HC Deb 28 February 2002 vol 380 c1556W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will deliver to the North Hampshire Hospital the additional funding for cardiac treatment which he pledged when he visited Basingstoke in May. [15175].

Mr. Blears

As pledged in the NHS Plan, investment in heart disease services will be increased by an extra £230 million a year by 2003/04. There will also be an additional £101 million in health authority baseline budgets this year plus extra funds allocated throughout the year. In addition, there will be an extra £120 million of capital funding from the HM Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund to expand capacity and modernise services.

This year additional funding for North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been allocated as follows:

  • £151,000 cardiac care equipment
  • £101,000 rehabilitation services
  • £101,000 cardiac management.