NHS Funding (Coventry) (Hansard, 21 November 2000)

§ Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the level of NHS funding in Coventry, South in each year since 1997. [139048]

§ Mr. Denham
The level of National Health Service funding for Coventry South is not available. The table lists Coventry Health Authority's annual allocations in each year since 1997.

Coventry Health Authority

Year £million

1998–99¹ 144.5

1999–2000 199.5

2000–01 213.9

2001–02 241.3

¹Figures for 1998–99 are not directly comparable to following years' allocation. Unified budgets introduced from 1999–2000.

The figures show that Coventry Health Authority has benefited from a year on year increase in its allocation, and in 2001–02 the allocation is a £19.3 million (8.7 per cent.) increase on the previous year, which is £13.4 million (6.04 per cent.) in real terms.
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§ Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of(a) doctors and (b) nurses in Coventry South in each year since 1997. [139047]

§ Mr. Denham
The information requested is not available for Coventry South. The number of doctors and nurses within Coventry health authority in each year since 1997 are listed in the table.
As part of the National Health Service Plan the next few years will see a major expansion in staff numbers in the NHS. By 2004 there will be 7,500 more consultants, 2,000 more general practitioners and 20,000 more nurses. Coventry will of course benefit from the Government's commitment to this unparalleled increase in the number of key NHS staff.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS):

Nursing staff¹ and Doctors² within Coventry' health authority as at
30 September each year

1997 1998 1999

Coventry health authority³ total

Of which: 3,660 4,330 4,360

All nursing staff 3,070 3,670 3,660

Of which:

Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 2,910 3,510 3,510

Practice nurses⁴ ⁵160 ⁵160 ⁵150

All doctors 590 660 700

Of which:

HCHS medical and dental staff^6,7 420 500 530

Practitioners (excluding GP retainers)⁴ 170 170 180

¹Nursing staff includes non-medical nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and practice nurses.

²Doctors includes general medical practitioners and hospital, public health medicine and community health service medical and dental staff.

³Coventry health authority contains the following organisations: Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust and Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust.

⁴Practice nurses and general medical practitioners data, as at 1 October each year.

⁵ Headcount data were collected for the 1997 Census. Data for 1998 and 1999 were only collected as WTEs. Headcount data for these years have been estimated.

⁶Figures exclude hospital practitioners and clinical assistants most of whom work as GPs and have already been counted.

⁷Practitioners include unrestricted principals, restricted principals, assistants, registrars and salaried doctors.

Notes
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.
2. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
3. Figures exclude learners and agency staff.
Source
Department of Health non-medical workforce census.
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.

Coventry Health Authority
Year	£million
1998–99¹	144.5
1999–2000	199.5
2000–01	213.9
2001–02	241.3
¹Figures for 1998–99 are not directly comparable to following years' allocation. Unified budgets introduced from 1999–2000.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS):
Nursing staff¹ and Doctors² within Coventry' health authority as at 30 September each year
	1997	1998	1999
Coventry health authority³ total
Of which:	3,660	4,330	4,360
All nursing staff	3,070	3,670	3,660
Of which:
Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff	2,910	3,510	3,510
Practice nurses⁴	⁵160	⁵160	⁵150
All doctors	590	660	700
Of which:
HCHS medical and dental staff^6,7	420	500	530
Practitioners (excluding GP retainers)⁴	170	170	180
¹Nursing staff includes non-medical nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and practice nurses.
²Doctors includes general medical practitioners and hospital, public health medicine and community health service medical and dental staff.
³Coventry health authority contains the following organisations: Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust and Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust.
⁴Practice nurses and general medical practitioners data, as at 1 October each year.
⁵ Headcount data were collected for the 1997 Census. Data for 1998 and 1999 were only collected as WTEs. Headcount data for these years have been estimated.
⁶Figures exclude hospital practitioners and clinical assistants most of whom work as GPs and have already been counted.
⁷Practitioners include unrestricted principals, restricted principals, assistants, registrars and salaried doctors.