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Waiting Times (Cosham)
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for treatment more than four hours from arrival at the Queen Alexandra hospital at Cosham at the end of each quarter in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. [19478]
Ms Blears [holding answer 30 November 2001]: The information requested is not available centrally.
Accident and Emergency Units (Portsmouth)
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed in the accident and emergency units run by the Portsmouth hospitals NHS trust at the end of each quarter of (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. [19476]
Ms Blears [holding answer 30 November 2001]: The information requested is not available centrally.
Social Care Charges
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the ability of a local authority to impose social care charges upon an individual living at home who is receiving prescribed medical treatment. [19902]
Jacqui Smith [holding answer 30 November 2001]: Local councils have discretion whether to charge for home care or other non-residential social services for a person living at home. Services for which the national health service has underlying responsibility, are free at the point of use, except where there are specific charging powers, such as those for NHS prescriptions.
Health Authority Funding
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the per capita funding by each health authority in England in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999 and (f) 2000. [19475]
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Mr. Hutton [holding answer 30 November 2001]: Allocations per weighted head of population for each health authority in England for the financial years 1996–97 to 2000–01 are shown in table 1.
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Prior to 1 April 1996 allocations were made to regional health authorities. Allocations per weighted head of population for each regional health authority in 1995–96 are shown in table 2.
(39) Allocations for 1999–2000 onwards are not comparable with those for 1996–97 to 1998–99 which cover hospital and community health services (HCHS) only. 1999–2000 was the first year of unified allocations which cover HCHS, prescribing and discretionary general medical services
(40) Cambridge and Huntingdon, East Norfolk and North West Anglia health authorities merged on 1 April 1999 to form Cambridgeshire health authority and Norfolk health authority
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| £ | |
|---|---|
| Regional health authority | Allocation per weighted head of population |
| Northern and Yorkshire | 476 |
| Trent | 469 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 460 |
| North Thames | 478 |
| South Thames | 464 |
| South and West | 472 |
| West Midlands | 479 |
| North West | 469 |
| England | 471 |
Acute Beds (Portsmouth)
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute beds the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust had at (a) the most recent date for which figures are available, (b) 31 December 2000, (c) 31 December 1999 and (d) 31 December 1998; and how many of those beds were occupied by delayed discharges (i) awaiting social services funding and (ii) with social services funding. [19477]
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Ms Blears [holding answer 30 November 2001]: The latest available figures are for the financial year 2000–01. Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust had 1011 average daily number of acute beds in wards open overnight. A count of beds as at 31 December 1998, 1999 and 2000 is not available centrally.
The specific information requested on the delayed discharges affecting these beds is not available centrally. Information on delayed discharges in the Portsmouth area has been placed in the Library.
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