HC Deb 05 November 1986 vol 103 cc473-5W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the funding available to the Crewe district health authority for the years 1979–80 to 1985–86 inclusive as a percentage of the funding available to the Mersey regional health authority.

Mrs. Currie

The information requested for the years 1982–83 to 1985–86 is as follows:

Year per cent.
1982–83 14.4
1983–84 14.2
1984–85 14.2
1985–86 14.2

The figures are based on net revenue expenditure as shown in health authorities' summarised accounts. I regret that information on district-level expenditure is not available centrally for the years prior to 1982–83.

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors and nurses there were in the Mersey region; and what percentage of these were in the Crewe district health authority for each year from 1979–80 to 1985–86 inclusive.

Mrs. Currie

Such information as is available centrally is shown in the table; I am sorry that I am unable to provide all of the information requested.

Figures for doctors and dentists in Crewe district health authority, which formed part of Cheshire area health authority before the NHS reorganisation, are not centrally available prior to 1982. From 1982 we have figures for all doctors employed in the district health authority except for senior registrars and consultants, whose contracts are held by the regional health authority. The district health

Mersey Region
Hospital type acute Expenditure 1979–80 Expenditure 1980–81 Expenditure 1981–82 Expenditure 1982–83 Expenditure 1983–84 Expenditure 1984–85 Expenditure 1985–86
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
Over 300 beds 33,619,067 43,159,576 47,228,011 53,425,326 64,778,941 69,109,046 Figures not yet available
101–300 beds 11,107,091 13,077,335 13,599,501 11,221,768 7,657,547 7,835,334
51–100 beds 1,083,879 1,109,818 869,002 1,077,715
1–50 beds 2,020,261 2,517,740 3,223,875 1,995,602 1,886,739 1,811,155
Mainly acute 48,555,955 62,401,044 65,077,690 95,544,979 100,794,947 105,527,366
Partly acute 26,658,424 34,826,613 38,952,028 18,426,285 18,511,930 18,237,829
Total 121,960,798 157,066,187 169,190,923 181,482,962 194,707,819 202,520,730

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what facilities are immediately available to replace the physiotherapy unit at Oakmere rehabilitation centre in the Crewe district health authority; and what would be the cost of that replacement.

Mrs. Currie

Planning and associated costs involved in the proposed closure of Oakmere rehabilitation centre are authorities where these staff work cannot be identified centrally. There will therefore be more doctors actually working in the Crewe district health authority than are accounted for in the table.

Figures for non-medical staff are not available prior to 1982 on a comparable basis with those for later years, due to the effects of the 1982 National Health Service reorganisation on the Cheshire area health authority.

The available information is shown in the table.

NHS directly employed medical and dental and nursing and midwifery staff
Whole-time equivalents1 Staff in DHA as percentage of staff in RHA (WTEs)
Staff in post at 30 September Mersey RHA Crewe DHA
Nursing and midwifery2 Medical and dental3 Nursing and midwifery2 Medical and dental3
per cent. per cent.
1979 20,960 1,990 n/a n/a
1980 21,410 2,080 n/a n/a
1981 22,370 2,180 n/a n/a
1982 22,450 2,160 7.5 4.5
1983 22,310 2,220 7.7 4.1
1984 21,850 2,220 8.0 4.4
1985 22,150 2,270 8.2 4.4

SourceDHSS Annual Censuses of Medical and Non-Medical Manpower.

1 All staffing figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents. Percentages are calculated on unrounded figures.

2 Includes agency staff.

3 Includes all permanent paid, honorary and locum staff in the hospital and community health services. Includes hospital practitioners and part-time medical/dental officers (clinical assistants).

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the funding for acute units in the Mersey regional health authority for each year from 1979–80 to 1985–86 inclusive.

Mrs. Currie

The annual cost returns submitted to the Department show the following expenditure for the authorities in the Mersey region:

the responsibility of Crewe health authority. The hon. Member may therefore wish to contact the district chairman.

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the funding for the Mersey regional health authority for each year from 1979–80 to 1985–86, inclusive.

Mrs. Currie

The net revenue expenditure of Mersey regional health authority, as shown in the authority's accounts, was as follows:

Year £ million
1979–80 286.4
1980–81 367.3
1981–82 405.1
1982–83 433.9
1983–84 453.8
1984–85 480.5
1985–86 504.3