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911W<br />
Written Answers<br />
1 DECEMBER 2010<br />
Written Answers<br />
912W<br />
Completed non-admitted RTT consultant-led pathways<br />
Calendar year Quarter Month<br />
Number of patients<br />
who started treatment<br />
within 18-weeks<br />
Number of patients<br />
who started treatment<br />
after 18-weeks<br />
% of patients who<br />
started treatment<br />
within 18-weeks<br />
% of patients who<br />
started treatment<br />
after 18-weeks<br />
2010 — January 794,900 18,346 97.7 2.3<br />
2010 — February 827,198 18,559 97.8 2.2<br />
2010 — March 955,792 21,050 97.8 2.2<br />
2010 1 — 2,577,890 57,955 97.8 2.2<br />
2010 — April 822,550 17,662 97.9 2.1<br />
2010 — May 842,612 15,557 98.2 1.8<br />
2010 — June 942,117 17,252 98.2 1.8<br />
2010 2 — 2,607,279 50,471 98.1 1.9<br />
2010 — July 921,418 18,036 98.1 1.9<br />
2010 — August 859,515 17,278 98.0 2.0<br />
2010 — September 927,225 20,583 97.8 2.2<br />
2010 3 — 2,708,158 55,897 98.0 2.0<br />
Note:<br />
The quarterly figures are calculated from an aggregation of the monthly data.<br />
Source:<br />
Department of Health RTT waiting times.<br />
Health Services: Weather<br />
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
(1) whether any NHS trusts have reported issues related<br />
to (a) capacity of critical care services and (b) bed<br />
availability under his Department’s winter reporting<br />
arrangements since 2 November 2010; [27349]<br />
(2) whether he has received any reports of problems<br />
in patient handover between ambulance and acute<br />
services under his Department’s winter reporting<br />
arrangements during November 2010; [27350]<br />
(3) whether any (a) daily situation reports and (b)<br />
NHS trusts have identified services operation problems<br />
under his Department’s winter reporting arrangements<br />
since 2 November 2010. [27351]<br />
Mr Simon Burns: It is for individual local health<br />
areas, working with their strategic health authorities<br />
(SHAs), to ensure that appropriate services are available<br />
for their patients during winter.<br />
W<strong>here</strong> operational issues are identified through daily<br />
winter reporting, the Department works closely with<br />
SHAs to ensure local winter plans are escalated to<br />
mitigate operational risks.<br />
T<strong>here</strong> will, on occasion, be peak demands on services<br />
in certain places. This can mean temporary measures<br />
are necessary, but these are kept to an absolute minimum<br />
and patient safety and quality of care are always paramount.<br />
Hip Fractures: Older People<br />
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Health what steps he is taking to reduce the variation<br />
in number of older people with hip fractures between<br />
different local authority areas. [27455]<br />
Paul Burstow: T<strong>here</strong> is a significant programme of<br />
work in development to address variation. This Government<br />
intended the commissioning toolkit to support<br />
organisations’ establishment of effective falls and fracture<br />
prevention and management, the best practice tariff<br />
that is in place which incentivises high quality care;<br />
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence<br />
guidance on hip fracture care and the focus on outcomes<br />
within the national health service.<br />
Insulin<br />
Julian Sturdy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
what plans his Department has for the future provision<br />
of testing strips for insulin users. [27100]<br />
Paul Burstow: Prescribing decisions about blood testing<br />
strips are for local determination. It is for the local<br />
national health service to ensure that they are<br />
commissioning for a comprehensive diabetes service<br />
that includes patient education as well as access to<br />
blood testing strips.<br />
In 2002, the National Institute for Health and Clinical<br />
Excellence issued clinical guidelines on ‘Management<br />
of Type 2 Diabetes—Management of Blood Glucose’.<br />
The guidelines include advice on the self-monitoring of<br />
blood glucose, and state that self-monitoring can have<br />
benefits, but it should be carried out as part of an<br />
integrated self-care package and if the purpose is clear<br />
and agreed with the patient. People with non-insulin-treated<br />
Type 2 diabetes, who believe it to be beneficial, and have<br />
clearly defined goals and objectives, should be encouraged<br />
to continue to monitor.<br />
Local Involvement Networks: Finance<br />
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure<br />
continuity of funding to local authorities for Local<br />
Involvement Networks prior to the establishment of<br />
local HealthWatch organisations; and if he will make a<br />
statement. [28201]<br />
Mr Simon Burns: I refer the hon. Member to the reply<br />
given to the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry<br />
McCarthy) on 18 November, Official Report, columns<br />
957-958W.