§ Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children from West Cumberland under the age of 18 years had to travel to Carlisle or beyond for treatment as hospital inpatients and outpatients during 1968 and 1969.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation in the form requested is not readily available. The numbers given in my reply to the hon. Member on 15th December, 1970 included the following for paediatrics and for otolaryngology, the specialty with the largest number of child patients:
In patients New Out-patients 1968 1969 1968 1969 Paediatrics (wholly children) 9* 9* 24* 0* Otolaryngology (estimated to be about 45 per cent children) 421 409 565 844 * Based on a sample count. All new Ear, Nose and Throat patients under 18 years from West Cumberland can now attend at West Cumberland Hospital.—[Vol. 808, c. 288]
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§ Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the average cost of treatment per patient per day for all patients at the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven; and how this compares with the analogous regional and national figures;
(2) what is the average cost per inpatient per day of treatment in the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven; and how this compares with the same figure for all hospitals covered by the regional hospital board, and the national average cost per in-patient.
§ Mr. AlisonThe average daily costs of treatment per patient per day are not available. Information relating separately to in-patients (per day) and out-patients (per attendance) for the financial year 1969–70 is as follows:
Total average daily cost per in-patient £ West Cumberland Hospital 7.08 Average for mainly acute hospital in the Newcastle region 6.57 National Average cost for mainly acute hospitals 6.80
Total average cost per out-patient attendance £ West Cumberland Hospital 3.00 Average for mainly acute hospitals in the Newcastle region 2.56 mainly acute hospitals 2.67
§ Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of geriatric patients in West Cumberland who are awaiting places in hospital.
§ Mr. AlisonNone.
§ Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of the total annual budget of the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, has been spent on maintenance each year since the completion of the building.
§ Mr. AlisonFollowing are the figures:
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1964–65 (part year) … … 4.0 1965–66 … … 5.8 1966–67 … … 6.7 1967–68 … … 7.5 1968–69 … … 6.7 1969–70 … … 6.8 1970–71 (estimate) … … 6.4
§ Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services on what basis money is allocated to the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, for maintenance and repair of the building; what was the total cost of the building; and what amounts have been spent annually on maintenance since the completion of the building, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. AlisonThe Newcastle Regional Hospital Board allocate revenue money annually for the totality of services of the West Cumberland Hospital Management Committee, who are responsible for expenditure on maintenance and repair of buildings within the total resources available to them; £4.2 million; following are the figures:
Year £,000 1964–65 (part year) … … 21 1965–66 … … 51 1966–67 … … 62 1967–68 … … 73 1968–69 … … 70 1969–70 … … 75 1970–71 (estimate) … … 81
§ Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total annual budget of the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, in 1968, 1969, and 1970; and what he estimates that the figure will be in 1971.
§ Mr. AlisonI understand from the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board that the figures are as follows:
£ 1967–68 … 980,000 1968–69 … 1,046,000 1969–70 … 1,105,000 1970–71 (estimated) … 1,264,000