HC Deb 25 January 1990 vol 165 cc857-8W
Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about the new Dewsbury general hospital and the problems of underfunding it now faces.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Based on resource assumptions for 1990–91 Dewsbury health authority will receive a recurrent cash allocation of £33.8 million: this represents a cash increase of 8.6 per cent., and a real terms increase of 2.8 per cent. over 1989–90. For the three-year period to 1990–91 the district will have received over £2 million in growth money. The funding of individual hospitals is the responsibility of the district health authority concerned.

Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total amount of money available for National Health Service health care for Dewsbury health authority for 1990–91; and what was the figure for each of the previous 10 years.

Mr. Freeman

Allocations to Dewsbury health authority are a matter for the Yorkshire regional health authority. My hon. Friend may wish to write to the chairman of the Yorkshire RHA for the information she requires.

Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about the imminent closure of approximately 60 beds, in the new hospital by Dewsbury district health authority.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

My hon. Friend made a representation about the financial position of Dewsbury health authority last October to which my noble Friend Baroness Hooper has responded.