Ann Keen: "Clinical Practice Guidance for the Assessment of Young Women aged 20-24 with Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding" was issued through the Department of Health's GP and Practice Team Bulletin and Chief Nursing Officer's Bulletin in March 2010. The guidance, developed by the independent Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening (ACCS), re-emphasises the importance of pelvic examinations in young women...
Ann Keen: Information on all healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) is not collected centrally. The mandatory surveillance system collects data on the following from acute trusts only: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemias; Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs); glycopeptide-resistant enterococci bacteraemias (GREs); and selected orthopaedic surgical site infections...
Ann Keen: Statistics on average waiting times between decision to treat and treatment for cancer are not collected centrally. The cancer waiting time standard of a maximum wait of 31 days from decision to treat, to first cancer treatment was introduced for all patients and all treatment modalities from December 2005. Statistics showing overall performance are published on a quarterly basis on the...
Ann Keen: No. Club Together magazine is entirely funded and issued by Xafinity Paymaster. Club Together is a pensioner interest magazine issued to the pensioner members of a number of pension schemes, including the NHS Pension Scheme.
Ann Keen: The information is not available in the format requested for all years. The number of people per national health service dentist in Shropshire county primary care trust (PCT) and Telford and Wrekin PCT, as at 31 March 2001 to 2006, is available in annex F of the "NHS Dental Activity and Workforce Report England: 31 March 2006" report. This information is not available for 1997 to 2000 as...
Ann Keen: The Department would expect national health service organisations to adhere to relevant employment legislation and best practice human resources. Disciplinary and grievance issues in the NHS are dealt with at a local level in line with local policies and procedures. Therefore questions should be referred directly to the chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust.
Ann Keen: The information is not available in the format requested. The number of registered midwives employed by the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust in each year since 1997 has been set out in the following table: NHS hospital and community health services: Registered midwives in the Shrewsbury and Telford H ospitals NHS T rust, as at 30 September each year Headcount 1997...
Ann Keen: We do not hold information on the prevalence of breast cancer by ethnic minority grouping. However, we are working on models to allow us to assess prevalence by ethnic minority grouping.
Ann Keen: Information concerning the location of cancer centres within hospital buildings is not collected centrally. Decisions regarding the placement of cancer centres are the responsibility of local national health service hospital trusts and primary care trusts and are made in conjunction with cancer networks and other stakeholders.
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally.
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally. Primary care trusts are responsible for commissioning dental services to meet the needs of their population.
Ann Keen: The original 10 Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) test sites are currently being evaluated by Birkbeck college, university of London. The second year report of the evaluation suggests that the programme is being delivered well; that it is successful in engaging the most vulnerable clients, who value it highly; and that it is also successful in engaging fathers. The evaluation also points to...
Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the count of finished admission episodes where the strategic health authority (SHA) of residence was recorded as "Foreign (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands)" or "Northern Ireland" and the primary care trust (PCT) of main provider was Cambridgeshire PCT in years 1999-2000 to 2005-06 and 2007-08 to 2008-09....
Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows income recovered from overseas patients under non-reciprocal agreements, 2003-04 to 2008-09. £000 Organisation 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust 29 0 0 0 108 51 Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust 217 0 0 0 0 0 ...
Ann Keen: This information is not held centrally. Data would be held by local national health service organisations if collected.
Ann Keen: The following table shows the numbers requested. NHS hospital and community health services: Health Visitors in England by strategic health authority area and by primary care trust as at 30 September each year Headcount 2008 2009 England 11,190 10,859 North East Coast Strategic Health Authority area - 646 609 County Durham PCT 5ND 9 4 ...
Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. The number of doctors and nurses employed in NHS hospitals in Cambridgeshire in 1997 and 2009 are shown in the following table. Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): doctors and nurses within specified organisations Number (Headcount) As at 30 September each year 1997 2009 Cambridge University Hospital...
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally. However, it should be available direct from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire County Primary Care Trust, and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Ann Keen: The NHS Health Check programme is a universal and systematic programme for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 that will assess individuals' risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes and will support people to reduce or manage that risk through individually tailored advice. The programme was developed on the basis of advice from the National Screening Committee, is based...
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally. It is for primary care trusts in partnership with local authorities, strategic health authorities and other local stakeholders to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, and to commission services accordingly.