§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will make an announcement on the New Lymington Community Hospital private finance initiative. [122831]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 19 May 2000]: Negotiations between Southampton Community Health Services National Health Service Trust and its private sector partner on the proposed private finance initiative scheme for a new community hospital for Lymington are continuing. We expect these to be completed as soon as possible, allowing an announcement to be made soon after.
Admissions by selected diagnoses and percentage increase of average admissions per month between April–November and December–March for Bromley and North Cumbria HA of residence, NHS hospitals, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Admission date—months Bromley HA North Cumbria HA Bromley HA North Cumbria HA Bromley HA North Cumbria HA Bromley HA North Cumbria HA Bromley HA North Cumbria HA April 35 26 36 30 42 33 46 36 42 50 May 35 38 44 34 40 35 34 34 40 25 June 33 19 42 42 26 25 28 24 64 39 July 29 22 33 28 38 22 31 21 45 22 August 35 23 29 25 37 18 37 16 30 20 September 34 25 25 26 31 18 31 20 32 38 October 37 26 42 36 36 25 55 37 55 27 November 54 30 53 46 39 42 46 31 50 37 April–November average admissions per month 37 26 38 33 36 27 39 27 45 32 December 77 41 71 81 67 57 61 40 100 58 January 55 54 57 53 103 56 75 41 97 74 February 32 38 43 44 32 44 74 30 60 32 March1 24 27 19 19 36 25 55 29 46 28 December–March average admissions per month 47 40 48 49 60 46 66 35 76 48