§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the turnover of each NHS trust.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe total income of first and second wave trusts in England for 1992–93 will be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the start-up grant for NHS trusts is calculated;
(2) what guidance she has issued to shadow NHS trusts on the use of their start-up grants.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyThe amount allocated for top-sliced funding to meet start-up costs is divided on an equal basis between successful trusts in each wave. The uses towards which start-up costs may be put are set out in letters from the national health service management executive notifying the shadow trust of the amount to be allocated.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trusts(a) met and (b) failed to achieve a 6 per cent. return on assets.
§ Dr. MawhinneyAccording to 1992–93 annual accounts 106 national health service trusts have made a pre-interest rate of return of 6 per cent. or greater. Fifty
Notes:
National health service staff employed in each region (whole-time equivalents) 1989 1990 1991 1992 Northern 53,610 52,970 53,110 51,800 Yorkshire 58,060 58,320 58,470 57,800 Trent 75,280 75,650 75,810 73,910 East Anglia 31,020 31,490 31,770 31,120 North West Thames 51,100 50,910 50,170 49,330 North East Thames 66,300 66,440 66,540 63,420 South East Thames 59,690 60,220 59,940 58,520 South West Thames 43,080 42,090 42,310 44,800 Wessex 43,750 44,410 44,940 43,230 Oxford 33,040 33,540 32,670 32,860 South Western 51,050 51,900 52,770 52,410 West Midlands 83,570 83,840 83,980 85,160 Mersey 41,660 40,610 40,040 39,370 North Western 71,950 70,780 71,890 70,400 SHAs and others 24,020 24,980 29,880 35,870 England total 787,170 788,140 794,280 789,990
- 1. Some totals for 1990 and 1991 differ from those given in my reply on 20 November 1992 at column 435 where the medical and dental figures were at that time provisional and have now been revised.
- 2. The validation of the 1992 data for ambulance staff uncovered an error in the statistics for ambulance staff in Northern region in 1991. The error has been corrected in this table and so staff totals for 1991 differ from figures previously published.
- 3. "SHAs and others" includes those in special health authorities, family health services authorities and other statutory authorities. Staff in special hospitals are included in "SHAs and others" from 1991 onwards.
- 4. The total number of staff given includes both medical and non-medical staff but excludes locum doctors and agency nurses.
- 5. All figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents.
- 6. Whole-time equivalents are calculated by aggregating the total number of hours worked by staff in a grade and dividing by the standard hours for that grade. In this way, numbers of part-time staff are converted into an equivalent number of whole-time staff.