Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average bed occupancy was for the St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
From 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, average general and acute bed occupancy was 97.4% at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals, and 93.0% at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 179994 on Cancer: Halton, how many and what proportion of cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who received an urgent referral received their first treatment within 62 days of that referral in February 2023.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
In February 2023 74 cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust received their first treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral. This represents 77.8% of patients whose general practitioner made an urgent referral.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March to Question 174223 on Cancer: Halton, how many and what proportion of cancer patients in the Halton Local Authority area who received an urgent referral received their first treatment within 62 days of that referral in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This information is not collected in the format requested. Data on cancer patients who received an urgent referral and the time in which they received their first treatment is not collected at local authority level.
NHS England publish cancer waiting times data at trust level. Provisional data from NHS England for February 2023 shows Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provided first treatment to 27 patients who received an urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer within 62 days of that referral. This equates to 57% of all cancer patients who received an urgent referral to Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cancer patients in Halton constituency who received an urgent referral received their first treatment within 62 days of that referral in the latest period for which data are available.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information is not held in the format requested. Cancer waiting time data is not collected by constituency.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110591 on St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments, whether these figures include attendance at St Helens Urgent Treatment Centre.
Answered by Will Quince
The response to Question 110591 includes attendances at St Helens Urgent Treatment Centre. Accident and emergency (A&E) quality indicators data is published at NHS trust level and includes Urgent Treatment Centre data as type three A&E services.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients attending the Accident and Emergency unit at St Helens and Knowsley Hospital NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
Answered by Will Quince
The following table shows the median total time in minutes in accident and emergency (A&E) at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
Month | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust |
October 2021 | 175 | 216 |
November 2021 | 164 | 183 |
December 2021 | 157 | 184 |
January 2022 | 228 | 178 |
February 2022 | 169 | 202 |
March 2022 | 182 | 197 |
April 2022 | 236 | 210 |
May 2022 | 168 | 214 |
June 2022 | 168 | 193 |
July 2022 | 177 | 212 |
August 2022 | 172 | 201 |
September 2022 | 195 | 211 |
October 2022 | 198 | 210 |
Source: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, NHS Digital
The following table shows the median time to treatment in minutes in A&E at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
Month | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust |
October 2021 | 105 | 123 |
November 2021 | 91 | 94 |
December 2021 | 78 | 94 |
January 2022 | 114 | 91 |
February 2022 | 94 | 113 |
March 2022 | 117 | 126 |
April 2022 | 119 | 105 |
May 2022 | 100 | 113 |
June 2022 | 105 | 98 |
July 2022 | 104 | 111 |
August 2022 | 100 | 104 |
September 2022 | 115 | 107 |
October 2022 | 119 | 103 |
Source: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, NHS Digital
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients attending the Accident and Emergency unit at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
Answered by Will Quince
The following table shows the median total time in minutes in accident and emergency (A&E) at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
Month | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust |
October 2021 | 175 | 216 |
November 2021 | 164 | 183 |
December 2021 | 157 | 184 |
January 2022 | 228 | 178 |
February 2022 | 169 | 202 |
March 2022 | 182 | 197 |
April 2022 | 236 | 210 |
May 2022 | 168 | 214 |
June 2022 | 168 | 193 |
July 2022 | 177 | 212 |
August 2022 | 172 | 201 |
September 2022 | 195 | 211 |
October 2022 | 198 | 210 |
Source: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, NHS Digital
The following table shows the median time to treatment in minutes in A&E at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust in each month since October 2021.
Month | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust |
October 2021 | 105 | 123 |
November 2021 | 91 | 94 |
December 2021 | 78 | 94 |
January 2022 | 114 | 91 |
February 2022 | 94 | 113 |
March 2022 | 117 | 126 |
April 2022 | 119 | 105 |
May 2022 | 100 | 113 |
June 2022 | 105 | 98 |
July 2022 | 104 | 111 |
August 2022 | 100 | 104 |
September 2022 | 115 | 107 |
October 2022 | 119 | 103 |
Source: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, NHS Digital
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the waiting time is for cancer patients to see a cancer specialist in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICS area after referral by a GP.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This information is not collected in the format requested. However, in October 2022, 10,064 of the 13,459 patients had their first consultant appointment within 14 days following an urgent general practitioner referral in the Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care board.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff employed by Halton clinical commissioning group have (a) still to find permanent jobs and (b) left NHS employment since it was abolished in July.
Answered by Will Quince
This information is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Halton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take up is of the flu vaccine for over 50s in the Halton local authority area compared to the same period in 2021.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows the uptake for the flu vaccination in Halton local authority in the 50 to 64 years old age group and all those aged 65 years old in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 season, as of 31 October 2022.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
50 to 64 years old in a clinical risk group | 43.9% | 43.8% |
50 to 64 years old not in a clinical risk group | 24.3% | 23.2% |
Aged 65 years old and over | 62.2% | 68.9% |
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