
On Friday I tabled the following written questions for answer by the Secretary of State for Health. They are due to be answered on Wednesday or Thursday this week.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish in full the advice to him by Sir Bruce Keogh on option 5 of the Trust Special Administrator's report to him on the South London Healthcare Trust and Lewisham Hospital.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 31 January 2013, Official Report, columns 1072-5, on South London Healthcare NHS Trust, what the evidence is for his statement that 100 lives would be saved each year if the reorganisation of Lewisham Hospital were undertaken as proposed by Sir Bruce Keogh.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 31 January 2013, Official Report, columns 1072-5, on South London Healthcare NHS Trust, what factors will determine whether the continuing rate of usage of maternity services at Lewisham is 10 per cent or 60 per cent.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 31 January 2013, Official Report, columns 1072-5, on South London Healthcare NHS Trust, what the evidential basis is for his statement that journey times to an accident and emergency department would be on average one minute longer in a blue light transfer and two to three minutes longer for private or public transport.
UPDATE: You can read the department's responses here.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish in full the advice to him by Sir Bruce Keogh on option 5 of the Trust Special Administrator's report to him on the South London Healthcare Trust and Lewisham Hospital.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 31 January 2013, Official Report, columns 1072-5, on South London Healthcare NHS Trust, what the evidence is for his statement that 100 lives would be saved each year if the reorganisation of Lewisham Hospital were undertaken as proposed by Sir Bruce Keogh.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 31 January 2013, Official Report, columns 1072-5, on South London Healthcare NHS Trust, what factors will determine whether the continuing rate of usage of maternity services at Lewisham is 10 per cent or 60 per cent.
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 31 January 2013, Official Report, columns 1072-5, on South London Healthcare NHS Trust, what the evidential basis is for his statement that journey times to an accident and emergency department would be on average one minute longer in a blue light transfer and two to three minutes longer for private or public transport.
UPDATE: You can read the department's responses here.