HC Deb 16 July 1987 vol 119 cc619-22W
Mr. Pike

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services which health authorities have contracted out to the private health sector medical treatment of patients in the last 12 months; what payment has been involved; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Currie

We encourage health authorities to consider entering into contractual arrangements with the private sector whenever it would be a cost-effective way of providing services. Expenditure for 1985–86 (latest available) on contractual arrangements for patient care by health authorities in England is given in the following table:

Expenditure on Contractual Arrangements for Patient Care
District Health Authorities 1985–86
£
Northern Region
Hartlepool
North Tees
South Tees 6,932
East Cumbria 279,450
South Cumbria 43,800
West Cumbria
Darlington 635,013
Durham 4,238
North West Durham
South West Durham
Northumberland 428,277
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne 95,069
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland
Total 1,492,779
Yorkshire Region
Hull 4,593
East Yorkshire
Grimsby
Scunthorpe 151,794
Northallerton 1,359,892

District Health Authorities 1985–86
£
York
Scarborough
Harrogate
Bradford 29,600
Airedale 36,112
Calderdale 56,556
Huddersfield 55,093
Dewsbury 22,711
Leeds Western 85,223
Leeds Eastern 32,846
Wakefield
Pontefract
Total 1,834,420
Trent Region
North Derbyshire
South Derbyshire
Leicestershire 76,363
North Lincolnshire
South Lincolnshire
Bassetlaw
Central Nottinghamshire 52,954
Nottingham 1,500
Barnsley 64,582
Doncaster 12,350
Rotherham 47,083
Sheffield 631,671
Total 886,503
East Anglian Region
Cambridge 1,730,046
Peterborough 24,076
West Suffolk 169,522
East Suffolk 118,757
Norwich 113,583
Great Yarmouth
West Norfolk and Wisbech
Huntingdon 25,697
Total 2,181,681
North West Thames Region
North Bedfordshire 16,800
South Bedfordshire 40,540
North Hertfordshire 108,120
East Hertfordshire 722,376
North West Hertfordshire 24,563
South West Hertfordshire 109,338
Barnet 37,655
Harrow 2,345
Hillingdon 1,714,610
Hounslow and Spelthorne 151,744
Ealing 10,392
Brent
Paddington 191,725
Riverside 272,386
TOTAL 3,402,594
North East Thames Region
Basildon and Thurrock 7,544
Mid Essex 309,666
North East Essex 587,565
West Essex
Southend 52,598
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 672,720
Hampstead 95,292
Bloomsbury 559,481
Islington 111,762
City and Hackney 1,529,655
Newham 128,217
Tower Hamlets 144,436
Enfield 786,603
Haringey 376,801

District Health Authorities 1985–86
£
Redbridge 133,525
Waltham Forest 134,595
TOTAL 5,630,460
South East Thames Region
Brighton 314,161
Eastbourne 338,515
Hastings 50,302
South East Kent 55,122
Canterbury and Thanet 101,272
Dartford and Gravesham
Maidstone 11,799
Medway 49,025
Tunbridge Wells 168,563
Bexley 67,308
Greenwich 148,768
Bromley 499,315
West Lambeth 51,856
Camberwell 64,430
Lewisham and North Southwark 387,996
TOTAL 2,308,432
South West Thames Region
North West Surrey 215,186
West Surrey and North East Hampshire 382,110
South West Surrey 1,012,182
Mid Surrey 190,972
East Surrey 137,968
Chichester 1,024,215
Mid Downs 490,275
Worthing 558,464
Croydon 127,360
Kingston and Esher 146,044
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 704,751
Wandsworth 602,386
Merton and Sutton 371,957
Total 5,963,870
Wessex Region
East Dorset 570,529
West Dorset
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 492,296
Southampton and South West Hampshire 79,981
Winchester 143,413
Basingstoke and North Hampshire 153,468
Salisbury 37,456
Swindon 3,237
Bath 394,674
Isle of Wight
Total 1,875,054
Oxford Region
East Berkshire 154,474
West Berkshire
Aylesbury 65,385
Wycombe 46,364
Milton Keynes 29,368
Kettering 16,213
Northampton 526,944
Oxford 249,807
Total 1,088,555
South Western Region
Bristol and Weston 82,578
Frenchay 67,801
Southmead 30,669
Cornwall 2,201,663
Exeter
North Devon 2,034
Plymouth 200,363
Torbay 220,426

District Health Authorities 1985–86
£
Cheltenham 41,884
Gloucester 109,700
Somerset 4,200
Total 2,961,318
West Midlands Region
Bromsgrove and Redditch
Hereford
Kidderminster 22,878
Worcester 62,442
Shropshire 110,789
Mid Staffordshire 81,713
North Staffordshire 230,899
South East Staffordshire 114,827
Rugby 51,939
North Warwickshire 800,564
South Warwickshire 555,231
Central Birmingham 2,517
East Birmingham 25,000
North Birmingham 15,579
South Birmingham
West Birmingham
Coventry 119,878
Dudley 116,494
Sandwell 68,221
Solihull
Walsall 64,602
Wolverhampton 177,975
Total 2,621,548
Mersey Region
Chester
Crewe
Halton
Macclesfield 120
Warrington
Liverpool 1,735,153
St. Helens and Knowsley
Southport and Formby 520,274
South Sefton 31,938
Wirral
Total 2,287,485
North Western Region
Lancaster 312,849
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 588,584
Preston 1,042,094
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
Burnley, Pendlc and Rossendale
West Lancashire
Chorley and South Ribble 815,491
Bolton
Bury
North Manchester 834,359
Central Manchester
South Manchester 722,529
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford 513,850
Stockport
Tameside and Glossop 97,100
Trafford
Wigan 79,000
Total 5,005,856