§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria have been employed in the two rounds of additional funding allocations to small injury units in NHS hospitals; and what number and proportion of applicant hospitals have so far won bids. [95709]
§ Ms StuartThe two rounds of additional funding were £30 million and £85 million to modemise, expand and upgrade hospital accident and emergency departments.
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Community Health Councils 1997–98 1998–99 Real terms change (%) 1999–2000 Real terms change (%) Airedale 76,304 83,185 +6.5 88,260 +3.6 Aylesbury Vale 1— 1— 1— 85,150 1— Barking, Dagenham and Havering 1— 1— 1— 114,174 1— Barnet 1— 1— 1— 112,279 1— Barnsley 103,474 113,634 +7.3 116,851 +0.3 Basildon 1— 1— 1— 132,404 1— Basingstoke and N. Hampshire 85,506 82,139 −6.5 86,746 +3.1 Bassetlaw 79,091 83,469 +3.0 90,158 +5.5 Bath 92,482 99,403 +5.0 99,800 −2.1 Bexley 89,857 103,235 +12.3 103,529 −2.2 Blackburn 81,586 82,121 −1.9 80,364 −4.6 Blackpool 79,653 79,083 −3.3 86,072 +6.3 Bolton 82,987 88,033 +3.5 87,989 −2.6 Bradford 114,293 119,504 +2.1 122,772 +0.2 Brent 1— 1— 1— 121,981 1— Brighton, Lewes and Hove 112,212 115,308 +0.2 111,361 −5.9 Bristol and West 231,437 227,229 −4.4 233,000 0 Bromley 138,253 140,239 −1.1 142,571 −0.8 Bromsgrove and Redditch 85,663 88,071 +0.3 90,163 −0.1 Bumley 74,006 73,349 −3.4 71,306 −5.3 Bury 83,056 79,524 −6.8 75,977 −7.0 Calderdale 87,967 97,314 +8.1 101,525 +1.8 Cambridge 127,404 130,798 +0.1 132,639 −1.1 Camden 1— 1— 1— 137,434 1— Canterbury and Thanet 117,884 131,576 +9.1 122,500 −9.4 Central Cheshire 73,204 76,194 +1.5 73,038 −6.6 Central Lincolnshire 102,431 105,335 +0.3 108,437 +0.4 Central Nottinghamshire 92,209 93,567 −1.1 114,988 +20.4 Chester 85,638 91,074 +3.8 88,406 −5.4 Chichester 109,804 115,733 +2.9 111,961 −5.8 Chorley 79.031 82,122 +1.4 80,477 −4.5 City and Hackney 1— 1— 1— 106,294 1— Cornwall 125,136 127,060 −1.0 130,794 +0.4 Coventry 87,813 94,377 +4.9 98,136 +1.5 242 schemes have been approved for 182 hospitals. Over three-quarters of accident and emergency departments are benefiting from the programme.
The primary criterion against which schemes were assessed was whether the scheme met our commitment to upgrade and modernise accident and emergency departments. Schemes cover a wide range of improvements, for example creating dedicated areas for children, enlarging resuscitation areas, and improving security for patients and staff.
Work on most of the schemes is now under way, and the majority of schemes are scheduled for completion by next summer.