§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the whole of the £60 million National Health Service Performance Fund for 2000–01 has been paid to NHS bodies. [HL1544]
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§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe National Health Service Performance Fund for 2000–01 consisted of £60 million, of which £37 million was paid to the NHS bodies which met the criteria at the four payment dates.
All health authorities will receive their full share of the £60 million recurrently in 2001–02.
§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish the objectives agreed with health bodies for the National Health Service Performance Fund for 2000–01, and for each such body the extent to which the objectives were achieved. [HL1546]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathHealth communities, led by health authorities, were set criteria to meet for each payment of the National Health Service Performance Fund. These criteria were set out to measure performance against three key areas:
Waiting: performance against agreed health authority profiles for inpatient and outpatient waiting lists and the 18 month inpatient guarantee;
Financial Position: performance against the planned in year Income & Expenditure (I&E) position for health authorities;
Winter Planning: quality of winter planning and performance as measured by the latest monitoring, in particular for trolley waits.
The following table sets out the performance of each health authority at each payment date.
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Health Authority Did the Health Authority meet all the criteria? Payment 1 Payment 2 Payment 3 Payment 4 Avon Yes No No No Barking and Havering No Yes No Yes Barnet No No No No Barnsley No Yes No Yes Bedfordshire Yes No No No Berkshire Yes Yes No No Bexley and Greenwich No Yes No No Birmingham Yes Yes No No Bradford Yes Yes Yes Yes Brent and Harrow No No No No Bromley No No Yes Yes Buckinghamshire Yes No No No Bury and Rochdale No No No Yes Calderdale and Kirklees Yes No No Yes Cambridgeshire No Yes Yes Yes Camden and Islington No No Yes No Cornwall and Isles of Scilly No No Yes Yes County Durham Yes Yes No No Coventry Yes No No No Croydon Yes Yes Yes No Doncaster Yes Yes Yes No Dorset Yes Yes Yes Yes Dudley No No No No Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Yes No Yes Yes East and North Hertfordshire No Yes No No East Kent Yes Yes Yes No East Lancashire Yes No Yes No East London and the City Yes No No No East Riding Yes No No No East Surrey No No No No
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Health Authority Did the Health Authority meet all the criteria? Payment 1 Payment 2 Payment 3 Payment 4 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Yes No No No Enfield and Haringey Yes Yes No No Gateshead and South Tyneside Yes No Yes Yes Gloucestershire Yes No No Yes Herefordshire Yes No No No Hillingdon Yes No No Yes Isle of Wight Yes No No No Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Yes No Yes Yes Kingston and Richmond Yes Yes No Yes Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Yes No No No Leeds No No No No Leicestershire Yes No Yes Yes Lincolnshire Yes Yes Yes No Liverpool Yes Yes Yes Yes Manchester Yes Yes Yes No Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth No No No No Morecambe Bay Yes No No Yes Newcastle and North Tyneside Yes No No No Norfolk No Yes No No North and East Devon No Yes No Yes North and Mid Hampshire Yes No No No North Cheshire Yes Yes No Yes North Cumbria No No No Yes North Derbyshire Yes Yes No Yes North Essex Yes No Yes Yes North Nottinghamshire Yes No Yes Yes North Staffordshire No No Yes Yes North West Lancashire Yes Yes Yes Yes North Yorkshire Yes Yes No No Northamptonshire Yes No No No Northumberland No No No No Nottingham Yes Yes Yes Yes Oxfordshire No No No No Portsmouth and South East Hampshire No No No No Redbridge and Waltham Forest No No Yes Yes Rotherham Yes Yes No Yes Salford and Trafford No No No Yes Sandwell Yes No No No Sefton No No No Yes Sheffield Yes No Yes Yes Shropshire Yes No No No Solihull Yes No No No Somerset Yes No Yes Yes South and West Devon No No Yes Yes South Cheshire Yes Yes Yes Yes South Derbyshire Yes Yes Yes Yes South Essex Yes No No No South Humber Yes No No Yes South Lancashire Yes Yes No Yes South Staffordshire No Yes No Yes Southampton and South West Hampshire Yes No No No St. Helens and Knowsley Yes No No Yes Stockport Yes Yes Yes No Suffolk Yes No No No Sunderland Yes No Yes Yes Tees Yes Yes Yes Yes Wakefield No No No No Walsall Yes Yes No No Warwickshire No Yes Yes No West Hertfordshire No Yes No No West Kent No No No No West Pennine Yes No No No West Surrey Yes No No No West Sussex Yes No No No Wigan and Bolton Yes Yes No Yes Wiltshire Yes No No Yes Wirral Yes No No Yes
Health Authority Did the Health Authority meet all the criteria? Payment 1 Payment 2 Payment 3 Payment 4 Wolverhampton No Yes Yes Yes Worcestershire Yes No Yes No
§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish the arrangements that they have made for the National Health Service Performance Fund from 1 April 2001. [HL.1547]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe Department of Health is preparing to issue guidance on the National Health Service Performance Fund. Details will be published on the department's website.