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Written Answers
1 DECEMBER 2010
Written Answers
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Completed non-admitted RTT consultant-led pathways
Calendar year Quarter Month
Number of patients
who started treatment
within 18-weeks
Number of patients
who started treatment
after 18-weeks
% of patients who
started treatment
within 18-weeks
% of patients who
started treatment
after 18-weeks
2010 — January 794,900 18,346 97.7 2.3
2010 — February 827,198 18,559 97.8 2.2
2010 — March 955,792 21,050 97.8 2.2
2010 1 — 2,577,890 57,955 97.8 2.2
2010 — April 822,550 17,662 97.9 2.1
2010 — May 842,612 15,557 98.2 1.8
2010 — June 942,117 17,252 98.2 1.8
2010 2 — 2,607,279 50,471 98.1 1.9
2010 — July 921,418 18,036 98.1 1.9
2010 — August 859,515 17,278 98.0 2.0
2010 — September 927,225 20,583 97.8 2.2
2010 3 — 2,708,158 55,897 98.0 2.0
Note:
The quarterly figures are calculated from an aggregation of the monthly data.
Source:
Department of Health RTT waiting times.
Health Services: Weather
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) whether any NHS trusts have reported issues related
to (a) capacity of critical care services and (b) bed
availability under his Department’s winter reporting
arrangements since 2 November 2010; [27349]
(2) whether he has received any reports of problems
in patient handover between ambulance and acute
services under his Department’s winter reporting
arrangements during November 2010; [27350]
(3) whether any (a) daily situation reports and (b)
NHS trusts have identified services operation problems
under his Department’s winter reporting arrangements
since 2 November 2010. [27351]
Mr Simon Burns: It is for individual local health
areas, working with their strategic health authorities
(SHAs), to ensure that appropriate services are available
for their patients during winter.
Where operational issues are identified through daily
winter reporting, the Department works closely with
SHAs to ensure local winter plans are escalated to
mitigate operational risks.
There will, on occasion, be peak demands on services
in certain places. This can mean temporary measures
are necessary, but these are kept to an absolute minimum
and patient safety and quality of care are always paramount.
Hip Fractures: Older People
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health what steps he is taking to reduce the variation
in number of older people with hip fractures between
different local authority areas. [27455]
Paul Burstow: There is a significant programme of
work in development to address variation. This Government
intended the commissioning toolkit to support
organisations’ establishment of effective falls and fracture
prevention and management, the best practice tariff
that is in place which incentivises high quality care;
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
guidance on hip fracture care and the focus on outcomes
within the national health service.
Insulin
Julian Sturdy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
what plans his Department has for the future provision
of testing strips for insulin users. [27100]
Paul Burstow: Prescribing decisions about blood testing
strips are for local determination. It is for the local
national health service to ensure that they are
commissioning for a comprehensive diabetes service
that includes patient education as well as access to
blood testing strips.
In 2002, the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence issued clinical guidelines on ‘Management
of Type 2 Diabetes—Management of Blood Glucose’.
The guidelines include advice on the self-monitoring of
blood glucose, and state that self-monitoring can have
benefits, but it should be carried out as part of an
integrated self-care package and if the purpose is clear
and agreed with the patient. People with non-insulin-treated
Type 2 diabetes, who believe it to be beneficial, and have
clearly defined goals and objectives, should be encouraged
to continue to monitor.
Local Involvement Networks: Finance
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure
continuity of funding to local authorities for Local
Involvement Networks prior to the establishment of
local HealthWatch organisations; and if he will make a
statement. [28201]
Mr Simon Burns: I refer the hon. Member to the reply
given to the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry
McCarthy) on 18 November, Official Report, columns
957-958W.