§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether control weaknesses have been found in all health authorities for which reports were issued following investigations by his Department audit staff in relation to the payment of private patient charges; and if the accounts of all such authorities have been qualified;
(2) whether control weaknesses have been found in all health authorities investigated by his Department's audit staff in relation to the payment of private patient charges; and if the accounts of all health authorities have been qualified;
(3) if he will list the health authorities for which reports have been issued following investigation by his Department's audit staff in relation to the payment of private patient charges.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe asked the statutory auditors to carry out a special review in May 1984 of the handling of private patient charges at 37 health authorities. The auditors identified material control weaknesses in, and, accordingly, issued reports in respect of, the 21 health authorities listed. The auditors did not qualify their certificates to the 1983–84 accounts of all of these authorities:
- Darlington DHA
- South Tees DHA
- Bradford DHA
- Nottingham DHA
- Sheffield DHA
- Mid Downs DHA
- Portsmouth and South East Hampshire DHA
- Oxfordshire DHA
- Torbay DHA
- Coventry DHA
- West Suffolk DHA
- Islington DHA
- North East Essex DHA
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- Camberwell DHA
- Lewisham and North Southwark DHA
- Merton and Sutton DHA
- North Birmingham DHA
- North Staffordshire DHA
- Shropshire DHA
- The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases SHA
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the health authorities for which statutory auditors have issued reports of poor control over private patient income in their routine examination of accounts.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFollowing their routine examination of the accounts of health authorities for 1983–84 and for 1984–85 (which is not yet complete) statutory auditors have issued reports of poor control over private patient income at the following 13 health authorities:
1983–84
- Durham DHA
- Airedale DHA
- Calderdale DHA
- Dewsbury DHA
- Southern Derbyshire DHA
- Brighton DHA
- Croydon DHA
- West Berkshire DHA
- Wycombe DHA
- Kettering DHA
- Crewe DHA
1984–85
- South Manchester DHA
- East Berkshire DHA
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the health authorities investigated by his Department's audit staff in relation to the payment of private patient charges.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe health authorities concerned are:
- Newcastle HA
- Darlington HA
- South Tees HA
- Bradford HA
- Wakefield HA
- Sheffield HA
- Nottingham HA
- Hammersmith SHA
- Paddington and North Kensington HA
- North West Hertfordshire HA
- Islington HA
- Waltham Forest HA
- North East Essex HA
- Bloomsbury HA
- Lewisham and North Southwark HA
- Camberwell HA
- National Heart and Chest SHA
- West Lambeth HA
- Mid-Downs HA
- Merton and Sutton HA
- The Hospital for Sick Children SHA
- The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases SHA
- Oxfordshire HA
- West Suffolk HA
- Coventry HA
- Torbay HA
- Bristol and Weston HA
- Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA
- North Birmingham HA
- Herefordshire HA
- Shropshire HA
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- Central Birmingham HA
- Salford HA
- South Manchester HA
- Warrington HA
- West Lancashire HA