§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much each regional health authority will have to find from its existing resources in order to finance that part of the costs of the recent pay settlements for medical staff not met from the contingency reserve.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeHealth authority cash limits for 1984–85 have been increased to reflect the Government's contribution to the cost of the 1984 pay awards to staff covered by the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body. The following table shows for each regional health authority the estimated costs for these staff which health authorities will be required to meet from their planned cost improvement programmes. The cost improvement programmes submitted to us already nationally amount to some £100 million so no well managed authority should have difficutly in financing the award without reducing any patient services.
Regional Health Authoity Amount in £ thousands Northern 207 Yorkshire 223 Trent 264 East Anglian 116 North West Thames 249 North East Thames 315 South East Thames 260 South West Thames 192 Wessex 164 Oxford 141 South Western 192 West Midlands 314 Mersey 166 North Western 287