HC Deb 20 May 1999 vol 331 c424W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the breast screening units in hospitals which serve the Greater London area. [84403]

Mr. Hutton

The breast screening units serving the greater London area are shown in the table.

(2) what is his Department's estimate of the extra cost to the National Health Service of overtime payments to staff over the millennium celebration period. [84391]

Mr. Denham

It is for National Health Service trusts to decide individual staffing requirements for the millennium period, including any overtime they think necessary, to ensure effective patient services are in place. Enhanced payments are available for most staff groups who work on bank holidays. As a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review, funding for the NHS has risen to just under £40 billion in 1999–2000, a real terms increase of 5.1 per cent. over the previous year.