Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people attended at hospital A&E departments in the Blackpool NHS Trust area in each year from 2010 to 2015.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Data from November 2010 onwards is available in the NHS England Weekly A&E Performance Reports, which are published online at:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
Prior to this period, accident and emergency data was collected quarterly from 2001/02, which is available at:
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Blackpool NHS Trust had to wait longer than 48 hours for a GP appointment in (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
Answered by Dan Poulter
Data on waiting times to see a general practitioner (GP) is not collected.
The mandatory 48 hour waiting time target was removed, based on clinical advice, because it was seen as too inflexible in meeting the needs of patients. GP patient survey data showed that the proportion of people who wanted to get an appointment within two days (and were able to) actually fell between 2008-09 and 2009-10 i.e. when the target was in place.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Blackpool NHS Trust area had to wait longer than 62 days to start cancer treatment after being referred by their GP in (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table. Data for 2015 is not yet available.
2010 | |||||
Q4 2009/10 | Q1 2010/11 | Q2 2010/11 | Q3 2010/11 | ||
Number of patients waiting longer than 62 days from an urgent GP referral to a first definitive treatment for cancer | 25 | 19.5 | 31 | 25.5 | |
Source: NHS England
Notes: non-integer numbers are due to the responsibility for the patient pathway being shared across two providers, each getting 0.5 of a patient record.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GPs and (b) nurses were employed in the Blackpool NHS Trust in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2015.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the attached tables.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on the waiting list for NHS treatment in Blackpool NHS Trust area on (a) 1 March 2015 and (b) 1 March 2010.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The information is not available in the format requested.
On 28 February 2010 there were 15,599 patients waiting for treatment at the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust changed its name in 2010.
Data for March 2015 is not yet available.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health on 23 October 2014, Official Report, column 1142, what progress he has made on establishing the independent review of papers and evidence relating to oral hormone pregnancy tests; and when he plans to appoint a panel alongside the chair for that review.
Answered by George Freeman
The terms of reference for the review were endorsed by the Commission on Human Medicines in December 2014 and a suitable Chair for the panel has been identified. The areas of scientific expertise required for the review and suitable candidates within these disciplines have also been identified. The Government is in the process of obtaining all relevant documents and evidence for the review.