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NHS Trusts
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will name the 36 NHS trusts which recorded a retained deficit in 1994-95 giving, in each case, the deficit in cash terms and as a percentage of turnover and indicating the principal reason for the deficit. [22670]
Mr. Horam: The information is shown in the tables.
| Trust | Deficit £000 | As percentage of income | Reason for deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Tees Acute Hospitals | 97 | 0.1 | Early retirement costs |
| Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care | 811 | 1.6 | Other reasons |
| South Lincolnshire Community and Mental Health Services | 46 | 0.2 | Early retirement costs |
| Oxfordshire Community Health | 161 | 0.5 | Early retirement costs |
| Allington | 141 | 0.8 | Early retirement costs |
| Horizon | 8,378 | 18.9 | Early retirement costs |
| Southend Health Care Services | 1,082 | 1.6 | Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Homewood NHS Trust | 2,463 | 10.0 | Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Lifecare | 527 | 2.3 | Early retirement costs |
| The Royal West Sussex | 271 | 0.7 | Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Frimley Park Hospital | 39 | 0.1 | Other reasons |
| East Somerset | 1,121 | 3.1 | Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Bath Mental Health Care | 61 | 0.2 | Other reasons |
| South Warwickshire Health Care | 120 | 0.6 | Early retirement costs |
| South Warwickshire General Hospitals | 940 | 2.2 | Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| South Warwickshire Mental Health Services | 304 | 2.0 | Early retirement costs |
| Premier Health NHS Trust | 413 | 1.0 | Other reasons |
| Christie Hospital | 275 | 0.8 | Early retirement costs |
| East Cheshire | 1,587 | 2.6 | Early retirement costs |
| Guild Community Healthcare | 1,210 | 3.3 | Early retirement costs |
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| Trust | Deficit £000 | As percentage of income | Reason of deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humberside Ambulance Service | 622 | 5.1 | Excess expenditure |
| United Leeds Teaching Hospitals | 334 | 0.2 | Excess expenditure |
| Louth and District Healthcare | 25 | 0.2 | Shortfall in planned income |
| Lincoln Hospitals | 257 | 0.4 | Activity levels greater than contracted |
| Sheffield Children's Hospital | 245 | 1.1 | Shortfall in planned income |
| East Anglian Ambulance | 68 | 0.3 | Other reasons |
| Mid Anglia Community Health | 44 | 0.2 | Other reasons |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | 3,436 | 11.6 | Other reasons |
| Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital | 826 | 6.8 | Other reasons |
| Greenwich Healthcare | 2,888 | 2.8 | Shortfall in planned income |
| Crawley Horsham | 1,154 | 2.6 | Other reasons |
| Swindon and Marlborough Hospitals | 522 | 0.8 | Other reasons |
| The Poole Hospital | 226 | 0.4 | Excess expenditure |
| Royal United Hospital, Bath | 2,545 | 3.8 | Shortfall in planned income |
| Worcester Royal Infirmary | 944 | 1.6 | Other reasons |
| Wolverley | 155 | 1.1 | Other reasons |
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will name the 13 NHS trusts which exceeded their external financing limits in 1994-95. [22672]
Mr. Horam: The information is contained in "NHS Trusts: 1994/95 Financial Performance", copies of which are available in the Library.
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will name the 93 NHS trusts which failed to meet their target rate of return on average relevant net assets in 1994-95 giving, in each case, the margin on both cash and percentage terms by which it failed to do so. [22671]
Mr. Horam: National health service trusts are required to make a 6 per cent. return on their net relevant assets, not a target figure in cash terms. Tables showing the actual return achieved in percentage terms by each trust for 1994-95 is contained in "NHS Trusts: 1994/95 Financial Performance", copies of which are available in the Library.
Sheffield University School of Health
and Related Studies
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) courses have been attended at the Sheffield
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university school of health and related studies and (b) other resources of the school have been used by (i) NHS management trainees and (ii) existing NHS staff. [22735]
Mr. Malone: This information is not available centrally.
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts have been awarded to Sheffield university school of health and related studies since 1994 by (a) his Department, (b) the NHS executive, (c) the Northern and Yorkshire regional health authority, (d) the former Yorkshire regional health authority and (e) Trent regional health authority; for what purposes these contracts were awarded; if they were awarded by competitive tender; and what was the value of each of these contracts. [22734]
Mr. Horam: The information is not available centrally.
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) costs of and (b) savings from the out-sourcing of (i) the nursing division and (ii) the priority and community services group of the former Yorkshire regional health authority to the university of Leeds. [22743]
Mr. Malone: This is a matter for Northern and Yorkshire regional health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of the authority for details.
Peter Walker Associates
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts, and of what value, have been awarded in each of the last four years by (a) the former Yorkshire regional health authority, (b) the Northern and Yorkshire regional health authority, (c) the Trent regional health authority, (d) district health authorities within the two regions and (e) NHS trusts within the two regions to Peter Walker Associates. [22751]
Mr. Horam: This information is not available centrally.
Professional Misconduct
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued on the appropriate time scale for initiating investigations of allegations of professional misconduct by health authorities and trusts. [22553]
Mr. Malone: Guidance was issued in circular HC(90)9 to national health service employers in March 1990 on disciplinary procedures for hospital and community medical and dental staff.
This guidance recommended indicative time limits for dealing with cases of professional misconduct. This states that the time taken from the decision that there is a prima facie case to referral of the final report to the employer should not exceed 32 weeks.
Yorkshire Services Organisation
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost of services provided to the former
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Yorkshire regional health authority by the Yorkshire Services Organisation in each year since 1992; and what services, and at what cost the Yorkshire Services Organisation currently provides to (i) the Northern and Yorkshire regional health authority and (ii) the Trent regional health authority. [22750]
Mr. Horam: This is a matter for the Northern and the Yorkshire and Trent regional health authorities respectively. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairmen of those authorities for details.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) research projects, (b) reviews and (c) audits he has asked the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to undertake; and for how many he has provided financial support. [22592]
Mr. Horam: The Department of Health provides core funding for the college's audit unit. The Department has also funded two audits:
National endometrial ablation survey
Pregnancy care for health women.
Mr. Horam: The royal college has frequent contact with Health Ministers and their officials on a wide range of health and health service matters.
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what matters the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is currently preparing clinical guidelines at his request. [22667]
Mr. Horam: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, other royal colleges and interested groups are in the process of producing clinical guidelines for the management and treatment of osteoporosis.
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