§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish details of each of the list of severance payments deemed to be illegal or outside appropriate limits as described in the memorandum dated 10 August 1994 from the NHS Executive to the Treasury, indicating what action is now being taken in each case.
§ Mr. MaloneThe National Health Service Executive is, with the Treasury, examining each payment. It would not be appropriate to publish details while this examination is in progress.
Hospice beds by regional health authority Regional health authority 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Northern 57 71 80 80 98 101 96 102 105 Yorkshire 127 179 180 180 224 243 263 220 221 Trent 66 91 91 105 125 135 147 153 161 East Anglian 50 57 57 57 71 73 118 114 125 North West Thames 151 126 118 142 142 157 163 185 177 North East Thames 75 169 169 169 180 182 201 195 214 South East Thames 183 192 187 187 187 186 192 216 237 South West Thames 144 199 201 201 187 184 182 177 193 Wessex 75 91 91 91 92 98 107 137 161 Oxford 90 103 98 98 110 102 108 130 141 South Western 118 143 141 141 144 144 149 166 179 West Midlands 188 187 186 196 218 205 205 201 197 Mersey 78 88 104 104 110 149 161 156 146 North Western 114 186 186 186 205 212 229 257 264 Total 1,516 1,882 1,889 1,937 2,093 2,171 2,321 2,409 2,521 Source:
Hospice Information Service, St. Christopher's Hospice.
Note:
Figures are as at January of each year, except for 1985 (April), for 1987 (December) and for 1988 (July). No figures are available for 1986.