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MPs question Ministers over PRH
8 November 2006

Local MPs Nicholas Soames and Nick Herbert have received replies to Parliamentary Questions they asked Health Ministers about the Princess Royal Hospital.

6 November 2006

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited for more than four hours to be seen in the accident and emergency (A&E) department at (a) St. Richard's hospital, Chichester, (b) Princess Royal hospital, Haywards Heath, (c) Worthing hospital, (d) Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth and (e) Royal Sussex county hospital, Brighton in each of the last three years; and whether each of those hospitals met the Government target for A&E waiting times in each of those years. [94789]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is only collected at trust level. The table shows the number of people spending over four hours between arrival in accident and emergency (A&E) and admission, transfer or discharge for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal West Sussex NHS Trust and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust for each of the last three years for which data is available.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Year	Total attendances (all A&E types)	Percentage of patients spending under four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge (all A&E types)	Number of patients spending over four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge(all A&E types)
2003-04	112,695	82.6	19,556
2004-05	120,463	94.8	6,279
2005-06	124,386	93.8	7,651

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Year	Total attendances (all A&E types)	Percentage of patients spending under four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge (all A&E types)	Number of patients spending over four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge(all A&E types)
2003-04	125,227	87.1	16,165
2004-05	129,790	95.0	6,454
2005-06	133,503	98.6	1,851

Royal West Sussex NHS Trust

Year	Total attendances (all A&E types)	Percentage of patients spending under four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge (all A&E types)	Number of patients spending over four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge(all A&E types)
2003-04	47,948	93.0	3,361
2004-05	48,344	97.0	1,449
2005-06	48,868	98.7	633

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

Year	Total attendances (all A&E types)	Percentage of patients spending under four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge (all A&E types)	Number of patients spending over four hours between arrival in A&E and admission, transfer or discharge(all A&E types)
2003-04	56,842	91.0	5,128
2004-05	61,333	97.0	1,827
2005-06	62,026	98.1	1,196

Note: The first full financial year during which trusts were required to meet 98 per cent. was 2005-06. Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE.

26 October 2006

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the most common reason for (a) out-patient and (b) in-patient admission to the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath was in the most recent period for which figures are available. [95954]

Andy Burnham: The information requested is only available at trust level. The table below details the top 10 finished admission episodes by primary diagnosis for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals National Health Service Trust for 2004-05:

Primary diagnosis	Finished admission episodes
Unknown and unspecified causes of morbidity	8,843
Liveborn infants according to place of birth	3,661
Senile cataract	2,318
Chronic ischaemic heart disease	2,209
Dorsalgia	1,447
Abdominal and pelvic pain	1,447
Perineal laceration during delivery	1,137
Angina pectoris	895
Other disorders of urinary system	889
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	809

Notes: 1. Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. Diagnosis (primary diagnosis) The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 3. Ungrossed data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed). 4. Data quality Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care.

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what effect she expects the proposed changes to services offered by the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath to have on the NHS South East Coast Strategic Health Authority deficit. [95955]

Andy Burnham [holding answer 23 October 2006]: NHS South East Coast is working with local people, local government and other stakeholders to produce plans for modern healthcare services that are high quality, safe as well as being clinically and financially sustainable. A document entitled “Creating an NHS Fit for the Future” was published in February 2006 and this detailed first steps in developing the strategy.

The “Creating an NHS fit for the future” programme is being rolled out across Surrey and Sussex and Kent and Medway. In Surrey and Sussex it is concluding its discussion phase. If proposals emerge which recommend significant changes to the services provided, a full public consultation exercise will follow.

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to the accident and emergency department of the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath in each of the last three years. [95957]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 23 October 2006]: Information on attendances at and admissions via accident and emergency (A and E) departments is only collected centrally at trust level. The following table shows the number of attendances at, and admissions via, all types of A and E department for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust for 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Year	Number of admissions via A and E (all types)	Total A and E attendances (all types)
2003-04	17,721	112,695
2004-05	19,364	120,463
2005-06	20,073	124,386

Note: Admissions data includes admissions via all types of A and E. Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE

Accident and Emergency Treatment Statistics

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) forecast and (b) outturn figures were for admissions to the accident and emergency departments of (i) the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, (ii) the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, (iii) the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, (iv) St Richard's Hospital, Chichester and (v) Worthing Hospital in each of the last five years. [94837]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on attendances at and admissions via accident and emergency (A&E) departments is collected only at trust level and no forecast data are collected.

The table shows the number of attendances at, and admissions through, all the types of A&E departments at Brighton and Sussex University hospitals national health service trust, Portsmouth hospitals NHS trust, Royal West Sussex NHS trust and Worthing and Southlands hospitals NHS Trust for the last five years.

        Organisation    Number of admissions via A&E (all types)        Total A&E attendances (all types)
2001-02 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust      13,732 113,435
2002-03 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust      17,779 108,088
2003-04 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust      17,721 112,695
2004-05 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust      19,364 120,463
2005-06 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust      20,073 124,386

2001-02 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 14,811 120,248
2002-03 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 23,996 120,641
2003-04 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 28,098 125,227
2004-05 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 28,198 129,790
2005-06 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 28,901 133,503

2001-02 Royal West Sussex NHS Trust     7,409   45,419
2002-03 Royal West Sussex NHS Trust     9,826   44,147
2003-04 Royal West Sussex NHS Trust     11,103 47,948
2004-05 Royal West Sussex NHS Trust     12,187 48,344
2005-06 Royal West Sussex NHS Trust     13,222 48,868

2001-02 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust     7,809   54,298
2002-03 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust     11,911 54,881
2003-04 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust     12,168 56,842
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2004-05 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust     13,688 61,333
2005-06 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust     14,124 62,026
Notes: 1. Admissions were first collected in quarter two 2001-02, so data for this year are for three-quarters only. 2. Admissions via all A&E types were first collected in quarter one 2003-04. Data after this date are for all A&E types, prior to this the figures are for admissions via major (type one) A&E only. 3. Brighton University Hospitals NHS Trust was formed by the merger of Brighton Health Care NHS Trust and Mid Sussex NHS Trust at the end of 2001-02. I have provided aggregated figures for the two constituent parts of the trusts for 2001-02. Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE.