HC Deb 13 May 2004 vol 421 cc579-80W
Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on health in Manchester. Gorton in each of the last seven years. [167380]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information is not available in the format requested. Expenditure per weighted head in the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area, which includes the constituency of Gorton, has increased from £582.33 in 1997–98 to £992.61 in 2002–03 (the latest year

NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff in the Greater Manchester strategic

health authority area as at 30 September each specified year
headcount
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
5,701 5,796 5,956 6,248 6,589 7,029 7,170
5J5 Oldham PCT n/a n/ n/a n/a n/a 122 133
QC9 West Pennine HA 1 1 1 2 4 n/a n/a
REX Oldham NHS Trust 347 346 360 393 417 n/a n/a
REZ Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 244 249 243 259 308 n/ n/a
RM4 North Manchester Healthcare 281 288 306 323 337 340 315
RMN Bury Health Care NHS Trust 216 225 230 242 267 n/a n/a
RW6 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 900 853
n/a—not applicable
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census

Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times for the residents of Oldham, West and Royton in the last seven years. [170886]

available). This does not represent the total expenditure per head as an element of health expenditure cannot be identified by SHA area.