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Selous, Andrew
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For many years the experience of my constituents, and indeed my own family, has been that hospitals often provide patients with, for example, crutches, without ever asking for them back. I accept that this is a matter for the management of local hospitals, but does my hon. Friend agree that the Department has an interest in ensuring value for taxpayers' money, and that the medical aids involved could be used by other patients who need them?
For many years the experience of my constituents, and indeed my own family, has been that hospitals often provide patients with, for example, crutches, without ever asking for them back. I accept that this is a matter for the management of local hospitals, but does my hon. Friend agree that the Department has an interest in ensuring value for taxpayers' money, and that the medical aids involved could be used by other patients who need them?
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 January 2011
I agree. One always hopes that people will act responsibly, and that they or their families will return medical aids. My hon. Friend may know that Bedford hospital has organised a scheme for the collection of aids, and that a number of voluntary organisations are also involved. However, the cost of collection and decontamination or cleansing is sometimes greater than the cost of the equipment itself. Crutches, for instance, cost between £11 and £20. Such is life today.
Subjects
Disability aids
Date
25 January 2011
Reference
522 c159
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of medical aids issued to patients by hospitals and not returned in the latest period for which figures are available.
What recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of medical aids issued to patients by hospitals and not returned in the latest period for which figures are available.
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answered by
Anne Milton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 January 2011
For answer on
25 January 2011
Answered on
25 January 2011
As my hon. Friend knows, NHS patients are provided with NHS aids free of charge and requested to return them when they are no longer required. Obviously the cost of recovery must be weighed against the cost of the items being lent, but it is the responsibility of the local NHS to monitor the position and arrange for the recovery of medical aids when that is safe and cost-effective.
Subjects
Disability aids
Date
25 January 2011
Reference
35646; 522 c159
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am sure that the Minister will agree that public money is precious money, and I hope therefore that she will follow up the concerns of one of my constituents, a retired civil servant, who has brought to my attention the fact that many patients are loaned equipment on a short-term basis, such as chair and bed raisers, stools, helping hands and so on; that there is no follow-up for the return of that equipment—that is purely left to the conscience of the patient; and that the providers of that equipment are making money out of the NHS by the continual loan of such equipment. Will the Minister undertake to look into that to ensure that there is no waste of precious NHS resources across the country?
I am sure that the Minister will agree that public money is precious money, and I hope therefore that she will follow up the concerns of one of my constituents, a retired civil servant, who has brought to my attention the fact that many patients are loaned equipment on a short-term basis, such as chair and bed raisers, stools, helping hands and so on; that there is no follow-up for the return of that equipment—that is purely left to the conscience of the patient; and that the providers of that equipment are making money out of the NHS by the continual loan of such equipment. Will the Minister undertake to look into that to ensure that there is no waste of precious NHS resources across the country?
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
12 July 2005
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue. He may be aware that in 2000 an initiative called integrating community equipment services was undertaken, through which we have placed greater emphasis on refurbishing and recycling equipment and, as he suggests, tracking the equipment that is loaned. He suggests that that is not working in his location. I would be grateful if he wrote to me specifically about that matter so that I can look into it in the detail that he is obviously requesting.
Subjects
Costs; Disability aids; Equipment; NHS; Patients
Date
12 July 2005
Reference
436 c681-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of the failure to return equipment loaned to patients in the last year for which figures are available.
What estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of the failure to return equipment loaned to patients in the last year for which figures are available.
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answered by
Jane Kennedy
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 July 2005
For answer on
12 July 2005
Answered on
12 July 2005
As I am sure all hon. Members would want me to do, speaking as Minister with responsibility for the health service in London, may I first pay my own tribute and express my deepest gratitude, which I know we all share, to the health and emergency services for their response last week?
Now to perhaps more prosaic, but none the less important matters—the Department has not estimated those costs. It is for the local national health service and social care bodies to determine how best to provide equipment to meet the needs of individuals. Some equipment can be reused, subject to its condition and to any need to decontaminate it.
Subjects
Costs; Disability aids; Equipment; NHS; Patients
Date
12 July 2005
Reference
11240; 436 c681
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he will take against village and community halls and other voluntary service providers who do not have the funds to make reasonable adjustments required by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. - Inc ref to 396 c23-4WS, 12 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he will take against village and community halls and other voluntary service providers who do not have the funds to make reasonable adjustments required by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. - Inc ref to 396 c23-4WS, 12 December...
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answered by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 April 2003
For answer on
14 April 2003
Answered on
14 April 2003
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action he will take against village and community halls and
other voluntary service providers who do not have the funds to make reasonable adjustments required by the Disability Discrimination
Act 1995. [109336]
Maria Eagle: None. The Disability Discrimination Act requires these organisations, like any other service provider, only to do what
is reasonable to make their services accessible for disabled people. The cost of any adjustments and the financial resources
available to the sen/ice provider are taken into account in determining what is reasonable in each individual case.
Legislation
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Subjects
Disability; Buildings; Disability aids; Voluntary organisations; Village halls; Reasonable adjustments
Date
14 April 2003
Reference
109336; 403 c642W;403 c642-3W
House
House of Commons