HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 cc621-2W
Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from what budgets the recently announced £4 million for an improved fracture service in the Northern Ireland Health Service will be funded; and how much will be distributed to each health board. [70096]

Mr. McFall

The announcement on 20 January 1999 of £4 million for improved fracture services related to a capital scheme to enable the centralisation of fracture and accident and emergency services on the Royal Victoria Hospital site. The funding will provide enhanced and extended facilities and equipment at the Royal Victoria Hospital. The project will also involve additional investment of £1.1 million per year to provide additional scheduled theatre lists on the RVH site, increased outreach clinics in Antrim and

Table 1: Number on inpatient waiting list by specialty, June 1994 to September 1996
Quarter ending
Specialty June 1994 September 1994 December 1994 March 1995 June 1995 September 1995 December 1995 March 1996 June 1996 September 1996
General surgery 8,381 8,348 8,275 8,442 8,187 8,825 9,166 8,698 9,023 10,367
Urology 2,647 2,691 2,886 2,509 2,750 2,923 2,901 2,668 3,015 3,389
T & O 3,124 3,134 3,010 2,753 2,906 3,171 3,427 3,570 4,158 4,579
ENT 5,478 4,836 4,764 5,117 5,516 5,243 5,168 5,561 5,768 5,688
Opthalmology 4,988 4,621 4,519 4,340 4,064 3,897 4,036 3,807 4,079 4,204
Oral Surgery 835 734 751 832 942 1,027 938 884 943 911
Paediatric dentistry 103 135 127 101 106 74 57 70 64 71
Neurosurgery 267 246 232 231 247 271 302 296 308 347
Plastic surgery 2,401 2,323 2,283 2,658 2,829 2,643 2,557 2,463 2,511 2,552
Cardiac surgery 521 449 443 398 395 460 471 495 539 521
Paediatric surgery 1,706 1,586 1,477 1,534 1,623 1,411 1,251 1,231 1,277 1,341
Thoracic surgery 88 135 138 155 135 130 142 153 171 183
Accident and emergency 0 0 5 7 6 4 6 9 8 3
Anaesthetics 504 485 469 369 359 355 414 456 483 544
General medicine 213 251 293 456 386 584 468 549 610 672
Gastroenterology 131 169 252 313 275 263 269 318 338 446
Endocrinology 0 0 22 19 27 15 24 28 25 28
Haematology (Clin.) 0 0 2 1 4 11 8 5 4 15
Cardiology 702 666 713 685 722 121 758 781 890 956
Dermatology 124 374 345 370 466 478 300 268 287 300
Thoracic Med 0 25 15 29 29 23 41 30 30 31
Nephrology 2 5 6 7 6 — 8 3 — 2
Neurology 94 81 86 80 95 92 102 112 116 127

  1. (iii) the development and implementation of weightings designed to compensate Boards in respect of the possible additional need for, and additional cost of, providing services in rural areas; and
  2. (iv) the development and implementation of an improved methodology for adjusting Board allocations based on the capacity of each Board's residents to fund (in total or in part) their own care.

Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding was given to each of the health boards in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. [70101]

Mr. McFall

Details of the Health and Personal Social Services (HSS) Board allocations for 1993–94 to 1997–98 for the purchase of health and social care are shown in the following table:

Craigavon Hospitals and additional consultant sessions for outpatients. Both these sums will be met from the CSR settlement for the HPSS which I announced on 15 December 1998.

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