Health Services (Oxfordshire) (Hansard, 13 March 1998)

§ Mr. Woodward
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of trusts in Oxfordshire; what is the average population served by each trust; what is the average national figure for all health authorities; and what is the Government's target figure for population coverage by health trusts. [34430]

§ Mr. Milburn
The figures are set out in the table:

Oxfordshire England

Population (1996 estimates) 603,200 49,089,100

Number of National Health Service trusts 8 425

Population per NHS trust 75,400 115,500

There is no target for population cover by NHS trusts.

§ Mr. Woodward
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are currently on waiting lists in Oxfordshire; and how this compares to figures over the last two years. [34441]

§ Mr. Milburn
Information on the number of residents of Oxfordshire Health Authority waiting on ordinary and day case waiting lists on 31 December 1997 and for the preceding two years is given in the table.

Numbers (in millions) of people and children, and the proportion of children, living in households with(a) income above half contemporary average income in 1979 and (b) above the 1979 half average in 1994–95, and (c) income above half contemporary average income in 1994–95. In each case figures are shown before housing costs (BHC) and after housing costs (AHC).

Year Number of people Number of children Proportion of children

BHC AHC BHC AHC BHC (per cent.) AHC (per cent.)

(a) 1979 49.6 49.0 12.6 12.4 91 90

(b) 1994–95 above 1979 average 54.6 52.3 12.4 11.6 93 87

(c) 1994–95 above 1994–95 average 47.2 44.1 10.0 9.1 75 68

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Health authority (resident based) number waiting

Ordinary admissions Day case admissions

At 31 December 1995 6,188 4,023

At 31 December 1996 6,371 4,246

At 31 December 1997 6,883 5,989

¹ Provisional figures

§ Mr. Woodward
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on resourcing of community health trusts in Oxfordshire per head of population relative to other health authorities. [34450]

§ Mr. Milburn
Different patterns of service provision in different parts of the country make such direct comparisons impossible.

	Oxfordshire	England
Population (1996 estimates)	603,200	49,089,100
Number of National Health Service trusts	8	425
Population per NHS trust	75,400	115,500

Numbers (in millions) of people and children, and the proportion of children, living in households with(a) income above half contemporary average income in 1979 and (b) above the 1979 half average in 1994–95, and (c) income above half contemporary average income in 1994–95. In each case figures are shown before housing costs (BHC) and after housing costs (AHC).
Year	Number of people	Number of children	Proportion of children
	BHC	AHC	BHC	AHC	BHC (per cent.)	AHC (per cent.)
(a) 1979	49.6	49.0	12.6	12.4	91	90
(b) 1994–95 above 1979 average	54.6	52.3	12.4	11.6	93	87
(c) 1994–95 above 1994–95 average	47.2	44.1	10.0	9.1	75	68

Health authority (resident based) number waiting
	Ordinary admissions	Day case admissions
At 31 December 1995	6,188	4,023
At 31 December 1996	6,371	4,246
At 31 December 1997	6,883	5,989
¹ Provisional figures