§ Sir Donald ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of Slate for Health what financial allocations each regional health authority will receive in 1994–95.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI am today sending each regional health authority details of their main revenue allocations for resident population. These are set out in table 1. They are provisional until Parliament approves the relevant supply estimate.
Regions are to receive an average cash increase of 5.4 per cent., and I have decided that all regions should get a minimum increase of 0.7 per cent. above forecast inflation.
This will enable all regions to make faster progress towards equalisation of resources at district health authority level.
Table 2 sets out the main capital planning totals for each region. Regional health authorities and National Health 197W Service Management Executive outposts will be giving me agreed proposals for how much of these planning totals should be spent by trusts and how much by health authorities. These will form the basis of external financing limits for trusts and capital cash limits for regional health authorities.
Table 3 sets out the cash-limited resources being made available to fund general practice expenditure. This will fund practice staff in fund-holding and non-fund-holding practices, premises improvements costs, and non-fundholding computer costs. This represents a cash increase of 5.9 per cent.
Table 1 Regional health authority allocations 1994–95 Revenue allocations for resident populations Allocation for resident populations Percentage cash increase £'000s Per cent. Northern 1,219,112 5.10 Yorkshire 1,406,336 5.32 Trent 1,767,925 5.65 East Anglian 748,471 6.17 North West Thames 1,352,165 4.74 North East Thames 1,561,379 4.74 South East Thames 1,519,821 5.58 South West Thames 1,163,130 4.74 Wessex 1,136,485 6.43 Oxford 843,071 6.05 South Western 1,253,144 5.67 West Midlands 1,960,156 5.64 Mersey 932,826 4.87 North Western 1,583,160 5.14 ENGLAND 18,447,181 5.38
Table 2 NHS regional main capital planning totals for 1994–95 Region (both trusts and RHAs) Capital planning Total £000s Northern 100,462 Yorkshire 117,127 Trent 147,872 East Anglian 64,514 North West Thames 97,719 North East Thames 111,800 South East Thames 115,243 South West Thames 86,069 Wessex 96,881 Oxford 73,650 South Western 106,657 West Midlands 162,940 Mersey 76,509 North Western 129,970 ENGLAND 1,487,413
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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 All All singles over 75 Per cent. increase in median per year 1.0 1.7 2.1 2.8 5.1 2.1 Per cent. increase in mean per year 0.2 1.2 1.9 2.4 3.9 3.0 Couples1 under 75 Per cent. increase in median per year 1.1 1.8 2.6 3.2 3.6 2.6 Per cent. increase in mean per year 2.4 1.5 2.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 All singles under 75 Per cent. increase in median per year 1.2 2.0 2.2 3.0 4.6 2.2 Per cent. increase in mean per year 0.2 1.8 2.1 2.5 3.7 3.3
Table 3 General medical services cash limited allocations for 1994–95 Regions Allocation at 1994–95 prices (£000s) Increase over 1993–94 cash Percentage Northern 39,415 7.4 Yorkshire 49,372 4.4 Trent 63,125 6.2 East Anglian 36,558 4.0 North West Thames 51,342 4.0 North East Thames 53,862 7.3 South East Thames 55,404 5.9 South West Thames 43,632 7.0 Wessex 43,478 4.0 Oxford 38,215 4.0 South Western 55,385 4.0 West Midlands 64,533 7.3 Mersey 31,814 5.9 North Western 48,261 10.2 ENGLAND 674,396 5.9