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Swale Primary Care Trust
Mr. Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Swale Primary Care Trust has allocated to the crisis resolution teams for (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06. [211769]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Any decisions on the range of primary care services to be made available in local areas are prioritised and led by primary care trusts (PCTs). This is in line with our policy of Shifting the Balance of Power, which is now reinforced by financial allocations to PCTs. In this way we are putting resources in the hands of the front line of the national health service alongside their responsibilities for developing and running services.
Between 2003–04 and 2005–06, Swale PCT will receive an increase in funding in excess of £23 million (32 per cent.). The allocations policy for 2003–04 to 2005–06 is based on moving all PCTs progressively closer to their target allocation. Swale PCT received above average growth in each of these years.
I am informed that Swale PCT has for the year 2004–05 budgeted for £200,000 for the crisis resolution health team (CRHT), rising to £350,000 for 2005–06. The CRHT has now started to see patients and is expected to be at full strength by the end of March 2005.
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Mr. Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds he will allocate to mental health treatment in Swale primary care trust for (a) children and (b) those over 60 years in the next financial year. [211770]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held centrally.
Any decisions on the range of primary care services to be made available in local areas are prioritised and led by primary care trusts (PCTs). This is in line with our policy of Shifting the Balance of Power, which is nowreinforced by financial allocations to PCTs. In this way, we are putting resources in the hands of the front line of the national health service alongside their responsibilities for developing and running services.
Between 2003–04 and 2005–06, Swale PCT will receive an increase in funding in excess of £23 million (32 per cent.). The allocations policy for 2003–04 to 2005–06 is based on moving all PCTs progressively closer to their target allocation. Swale PCT received above average growth in each of these years.
In the three years to March 2006, the Government are investing over £300 million in the development of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) provided by the NHS and local authorities. This is additional to their spending on CAMHS funded by general allocations. The total level of expenditure in 2005–06 is a matter for local decision. In 2005–06, the Department will be allocating an additional £97,000 to Swale PCT and £1.7 million to Kent county council. This funding will help to achieve the Department's public service agreement standard of a comprehensive CAMHS in every area by 2006.
Walsgrave Hospital
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital beds are available in the emergency admissions unit at Walsgrave hospital, Coventry. [213489]
Dr. Ladyman: West Midlands South strategic health authority reports that the emergency admissions unit at Walsgrave hospital has a triage room for ambulant patients, two 'see and treat' cubicles for patients that can be seen quickly and who need little or no treatment, nine minor injuries cubicles, eleven major injuries cubicles, and a procedure room.
In addition, there are twelve beds in a medical assessment unit, where patients with medical presentations who need a more in-depth assessment (which may take longer than four hours) are seen; 17 beds in an observation unit, where patients who need a period of observation for longer than four hours, or where the nature of the tests required as part of the assessment process take longer than four hours to complete, are admitted; five beds in a resuscitation bay area; a four bay dedicated paediatric area; and four beds, two trolleys and two consulting rooms in a surgical assessment unit.