§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average deprivation score for the areas of each hospital listed as due to change in London in the announcement of 4 April. [18715]
§ Mr. MaloneThe following figures for the relevant district health authorities are calculated using the same method as the Department of the Environment's ward index of local conditions.
A positive score shows relatively high levels of deprivation, while a negative score shows relatively low levels.
District Health Authority (DHA) DOE index Barnet -2.065 Brent and Harrow 13.530 East London and the City 28.203 Bexley and Greenwich 13.289 South East London 27.250 Source:
Public Health Common Data Set 1994