§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what surplus or loss has been accumulated by each NHS trust.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe surplus or loss accumulated by each trust to December 1994 is detailed in the table:
Accumulated surplus/loss of each NHS trust to December 1994 Name of NHS Trust £000 Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 211 Angus 798 Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare 1,903 Caithness and Sutherland 560 Central Scotland Healthcare 104 Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals 1,520 Dundee Healthcare 908 Dundee Teaching Hospitals 3,403 East and Midlothian 1,304 Edinburgh Healthcare 2,156 Edinburgh Sick Children's -43 Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary 1,645 Fife Healthcare 2,294 Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 3,419 Grampian Healthcare 7,499 Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services 835 Hairmyres and Stonehouse 879 Highland Communities 669 Inverclyde Royal Hospital 1,785 Kirkcaldy Acute 447 Law Hospital 756 Monklands and Bellshill 1,994 Moray Health Services 441 North Ayrshire and Arran 4,634 Perth and Kinross Healthcare 1,574 Queen Margaret Hospital 1,270 Raigmore Hospital 3,001 Renfrewshire Healthcare 2,903 Royal Alexandra Hospital 1,674 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 2,840 South Ayshire Hospitals 426 Southern General Hospital 3,351 Stirling Royal Infirmary 1,455 Stobhill 2,481 Victoria Infirmary -4,021 West Lothian 3,658 Western General Hospitals, Edinburgh 864 West Glasgow Hospitals University 1,602 Yorkhill 1,159 Total 64,358
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total amount of accumulated assets of NHS trusts.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe net assets of each NHS trust as at 31 December 1994 are detailed in the table:
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Net assets ofNHS trusts as at December 1994 Name ofNHS trust £000 Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 136,383 Angus 45,595 Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare 55,902 Caithness and Sutherland 17,059 Central Scotland Healthcare 97,682 Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals 29,600 Dundee Healthcare 56,971 Dundee Teaching Hospitals 127,995
Net assets of NHS trusts as at December 1994 Name of NHS trust £000 East and Midlothian 62,688 Edinburgh Healthcare 116,675 Edinburgh Sick Children's 13,949 Falkirk and District Royal University 41,232 Fife Healthcare 69,557 Glasgow Royal Infirmary University 141,467 Grampian Healthcare 189,569 Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services 138,752 Hairmyres and Stonehouse 50,813 Highland Communities 64,378 Inverclyde Royal Hospital 33,729 Kirkcaldy Acute 37,428 Law Hospital 34,118 Monklands and Bellshill 44,213 Moray Health Services 35,506 North Ayrshire and Arran 85,196 Perth and Kinross Healthcare 76,949 Queen Margaret Hospital 69,867 Raigmore Hospital 55,353 Renfrewshire Healthcare 72,021 Royal Alexandra Hospital 63,127 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 152,852 South Ayrshire Hospitals 50,789 Southern General Hospital 65,893 Stirling Royal Infirmary 46,165 Stobhill 66,434 Victoria Infirmary 43,869 West Lothian 95,528 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh 82,660 West Glasgow Hospitals University 101,757 Yorkhill 47,134 Total 2,816,885 It should be noted that some of these figures are subject to final agreement of opening balances with health boards.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will state, in respect of the appointments of NHS trusts in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole the salaries awarded, the terms of office and the number of hours such appointees are expected to work each working week;
(2) what time commitment is expected of (a) NHS trust chairman and (b) NHS trust non-executive directors.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNon-executives of NHS trust boards throughout Scotland are appointed for terms of up to four years. Chairmen are remunerated at one of three different rates—£15,125, £17,145 and £19,285 per annum—according to the size of the trust's budget. Non-executive directors other than chairmen receive £5,000 per annum. Trust chairmen are expected to commit two to three days per week to trust work and non-executive directors about three days per month, but many exceed those levels.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what hospital and related trusts have negotiated their own terms and conditions of employment, including pay, in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNo hospital or trust in Scotland has yet introduced its own pay and terms and conditions of service for all its staff.
Almost half of the 39 trusts in Scotland have departed to varying extents from the centrally negotiated terms and conditions of service for some groups of their staff.
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§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to require NHS trusts(a) to hold meetings in public and (b) to publish minutes of all such meetings; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNHS trusts are already required to hold one public meeting each year at which their audited accounts and annual. report are presented. It is a matter for trust boards to decide whether to hold more meetings in public.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the level of co-operation among hospital and related trusts in the provision of services in(a) Strathclyde and (b) the rest of Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNone. The provision of services is a matter between the health boards and the NHS trusts. Providers will contract with the health board to deliver the best quality of care for the patients in the most effective, efficient and economical arrangement appropriate.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many NHS trusts have confidentiality clauses in their contracts.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonDetails of a contract of employment are matters for the employer and the member of staff concerned.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the NHS trusts in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole which have entered into formal agreements with Norwich Union Healthcare; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNone of the NHS trusts in Scotland have entered into formal agreements with Norwich Union Healthcare.
Any advertising material which claims such agreements is inaccurate.