HC Deb 26 June 1989 vol 155 cc316-7W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will state the distribution by National Health Service region, by spending head and by spending head within each National Health Service region of the extra £40 million so far announced for the implementation of the proposals in "Working for Patients".

Distribution of £32 million additional funding for the hospital and community health services 1989–90
(£ million)
1Personnel function 1Finance function (staff) 2Capital charging 3Medical audit Total allocated
Northern 0.366 0.634 0.865 0.051 1.916
Yorkshire 0.411 0.711 0.920 0.053 2.095
Trent 0.512 0.887 0.946 0.064 2.409
East Anglian 0.220 0.381 0.460 0.031 1.092
North West Thames 0.427 0.739 0.865 0.051 2.082
North East Thames 0.526 0.910 1.062 0.063 2.561
South East Thames 0.463 0.801 0.959 0.060 2.283
South West Thames 0.374 0.648 0.800 0.044 1.866
Wessex 0.307 0.532 0.643 0.042 1.524
Oxford 0.247 0.427 0.518 0.048 1.240
South Western 0.364 0.631 0.738 0.044 1.777
West Midlands 0.587 1.016 1.288 0.077 2.968
Mersey 0.294 0.509 0.601 0.036 1.440
North Western 0.502 0.869 1.108 0.067 2.546
All RHAs 5.600 9.695 11.773 0.731 27.799
London post-graduate SHAs 0.100 0.174 0.227 0.019 0.520
Total RHAs and SHAs 5.700 9.869 12.000 0.750 428.319
1 Total allocated pro rata to initial revenue cash limits.
2 Comprises a basic allocation of £13,000 per RHA/SHA plus £25,000 per district (excluding Peterborough, Chester and Calderdale health authorities which have attracted separate funding as capital asset pilot sites), with the remainder allocated pro rata to initial revenue cash limits.
3 Total allocated pro rata to number of medical consultants in each RHA/SHA.
4 Total excludes sums held back for later allocation for example:

£million
Internal markets:
training 0.771
Medical audit:
regional implementation 0.750
methodology development 0.500
Finance function:
training initiatives 1.660
Total 3.681