HC Deb 12 January 2004 vol 416 cc588-9W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of agency(a) nurses and (b) doctors has been to the NHS in Huntingdon in each year since 1999. [146444]

Dr. Ladyman

The information is not collected in the format requested. The tables show the available information regarding the national health service trusts that cover the Huntingdon constituency.

(a) Non-NHS 'Nurses'1 NHS expenditure in Huntingdon: 1999–2000 to 2002–032
£
Non-NHS 'nurses'1 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–032
Hinchingbrook Healthcare NHS Trust 900,387 887,916 965,681 256,352
Cambs and Peterborough MH Partnership Trust n/a n/a n/a 2,237,493
Cambridgeshire Health Authority 0 0 0 n/a
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority n/a n/a n/a 0
Huntingdonshire Primary Care Trust n/a n/a 0 0
Total 900,387 887,916 965,681 2,493,845
1 'Nurses' = Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff.
2 2002–03 data are provisional.

(b) Non-NHS 'Doctors'1 NHS expenditure in Huntingdon: 1999–2000 to 2002–032
£
Non-NHS 'Doctors'1 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–032
Hinchingbrook Healthcare NHS Trust 369,121 404,724 530,833 477,535
Cambs and Peterborough MH Partnership Trust n/a n/a n/a 880,861
Cambridgeshire Health Authority 615 133 0 n/a
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority n/a n/a n/a 0
Huntingdonshire Primary Care Trust n/a n/a 0 269,952
Total 369,736 404,857 530,833 1,628,348
1 'Doctors' = Medical Staff.
2 2002–03 data are provisional.

Sources:

  1. 1. Annual Financial Returns of NHS Trusts 1999–2000 to 2002–03.
  2. 2. Annual Financial Returns of Health Authorities 1999–2000 to 2001–02.
  3. 3. Annual Financial Returns of Strategic Health Authorities 2002–03.
  4. 4. Annual Financial Returns of Primary Care Trusts 2000–01 to 2002—03.