§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how each health authority in Wales responded to the requirement laid down by the Welsh Office in 1987 to transfer 0.5 per cent. per annum towards priority services; how much money was diverted by each authority in 1987–88 and 1988–89 for this purpose; and whether any such requirement is still operational for any specific purpose in any health authority in Wales.
§ Mr. David Hunt[holding answer 14 May 1990]: In 1983 the Department introduced a requirement for district health authorities to redeploy efficiency savings amounting to a minimum of 0.5 per cent. of recurring revenue expenditure to the continuing care services, specifically for people with a mental handicap, for people suffering from mental illness, and elderly people. From 1988–89 no minimum level of redeployment has been stipulated by the Department.
Expenditure on these services in 1987–88 and 1988–89, taken from health authority financial returns, is given by health authority in the table. In respect of services for the elderly, expenditure is shown for the geriatrics specialty only although elderly patients are also treated in other specialties such as general medicine, general surgery and orthopaedics. Care in the community is not separately identified, costs being generally subsumed within patient treatment services such as district nursing, health visiting, chiropody, and so on.
Directly comparable figures for earlier years are not available.
number of staff employed on the most recent available date, (c) the original capitial cost of constructing and equipping each hospital and the equivalent of each of those figures adjusted for inflation and (d) the gross revenue cost of running each hospital in 1989–90.
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§ Mr. David Hunt[holding answer 17 May 1990]: Information on the capital cost of constructing and equipping all district general hospitals in Wales or the gross revenue cost of running each hospital in 1989–90 is not available. The information on the number of staff employed and the year of opening is given in the table:
Hospital Year of opening Staff in post1 Ysbyty Glan Clwyd 1980 989.7 Ysbyty Maelor 1986 1,697.1 Bronglais 1966 508.1 West Wales General 1958 621.2 Royal Gwent/St. Woolos Pre 1948 2,407.0 Nevill Hall 1969 995–8 Ysbyty Gwynedd 1984 1,084.6 Princess of Wales/Bridgend General 1985 1,147.1 East Glamorgan Pre 1948 1,078.2 Prince Charles 1977 784–8 Withybush 1978 876.9 University Hospital of Wales2 1971 2,306.1 Cardiff Royal Infirmary Pre 1948 1,005.9 Llandough Pre 1948 752.2 Singleton 1967 949.6 Morriston 1985 1,674.4 Neath Pre 1948 808.2 Prince Philip 1990 3— 1 Whole-time equivalents as at 30 September 1989. Excludes medical and dental staff and learner nurses as these cannot be easily allocated to individual hospitals. The figures are based on pay records for staff paid at the named hospitals and it is not possible to adjust for staff paid at one unit working partly at another. 2 Includes the dental hospital. 3 Information not yet available.