HC Deb 05 February 1987 vol 109 cc816-26W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for 1985–86 and for each district and special health authority the total income under (a) section 58, (b) section 65, (c) section 66 of the National Health Services Act 1977 and (d) the bad debts written off in respect of private patients.

Mrs. Currie

[pursuant to the reply, 24 November 1986, c. 122]: Following are the figures recorded in the annual accounts of health authorities for 1985–86. Income under each heading is shown net of sums written off in the year (including those due from earlier years). Separate write-off figures for income due under section 58 (which arises mainly from services provided to private health care establishments) are not collected centrally.

Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Newcastle upon Tyne 122 324,685 73,805 865 66
North Tyneside 32,734 8,602 58
South Tyneside 29,566 9,433 78 392
Sunderland 86,873 23,129
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 11,492 959,474 312,020 1,435 2,201

Yorkshire Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Hull 9,801 112,339 30,434
East Yorks 95,924 16,012
Grimsby 109,282 49,598 485 1,288
Scunthorpe 2,404 119,830 22,889 440 81
Northallerton 57,741 10,153 34
York 21 99,517 53,181 86
Scarborough 27,533 14,149 6,029 12
Harrogate 209,620 16,717 67
Bradford 110,416 54,209 175 294
Airedale 303,969 28,730 237 2,097
Calderdale 7,219 239,727 26,808 394
Huddersfield 71,107 24,604 622
Dewsbury 39,844 26,939 228
Leeds Western 1,958 1,012,402 95,536
Leeds Eastern 275,225 43,550
Wakefield 53,895 17,286 6 960
Pontefract 702 14,969 10,400 170
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 49,638 2,939,956 533,075 1,343 6,333

Trent Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
North Derbyshire 84,063 29,548 672 113
South Derbyshire 2,482 184,118 58,721 4,600 175
Leicestershire 402,356 93,065 59 85
North Lincolnshire 9,100 75,911 60,767 167 1,155
South Lincolnshire 219,960 41,317 1,486 136
Bassetlaw 45,608 13,831
Central Nottinghamshire 1,121 21,687 20,023 743 241
Nottingham 40,140 169,770 100,530 2,184 1,713
Barnsley 41,703 16,799 16
Doncaster 5,831 39,260 22,679 (5)
Rotherham
Sheffield 15,037 212,775 76,659 718 320
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 73,711 1,497,211 533,939 10,629 3,949

East Anglian Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Cambridge 39,725 324,744 81,002 24 1,455
Peterborough 19,173 40,520 23,151 1,281 304
West Suffolk 4,421 197,924 24,196 17 94
East Suffolk 260,044 67,700
Norwich 1,624 512,649 50,819 3,205 787
Great Yarmouth 66,613 25,840 1,740 5,744
West Norfolk and Wisbech 248,330 51,143 6
Huntingdon 133,487 10,643
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 64,943 1,784,311 334,494 6,267 8,390

North West Thames Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
North Bedfordshire 849 129,664 46,381 2,450 1,321
South Bedfordshire 3,843 28,412 21,708 1,818 256
North Hertfordshire 5,174 51,599 19,065
East Hertfordshire 114,293 41,809 1,588 527
North West Hertfordshire 68 138,147 31,594 770
South West Hertfordshire 13,066 72,692 16,092 597
Barnet 1,720 62,653 49,954 5,942 8,826
Harrow 12,144 106,019 2,585 1,203 493
Hillingdon 562,047 109,205 4,701 925
Hounslow and Spelthorne 121,956 66,288 3,931 1,935
Ealing 23 4,833 463 1,586
Brent 10,029 6,692
Paddington 1,973,522 113,086 9,712 735
Riverside 2,356,358 280,455 18,593 4,460
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 36,864 5,727,414 809,748 50,998 21,834

North East Thames Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Basildon and Thurrock 138,385 32,416 1,737 1,774
Mid Essex 449,923 117,050 707 8,478
North East Essex 73,165 58,850 68 145
West Essex 292,782 65,408 968 23
Southend 6,693 142,369 37,227
Barking/Havering/Brentwood 206,240 83,423 495
Hampstead 1,397,572 142,065 6,777 7,194
Bloomsbury 3,815,154 327,674 53 368
Islington 30,154 15,832 13,314 539
City and Hackney 345,137 23,819 44,588 4,301
Newham 4,344 5,807 1,841
Tower Hamlets 3,755 1,001,379 73,629 3,385
Enfield 348 55,150 20,629
Haringey 32,544 26,788 2,929 220
Redbridge 94,361 27,907 285 88
Waltham Forest 1,982 55,744 18,920 3,094 768
Regional Health Authority 690
Region Total 12,778 8,134,403 1,078,134 80,241 23,898

South East Thames Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Brighton 409,235 83,622 2,753 1,142
Eastbourne 82 88,324 26,656 654 569
Hastings 103,368 37,964 804 136
South East Kent 112 96,249 16,933 706 177
Canterbury and Thanet 6 99,129 89,790 260
Dartford and Gravesham 30,748 25,760 1,048 374
Maidstone 53,058 27,376 22,977 212
Medway 16,066 22,178 838 640
Tunbridge Wells 15,236 535,310 107,572 487 396
Bexley 88,872 29,539 1,069 511
Greenwich 8,509 81,473 35,187 200 480
Bromley 120,480 44,476 2,232 892
West Lambeth 87,151 1,697,836 93,449 2,357 6
Camberwell 1,370,059 86,705 82,929
Lewisham and North Southwark 1,502,321 74,418 4,711 371
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 164,154 6,266,846 797,226 100,788 6,166

South West Thames Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
North West Surrey 155,342 57,180 20 378
West Surrey/North East
Hants 12,424 204,380 56,337 344 2,206
South West Surrey 251,789 120,281 68 83
Mid Surrey 14,532 79,014 15,852 79
East Surrey 26,429 122,981 13,581 100 112
Chichester 116,833 30,768 2,328 640
Mid Downs 343,274 61,210
Worthing 54,933 4,258 2,428 27
Croydon 376 96,625 18,373 389 175
Kingston and Esher 187,711 25,967 5,366 182
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 29,149 20,393 3,439
Wandsworth 413,945 25,217 34,597 5,203
Merton and Sutton 9,467 200,341 35,631 586 71
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 63,228 2,256,317 485,048 46,226 12,595

Wessex Thames Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
East Dorset 140,711 67,079 870 46
West Dorset 15,942 32,224 8,067 9
Portsmouth and South
East Hants 5,027 317,397 80,937 2,318 2,561
Southampton and South
West Hants 655 268,280 51,689 17 180
Winchester 124,144 25,880
Basingstoke and North
Hants 33,336 269,399 32.589 28 396
Salisbury 24,362 25,492 63
Swindon 159,088 22,769 1,739 205
Bath 2,000 39,320 35,799 60 143
Isle of Wight 11,737 54,986 9,110 200 37
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 68,697 1,429,911 359,411 5,232 3,640

Oxford Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
East Berkshire 2,846 118,601 66,571 3,920 227
West Berkshire 607,818 136,329 149 284
Aylesbury 9,334 537,142 51.580 10,651 2,194
Wycombe 19,674 308,015 39,972 1,645 350
Milton Keynes 5,672 16,512 2,105
Kettering 320,608 48,425 1,551 177
Northampton 24,444 224,802 69,118 4,849 1,425
Oxford 4,449 1,066,895 209,334
Regional Health Authority 1,978 115
Region Total 60,747 3,189,553 639.819 22,765 6,877

South Western Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Bristol and Weston 220,359 71,530 1,457 1,733
Frenchay 1,925 124,044 30,333
Southmead 6,234 8,547 162
Cornwall 11,007 112,132 36,178 8 257
Exeter 14,582 59,238 64,019 500
North Devon 74,378 13,612
Plymouth 10,571 108,744 40,584 397
Torbay 5,138 33,292 20,111 753 31

Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Cheltenham 9,887 373,431 57,899 1,073 249
Gloucester 223,406 40,856
Somerset 21,809 342,471 34,323 563 382
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 74,919 1,677,729 417,992 4,251 3,314

West Midlands Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Bromsgrove and Redditch 32,287 10,959 125
Hereford 6,695 46,680 17,280
Kidderminster 45,117 13,748 258 168
Worcester 165,710 53,213 1,553 103
Shropshire 13,047 230,692 39,427
Mid-Staffordshire 198,421 44,530 1,200 78
North-Staffordshire 20,996 209,895 103,551 47
South East Staffordshire 522 171,018 42,533 573
Rugby 151,028 16,076 26,199
North Warwickshire 44,994 14,156 240
South Warwickshire 218,222 15,438 195 3
Central Birmingham 14,818 445,341 86,189 5,154 302
East Birmingham 22,846 17,404 358 36
North Birmingham 7,831 53,593 (1,978) 519 32,028
South Birmingham 3,718 97,290 12,006 1,723 9
West Birmingham 53,769 18,374 243 223
Coventry 230,166 49,060 1,887 690
Dudley 62,272 41,054 633
Sandwell 85,747 23,561 268 195
Solihull 55,016 6,205 4,190
Walsall 133,284 21,219 1,988 402
Wolverhampton 40,970 25,136
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 67,627 2,794,358 669,141 20,409 61,181

Mersey Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Chester 22,719 22,090 12,342 229 66
Crewe 259,678 92,547 2,114 361
Halton 1,849
Macclesfield 95,307 30,867 1,076 912
Warrington 372,546 22,401 1,116 37
Liverpool 397,819 62,027 1,187 650
St. Helens and Knowsley 16,928 123,694 40,713
Southport and Formby 189,862 24,399
South Sefton 7,706 90,957 24,750 274
Wirral 91 136,729 35,616 3,038 156
Regional Health Authority
Regional Total 47,444 1,688,682 347,511 8,760 2,456

North Western Region
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Lancaster 13,602 24,780 14,162 294 160
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 25,551 85,266 15,446 3,743 300
Preston 11,313 255,714 76,427 75 123
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 8,566 37,663 19,980
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 1,685 83,300 17,083 169
West Lancashire 298,792 26,401 756 463
Chorley and South Ribble 18,108 3,586 8
Bolton 14,826 6,253
Bury 264,029 36,256 2,402 1,160

Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
North Manchester 17,893 19,418 1,599 911
Central Manchester 1,108 986,870 91,110
South Manchester 3,804 595,355 180,329 7,356
Oldham 12,695 80,434 10,596 1,646 53
Rochdale 4,691 6,451 69
Salford 2,231 66,146 46,665
Stockport 53,894 27,442 738
Tameside and Glossop 21,319 11,807 102 395
Trafford 37,085 12,451 461 191
Wigan 342 82,213 38,910
Regional Health Authority
Region Total 80,897 3,029,378 660,773 11,078 12,096

Special Health Authorities for the London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals
Income (£) Bad debts and claims abandoned (£)
Health Districts Section 58 Section 65 Section 66 Section 65 Section 66
Hospitals for sick children 2,023,257 70,544 1,521 61
National hospitals for nervous diseases 129,029 546,143 99,410 2,884 1,707
Moorfields Eye Hospital 586,221 53,226 1,472 317
Bethlem Royal Hospitaland the Maudsley Hospital 115,556 7,657 150
National Heart and Chest 12,775 2,202,822 47,374 22,251 36
Royal Marsden 1,697,530 681,164 32,638 7,001
Hammersmith and Queen
Charlotte's 1,240,295 182,229 17,991 7,515
Eastman Dental 8,801 104
Total 141,804 8,411,824 1,150,405 78,757 16,891