HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 cc377-8W
Mr. Dismore

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish the finalised Department of Health guidelines on the use of Viagra. [78591]

Mr. Denham

Following the close of the consultation on 25 March, we will consider the many responses received (approximately 800), before coming to a final decision on the availability of Viagra and other drug treatments for impotence on the National Health Service. An announcement will be made as soon as possible.

£000
Trust name 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Trust surpluses/(deficits)
Alexandra Healthcare NHS Trust n/a 112 173 (1,844) (893)
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust n/a n/a 1,028 27 202
Birmingham Heartlands NHS Trust 1,671 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Birmingham Heartlands NHS Trust n/a 2,718 557 n/a n/a
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull Trust n/a n/a n/a 812 264
Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust n/a 765 (346) 229 378
Black Country Mental Health NHS Trust n/a n/a 130 76 (8)
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust 2,299 718 1,042 631 13
City Hospital NHS Trust n/a 2,183 1,026 (284) 9
Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust n/a 769 19 39 55
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust n/a 1,824 2,149 1,096 325
Dudley Priority Health NHS Trust n/a 946 656 407 (261)
First Community NHS Trust 153 192 241 40 70
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust n/a 103 (141) (1,783) 40
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust 777 280 1,419 (101) (1,574)
Hereford and Worcester Ambulance NHS Trust n/a 164 195 89 44
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust n/a 492 (61) (135) 61
Herefordshire Community Health NHS Trust 86 180 52 93 (150)
Kidderminster Healthcare NHS Trust 491 945 612 (83) (549)
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals Trust 2,941 325 300 529 (721)
North Birmingham Community Health NHS Trust n/a 332 185 220 258
North East Worcestershire Community Healthcare Trust 481 360 263 n/a n/a
North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust 4,173 1,396 437 (1,035) (1,199)
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust n/a 1,713 1,385 276 (9)

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