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New Hospitals

Mr. Jon Owen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) value and (b) number of all new hospitals built in each of the regions of England is in the last five years for which records are available. [156962]

Mr. Hutton: The following table lists the new hospital schemes (all private finance initiative and public capital funded schemes over £10 million) which have opened within the last five years (since March 1999) and the strategic health authority (SHA) within which they are sited. 28 SHAs replaced the eight national health service executive regional offices in 2002).

Strategic health authority Scheme (NHS hospital/Trust) Value (£ million)

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Royal United Hospital Bath redevelopment 35

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire United Bristol Hospital for Sick Children 19

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust 100

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust 15

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Royston, Buntingford and Bishop Stortford PCT 15

Birmingham and the Black Country Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health 18

Birmingham and the Black Country Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 13

County Durham and Tees Valley County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust—North Durham 61

County Durham and Tees Valley County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust—Bishop Auckland 48

County Durham and Tees Valley South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 122

County Durham and Tees Valley County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals—Chester-le-Street 10

Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 64

Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 87

Cumbria and Lancashire Blackpool Victoria Hospital—Phase 5 27

Cumbria and Lancashire North Cumbria Acute Hospitals (Cumberland Infirmary) 67

Essex Basildon and Thurrock 21

Greater Manchester South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust 67

Greater Manchester Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 24

Greater Manchester Fairfield General—Bury 20

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton General Hospital—Cancer Care Unit 17

Kent and Medway Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 94

Kent and Medway Swale PCT 14

Kent and Medway Medway DGH Development 51

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust 158

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 22

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Harrogate Healthcare NHS Trust 27

North Central London Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust (MH unit) 21

North Central London Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 54

North East London North East London Mental Health NHS Trust 11

North East London East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust (Newham) 15

North East London Homerton Hospital Acute Services 16

North West London West London Mental Health NHS Trust 12

North West London Bromley Healthcare NHS Trust 118

North West London West Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust 60

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust (Wansbeck) 18

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust (Hexham) 29

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear City Hospitals Sunderland 15

Shropshire and Staffordshire North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust 28

South East London Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust (Greenwich) 96

South East London King's Healthcare NHS Trust 76

South East London Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup 15

South East London Oxleas 11

South West London St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 46

South West Peninsula Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust (Bodmin) 10

South Yorkshire Central Sheffield University Hospitals Stonegrove) 24

South Yorkshire Central Sheffield University Hospitals (Cardiothoracic Unit) 15

Surrey and Sussex West Sussex Health and Social Care 22

Surrey and Sussex Guildford and Waverley PCT (Farnham) 29

Surrey and Sussex Royal Sussex County Hospital 40

Thames Valley Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust 45

Thames Valley Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 30

Thames Valley Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital NHS Trust 84

Trent Queens Medical Centre—Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust 17

West Yorkshire Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust 65

West Yorkshire Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Teaching NHS Trust 47

Strategic health authority	Scheme (NHS hospital/Trust)	Value (£ million)
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Royal United Hospital Bath redevelopment	35
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	United Bristol Hospital for Sick Children	19
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	100
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust	15
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Royston, Buntingford and Bishop Stortford PCT	15
Birmingham and the Black Country	Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health	18
Birmingham and the Black Country	Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	13
County Durham and Tees Valley	County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust—North Durham	61
County Durham and Tees Valley	County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust—Bishop Auckland	48
County Durham and Tees Valley	South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	122
County Durham and Tees Valley	County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals—Chester-le-Street	10
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire	Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	64
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	87
Cumbria and Lancashire	Blackpool Victoria Hospital—Phase 5	27
Cumbria and Lancashire	North Cumbria Acute Hospitals (Cumberland Infirmary)	67
Essex	Basildon and Thurrock	21
Greater Manchester	South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust	67
Greater Manchester	Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust	24
Greater Manchester	Fairfield General—Bury	20
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Southampton General Hospital—Cancer Care Unit	17
Kent and Medway	Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	94
Kent and Medway	Swale PCT	14
Kent and Medway	Medway DGH Development	51
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust	158
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	22
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Harrogate Healthcare NHS Trust	27
North Central London	Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust (MH unit)	21
North Central London	Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	54
North East London	North East London Mental Health NHS Trust	11
North East London	East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust (Newham)	15
North East London	Homerton Hospital Acute Services	16
North West London	West London Mental Health NHS Trust	12
North West London	Bromley Healthcare NHS Trust	118
North West London	West Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust	60
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust (Wansbeck)	18
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust (Hexham)	29
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	City Hospitals Sunderland	15
Shropshire and Staffordshire	North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust	28
South East London	Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust (Greenwich)	96
South East London	King's Healthcare NHS Trust	76
South East London	Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup	15
South East London	Oxleas	11
South West London	St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust	46
South West Peninsula	Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust (Bodmin)	10
South Yorkshire	Central Sheffield University Hospitals Stonegrove)	24
South Yorkshire	Central Sheffield University Hospitals (Cardiothoracic Unit)	15
Surrey and Sussex	West Sussex Health and Social Care	22
Surrey and Sussex	Guildford and Waverley PCT (Farnham)	29
Surrey and Sussex	Royal Sussex County Hospital	40
Thames Valley	Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	45
Thames Valley	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust	30
Thames Valley	Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital NHS Trust	84
Trent	Queens Medical Centre—Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust	17
West Yorkshire	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust	65
West Yorkshire	Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Teaching NHS Trust	47

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NHS Dentists

Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made with recruitment of NHS dentists in Morecambe and Lunesdale. [156853]

Miss Melanie Johnson: From April 2005, primary care trusts will have a duty to secure the provision of primary dental services. With these new responsibilities will go the £1.3 billion financial resources currently held centrally. PCTs will in future be able to use these resources to meet local oral health needs.

Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority reports that Morecambe Bay PCT is currently recruiting dentists to work in the dental access centres and other national health service premises in Morecambe Bay.

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Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there were in each year since 1997 in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley and Fulwood. [157093]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information in the table shows the number of National Health Service dentists on a head count basis for the four former health authorities in Lancashire and for East Lancashire Health Authority, which covers Ribble Valley and Fulwood. The figures are at September each year from 1997 to 2001 and for Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority for September 2002.

Information for September 2003 is not yet available.

National Health Service—Number of dentists⁽⁵⁾ September each year

Health Authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Lancashire⁽⁶⁾ 617 649 649 639 671 -

Ribble Valley and Fulwood⁽⁷⁾ 190 201 195 200 210 -

Health Authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002


Lancashire⁽⁶⁾	617	649	649	639	671	-
Ribble Valley and Fulwood⁽⁷⁾	190	201	195	200	210	-

Notes:

⁽⁵⁾ NHS dentists include dentists working in the General Dental Service (GDS), Hospital Dental Service (HDS), Community Dental Service (CDS), Personal Dental Service (PDS) and Salaried Dentists in the GDS. Dentist working in more than one dental service are included in each service apart from dentists working in both PDS and GDS who are counted in the GDS only.

⁽⁶⁾ The four former health authorities in Lancashire: Morecambe Bay, North West Lancashire, East Lancashire and South Lancashire.

⁽⁷⁾ ast Lancashire Health Authority.

NHS Property

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what tenders are being considered for the disposal of NHS property. [151124]

Mr. Hutton: Commercially confidential discussions are still taking place and an announcement will be made shortly.

Paediatric and Adolescent Obesity

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were for (a) paediatric and (b) adolescent obesity treatment in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority in each year since 1996. [156282]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The numbers of finished consultant episodes by age group in national healthservice hospitals in England, where the primary diagnosis is obesity, are shown in the table.

Paediatrics (1–12 years) Adolescents (13–19 years) Other (neonates, 20+ years) Grand total

1996–97 105 49 692 846

1997–98 118 55 654 827

1998–99 159 66 863 1,088

1999–2000 153 80 866 1,099

2000–01 173 77 962 1,212

2001–02 181 89 878 1,148

2002–03 239 202 1,001 1,442

	Paediatrics (1–12 years)	Adolescents (13–19 years)	Other (neonates, 20+ years)	Grand total
1996–97	105	49	692	846
1997–98	118	55	654	827
1998–99	159	66	863	1,088
1999–2000	153	80	866	1,099
2000–01	173	77	962	1,212
2001–02	181	89	878	1,148
2002–03	239	202	1,001	1,442

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

Physical Fitness

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures have been taken to promote (a) physical fitness and (b) healthy eating among the elderly. [153814]

Miss Melanie Johnson: Older people are at increased risk of a range of lifestyle-related diseases and conditions. Increased levels of physical activity and healthy eating are particularly valuable in maintaining independent living.

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Accordingly, the national service framework for older people requires joint action between the National Health Service and councils to ensure that older people have fair access to advice about lifestyle including nutrition and physical activity.

The Department, in partnership with the Countryside Agency and Sport England, is launching 10 local exercise action pilots, that will test the effectiveness of different community approaches to increasing levels of physical activity. Five pilots have a community-wide approach and the remainder target specific populations, including younger and older people.

The Department is leading the development of a comprehensive food and health action plan, working across Government and with the food industry to establish a coherent and effective programme of activities on nutrition in order to achieve a healthier diet for people in England. The plan will address healthy eating at all stages of life, including older people. Meanwhile, the Food Standards Agency promotes healthy eating for older people with its Eating in Later Life leaflet and relevant content on its website.

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