers — Health: Midwives: Eastern Region (17 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...health and social care vacancies survey March 2006. Three month vacancy rate Three month vacancy number East of England SHA 1.4 25 of which: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 0.9 1 Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.0 0 Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust __ 0 Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3.1 4 ...

Kettering General Hospital (16 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's honesty in answering the question directly and admitting that the hospital is significantly better today than in 1997. The question on foundation trust application is extremely important and, if I understand him correctly, he strongly supports the application. I welcome that. The hon. Member for Wellingborough is nodding, and I welcome that support, too. At...

Written Answers — Health: James Paget NHS Foundation Hospital (16 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: This is a matter for the chair of James Paget University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust. We have written to John Hemming informing him of my hon. Friend's inquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Health: Private Finance Initiative (16 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: The principal reason for any change to the capital values of the schemes at the Tees Esk and Wear Valley National Health Service Trust, the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust was that the review of private finance...

Written Answers — Health: Royal London Homeopathic Hospital (16 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: This is a matter for the Chair of University College London Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust. We have written to Peter Dixon informing him of the hon. Member's enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

[Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] — Independent Sector Treatment Centres (10 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...tests and book an operating slot all in one day, a process that would typically have taken months and at least three appointments in the past. That example has now been copied by Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where managers say that the ISTC made their clinicians sit up and take notice. As a result, they too have established one-stop out-patient clinics for orthopaedic...

Written Answers — Health: Queen's Hospital, Romford (10 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: This information is not held in the format requested. However, the table shows the number of doctors within Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals national health service trust by grade. We are unable to provide student nurse figures as we do not hold these at trust level. Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Medical and dental staff within in Barking, Havering And Redbridge...

[John Cummings in the Chair] — Health Services (West London) (1 May 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...in health care in the world. It is normal and natural that the subject always arouses huge interest. On a personal level, my family recently benefited hugely from the services of the Royal Marsden hospital, which is a fantastic institution. It is truly humbling to see the staff's commitment to their jobs. All of us want to strengthen, develop and build upon such excellence in health care;...

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Finance (30 Apr 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...been placed in the Library. The following organisations have left the National Turnaround Programme since January 2006: North Tees and Hartlepool National Health Service Trust and the Mid-Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust: by January 2007, these trusts were delivering sustained recurrent monthly run rate balance; High Peak and Dales Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Sedgefield PCT: in the...

Written Answers — Health: Hospitals: Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...-patient appointment In-patient admission ordinary In-patient admission daycase Out-patient appointment RA1 Epsom Healthcare NHS Trust 8.4 7.8 n/a 16.6 10.7 3.3 RAK Royal London Hospital and Associated Community Services NHS Trust 12.3 8.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a RAX Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 14.2 10.4 n/a 20.6 12.3 4.6 RAZ St. Helier NHS Trust 15.3 10.8...