Urban Programme (Hansard, 10 March 1987)

§ Mr. John Patten

The projects approved by this Department for Urban Programme funding in the financial years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 are as follows:

District health authority and project	Urban programme funding £000
Bolton
Landscaping and associated works—Chorley street	88
Access improvements to Bolton General and Royal Infirmary hospitals	20
Psychiatric support for child adolescent services	20
Incontinent—Help service	20
Medicine Advisory Service	80
Support for tranquilliser misusers	30
Education/Health kits to promote healthy living	108
Area Social Work Centre	14
Mobile Unit for Preventive Health Care for women	86
Training Lay-carers on health aspects of caring for the elderly	22
Self-help support for families with children requiring special needs	43
Renovation and refurbishing of older premises in the Inner Area	11
Blackburn
Provision of health centre—Roman road	354
Health education base—James street	40
Knowsley
Community Physiotherapists	30
Internal improvements to Twig lane clinic	50
Area Health clinics, security improvements	10
Improvements to waiting area, Whiston hospital	25
Twig lane clinic improvements phase II	100
Speech Therapists for language disorder unit	19
Night sitters for terminally ill	38
Liverpool
Community Night Nursing Service	90
Alcholism Councillor	25
Garston Health Clinic, Improvements	230
Croxteth Health Clinic, Improvements	210

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District health authority and project	Urban programme funding £000
Rathbone—Phase I Improvements	180
Health Education Officer	15
Domiciliary Physiotherapist	26
Ethnic Minority Study	29
Care of Terminally Ill	18
Smoking Withdrawal Clinic	20
Toxteth Health Centre Refurbishment	70
Dental Hospital facilities for the disabled	22
St. Pauls Eye Hospital Improved access	50
Speke Family Health Centre	40
Teenage Advisory Centre	19
Mill Road Hospital	70
Disablement Resource Unit	91
Abercromby Health Centre, Building construction	215
Edgehill Health Centre, Building construction	531
Nelson Street Mini Health Centre, Improvements	307
Princess Park Health Centre, Extension	13
Environmental Improvements to hospitals and clinics	183
Primary care for single homeless	2
Screening programme for blood disorders in ethnic communities	42
Liverpool 8 Neighbourhood Health Project	90
Merseyside Drugs Council—Councillor	61
Sefton Geriatric Day Hospital	696
St. Paul's Eye Hospital Refurbishment	70
Mill Road Maternity Hospital Refurbishment	208
Old Swan Health Centre, Lift Provision	45
Merseyside Incest Survivors Project	43
Child Health Unit—Toxteth	132
Manchester (Central)
St. Mary's Hospital Sexual Assault Centre	57
Hostel Ward for the mentally ill	75
Employment for Disabled	25
Employment for Ex-Psychiatric Patients	20
Extension of Health Centres, Gorton, Moss Side and Levenshulme	50
Transport for Geriatric Patients	14
Radio Communications; Community Psychiatric Nurses	4
Disability Forum	9
Community Facilities Hulme Combined Clinic	13
District Nursing Vehicle	4
Health Education-Ethnic Minorities	10
Sign Posting for Ethnic Minorities	15
Community Neighbourhood Nutrition Action Project	25
Hospital Arts Project	72
Transport Services for the elderly	35
Sheltered Training in Art	43
Child & Psychiatry Unit	40
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Stone Cleaning	6
Improvement to Eye Hospital Entrance	15
Denison Resettlement Scheme	350
Language Communication Centre	153
Manchester (North)
Preventative Health Services for women	27
Openshaw Outreach Mental Health Project	115
Community Drugs Teams	110
Newton Heath Health Centre	735
Repairs/improvements to Life Line premises	100
Health Care Team for Homeless People	582
Mobile Clinic	100
Family Worker	293
Manchester (South)
Wythenshawe Community Health Centre	990
Oldham
Provision of Clinic in Derker/Ripponden Road area	80
Health Shop counselling, information, support services	68

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District health authority and project	Urban programme funding £000
Rochdale
Improvement of access to Rochdale Infirmary	30
Extension to Langley Clinic Audiology Unit	75
Interpreters to improve communication between patients and health service staff	22
Improvement of pre-natal and elderly facilities at Durnford Street Clinic, Middleton	50
Fieldworker for locally based treatment and advisory service for drug users	50
Salford
Conversion of Ward, Hope Hospital	130
Health Promotion	25
Salford Royal Hospital, Extension to Dermatology Department	610
Wirral
Community Resource Centre St. Catherines	100

Public expenditure on housing insulation: Great Britain
£ million
	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Energy Conservation Programme local authorities' stock: (England and Scotland¹)	14.2	22.8	19.4	17.8	13.0
Homes Insulation Scheme: grants to tenants and private sector	24.4	30.0	25.5	25.2	21.1
Energy Efficiency Office projects	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.9
Management Services Commission labour costs	0.4	1.7	3.6	5.1	10.2
DHSS single payments	²	²	²	1.5	3.5
	39.1	54.6	48.6	49.9	55.3
¹ Data not available for Wales.
² DHSS single payments in 1981–82 to 1983–84 estimated to total £1.2 million.

Expenditure on energy conservation measures carried out as part of more general work on improvement, conversion or repair work to local authorities' stock, is not separately identified and is not included in the table.