§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost per head of spending in the National Health Service for Dewsbury health authority for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 25 January 1990]: Following is information for the Dewsbury health authority since its establishment on 1 April 1982.
Dewsbury Health Authority—Total Revenue Expenditure on Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) Per Resident £(cash) 1982–83 118 1983–84 123 1984–85 130 1985–86 139 1986–87 149 1987–88 162 1988–89 181 Sources:
(a) Annual accounts of the Dewsbury Health Authority for the financial years 1982–83 to 1988–89.
(b) Mid-year estimates of resident population—1982 to 1988 (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys).
Total revenue expenditure per resident for hospital services (HS) and hospital and community health services (HCHS) by region 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 Region HS £ cash HCHS £ cash HS £ cash HCHS £ cash HS £ cash HCHS £ cash HS £ cash HCHS £ cash HS £ cash HCHS £ cash Northern 153 190 162 201 172 215 185 236 203 261 Yorkshire 148 183 157 194 166 207 177 226 192 248 Trent 139 172 147 182 157 197 169 217 186 240 East Anglian 139 173 146 182 155 195 166 214 184 239 North West Thames 163 202 169 209 178 222 189 238 213 272 North East Thames 195 236 202 244 213 259 224 278 250 312 South East Thames 173 215 180 224 187 236 197 255 216 284 South West Thames 159 198 164 205 173 219 184 251 203 280 Wessex 138 171 143 178 152 190 160 206 176 229 Oxford 126 159 131 165 136 175 145 191 161 212 South Western 146 183 153 191 161 204 169 221 183 243 West Midlands 142 178 149 187 160 202 171 221 187 243 Mersey 162 199 170 209 180 224 191 244 208 269 North Western 161 204 169 215 180 231 191 251 210 276 Sources:
(a) Annual accounts of regional and district health authorities in England—1984–85 to 1988–89.
(b) Mid-year estimates of resident populations—1984 to 1988 (Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys).
Notes:
1. Capital expenditure and expenditure on family practitioner services is excluded.
2. The figures for hospital services include all revenue expenditure incurred by health authorities on all their hospital sites. The figures for Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) cover total revenue expenditure including that on hospital, community health, patient transport (ie ambulance), blood transfusion and other services.
3. The population figures used make no allowance for people resident in one region who receive treatment in another or for differences in morbidity and age/sex structure of particular populations.
4. The figures for the Thames regions are influenced by the fact that South West Thames Regional Health Authority (RHA) now accounts for the entire cost of the London Ambulance Service which was formerly shared by all four Thames RHAs.