| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
Nursing Homes
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department's plans for all inspection reports for nursing homes to be made available to the public will include reports of inspections that have already been carried out. [15182]
Mr. Boateng: No. From 1 April 1998 all nursing home inspection reports carried out after that date will be available to the public. In some areas inspection reports are already made available to the public with the agreement of nursing home proprietors. We will consider what further action might be taken within the existing legal framework to allow access to past reports.
Waiting Lists (South-West)
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list by health authority in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon, the number of people on
12 Nov 1997 : Column: 597
NHS waiting lists for (i) 0-11 months, (ii) 12-18 months and (iii) more than 18 months for (1) each year and (2) each quarter since 1992; [15528]
Mr. Milburn:
Health authority based waiting list information is contained in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England (Resident Based)". The first published information shows the position on 30 June 1996. Provider based information, which has been available since prior to 1992 and from which regional figures can be obtained, is contained in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England". Both these publications are produced on a quarterly basis and copies are available in the Library.
Mr. Sanders:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the distance from spending target of each NHS trust in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon in each year since 1992 for which figures are available. [15472]
Mr. Milburn:
Details of the income and expenditure deficits of (a) health authorities and (b) National Health Service trusts in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall since 1991-92 are given in the table. Figures for earlier years will be placed in the Library shortly. The distance from spending target in NHS trusts has been interpreted as the income and expenditure position since NHS trusts are not set spending targets as such but receive income through contracts for healthcare provision to cover their expenditure.
(2) if he will list for the South and West Region the number of people on NHS waiting lists for (a) 0-11 months, (b) 12-18 months and (c) more than 18 months for (i) each year and (ii) each quarter since 1992. [15527]
(2) if he will list the deficits of (a) health authorities and (b) national health service trusts in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall in each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15388]
| £ | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) i. Health authority deficits in Devon | ||
| 1991-92 | Exeter HA | 67,000 |
| North Devon HA | 65,000 | |
| Torbay HA | 449,000 | |
| 1992-93 | Exeter HA | 439,000 |
| North Devon HA | 546,000 | |
| Plymouth HA | 1,963,000 | |
| 1993-94 | North and East Devon | 330,000 |
| South and West Devon | 1,198,000 | |
| 1994-95 | None | -- |
| 1995-96 | North and East Devon | 1,728,000 |
| South and West Devon | 4,068,000 | |
| 1996-97 | North and East Devon | 3,708,000 |
| South and West Devon | 5,558,000 | |
| (a) ii. Health authority deficits in Cornwall | ||
| 1991-92 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 35,000 |
| 1993-94 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 2,491,000 |
| 1995-96 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 225,000 |
| 1996-97 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 3,151,000 |
The 1996-97 health authority figures are for merged health authorities (previously separate district health authorities and family health service authorities).
Changes in accounting policies mean that not all years accounts are prepared on a comparable basis.
12 Nov 1997 : Column: 598
| (b) i. Trust deficits in Devon | ||
| 1991-92 | None | -- |
| 1992-93 | Devon Ambulance | 141,000 |
| 1993-94 | None | -- |
| 1994-95 | None | -- |
| 1995-96 | Plymouth Hospitals | 426,000 |
| Plymouth Community | 49,000 | |
| Royal Devon and Exeter | 454,000 | |
| South Devon Healthcare | 821,000 | |
| 1996-97 | Plymouth Community | 85,000 |
| Royal Devon and Exeter | 532,000 | |
| South Devon Healthcare | 1,395,000 | |
| (b) ii. Trust deficits in Cornwall | ||
| 1991-91 | None | -- |
| 1992-93 | Trecare | 186,000 |
| 1993-94 | None | -- |
| 1994-95 | None | -- |
| 1995-96 | Royal Cornwall Hospitals | 485,000 |
| Trecare | 1,055,000 | |
| 1996-97 | Trecare | 29,000 |
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Learning Disabilities NHS Trust changed its name to Trecare NHS Trust in 1995.
Deficits (Health Authorities and Trusts)
Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average total underspend in English national health service trusts in each year since 1992 for which figures are available. [15384]
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the average deficit of (a) health authorities and (b) national health service trusts in England in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; [15387]
- (2) if he will list the average distance from spending target of NHS trusts in England in each year since 1992 for which figures are available. [15471]
Mr. Milburn: Details of the total and average income and expenditure surpluses/deficits for health authorities and National Health Service trusts in England since 1991-92 are given in the table. Figures for earlier years will be placed in the Library shortly.
The 1996-97 health authority figure is for merged health authorities (previously separate district health authorities and family health service authorities).
Changes in accounting policies mean that not all years accounts are prepared on a comparable basis.
12 Nov 1997 : Column: 599
Community Hospitals
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list by health authority the number of community hospitals in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; [15529]
- (2) what was the average number of community hospitals per health authority in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; [15530]
(3) how many community hospitals there were in England in each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15531]
Mr. Boateng: Information about the number of community hospitals in England is not collected in central returns. However the Department of Health is providing a grant to the Community Hospitals Association to update its directory of community hospitals.
Information available from the three health authorities in Devon and Cornwall shows that the total number of community hospitals in each health authority in 1997 is as follows:
Information on earlier years is not readily available.
Mr. Andrew George:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the total spending on community hospitals in England in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; [15468]
(3) if he will list by health authority the spending on community hospitals in (a) Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and (b) the three health authorities in Devon in (i) cash terms, (ii) per capita and (iii) 1979 prices in each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15470]
Mr. Milburn:
Financial information is collected on the basis of National Health Service trusts. Information is not therefore available about individual hospitals. Health authorities commission community health services from a wide variety of NHS trusts. Central information about this cannot be disaggregated by NHS trust or individual hospital.
12 Nov 1997 : Column: 600
Mr. Breed:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list by health authority the number of beds in community hospitals in (a) Cornwall and (b) Devon in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; [15526]
Mr. Boateng:
Information on hospital beds is published annually in "Bed Availability for England" copies of which are available in the Library. The information is for National Health Service trusts and is collected by ward type. It is not possible to disaggregate information about community hospitals from the wider NHS trusts information.
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority: 17
North and East Devon Health Authority: 21
South and West Devon Health Authority: 12
(2) what was the average health authority spending on community hospitals in England in each year since 1979 for which figures are available (a) per hospital and (b) per health authority; [15469]
(2) if he will list the (a) total and (b) average number of beds in community hospitals in England in each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15525]
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |