HC Deb 26 April 2001 vol 367 cc322-8W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the NHS acute trusts which have NHS CT scanners, indicating for each trust the ratio of beds to scanners. [157016]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 9 April 2001]: The following data for numbers of acute hospital beds in trusts come from the National Health Service Executive 1999–2000.

The numbers of CT scanners is derived from a survey carried out in 2000.

The information in the table is correct as of 1 April 2001. Statistical information is updated on a monthly basis and is available at www.canceruk.net.

Region name Trust name Acute beds per CT
Trent Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust 883
West Midlands Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust 816
North West Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 814
South West Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 748
North West Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 741
London Havering Hospitals NHS Trust 732
Eastern Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust 720
West Midlands The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 683
South West Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust 672
South West South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 663
North West Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS Trust 658
South West Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust 654
South West Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust 650
Trent Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Montagu Hospital NHS Trust 643
North West St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 643
South West Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust 629
Northern and Yorkshire City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust 627
North West Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 626
Eastern Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust 617
North West North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 617
North West Wigan and Leigh Health Services NHS Trust 612
South West North Bristol NHS Trust 598
Northern and Yorkshire North Durham Health Care NHS Trust 582
North West Oldham NHS Trust 582
South East Brighton Health Care NHS Trust 578
South East Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust 577
South East Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 573
North West Stockport NHS Trust 571
Eastern Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 563
West Midlands North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust 561
North West Bury Health Care NHS Trust 539
South West Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust 538
West Midlands Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust 536
Trent Northern General Hospital NHS Trust 534
Trent The Kings Mill Centre for Health Care Services NHS Trust 533
Trent Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 530
North West Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust 529
South West East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 529
West Midlands City Hospital NHS Trust 528
Northern and Yorkshire Gateshead Health NHS Trust 527
London Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 519
North West Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 517
London Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 504
Trent Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust 500
South West Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 499
London St. Mary's Hospital NHS Trust 498
Eastern Southend Hospital NHS Trust 495
Northern and Yorkshire York Health Services NHS Trust 488
North West Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust 486
Northern and Yorkshire South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 477
West Midlands Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust 475
South East Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust 475
Eastern Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust 474
South West Poole Hospitals NHS Trust 463
Eastern James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust 460
Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS 459
South East Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust 449
Eastern Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 448
North West The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust 447
South West Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 445
Northern and Yorkshire Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust 443
Trent University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 439
South East Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust 435
West Midlands Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust 432
Trent Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust 431
South East Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 429
London The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust 429
South East Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust 426
Eastern Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 425
Eastern West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 423
South East Medway NHS Trust 421
Trent Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust 418
Northern and Yorkshire Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 417

Region name Trust name Acute beds per CT
West Midlands Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 416
North West Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust 414
London King's Healthcare NHS Trust 413
North West Warrington Hospital NHS Trust 413
South West Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust 405
South East South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust 402
North West Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 401
South East Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust 401
West Midlands Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust 400
West Midlands South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 398
London Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust 395
South East Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust 388
North West South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust 387
London Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 386
South East Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust 386
Eastern Addenbrooke's NHS Trust 381
South East Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 379
West Midlands University Hospitals of Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust 378
North West Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust 377
West Midlands Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust 374
North West Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust 368
Trent North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust 367
Northern and Yorkshire Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 367
Northern and Yorkshire Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust 362
London Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust 361
South East Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 358
Northern and Yorkshire Huddersfield Health Care Services NHS Trust 356
London Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 354
South East East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 352
London Homerton Hospital NHS Trust 350
London Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust 342
London Newham Healthcare NHS Trust 340
Northern and Yorkshire South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust 336
Eastern East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 335
Northern and Yorkshire Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 333
South East Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust 333
West Midlands University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust 333
Trent Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust 332
London North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 330
South East Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 330
Trent United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 329
London West Middlesex University NHS Trust 326
South West West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust 325
Northern and Yorkshire Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust 324
Northern and Yorkshire Airedale NHS Trust 322
London Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 322
Eastern Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust 322
South West United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust 321
London Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust 316
Northern and Yorkshire Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust 315
North West Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 314
London Forest Healthcare NHS Trust 312
Eastern The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 311
North West East Cheshire NHS Trust 310
London North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 309
South West East Somerset NHS Trust 308
South West Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 306
North West Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 300
Northern and Yorkshire North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust 299
London Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 299
Northern and Yorkshire The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust 298
Northern and Yorkshire Dewsbury Health Care NHS Trust 292
London The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 291
North West Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 290
London Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 290
Eastern Kings Lynn and Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust 289
Eastern Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust 286
Northern and Yorkshire South Durham Health Care NHS Trust 285
North West Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 283
South East North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust 281
Northern and Yorkshire Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 281
South East Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust 275
London Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust 275

Region name Trust name Acute beds per CT
West Midlands Burton Hospitals NHS Trust 274
West Midlands George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 273
South East Hastings and Rother NHS Trust 271
Northern and Yorkshire Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 270
Northern and Yorkshire West Cumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 270
South East Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 269
London Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust 265
Eastern Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust 259
South East Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 247
South West Weston Area Health NHS Trust 243
South East Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust 241
North West Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 241
West Midlands The Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust 239
Trent Bassetlaw Hospital and Community Health Services NHS Trust 238
Trent Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust 237
North West Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust 236
London Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 235
South East Mid Sussex NHS Trust 230
North West Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 228
Northern and Yorkshire Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust 227
Eastern West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 216
London The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust 213
South East Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 210
London Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust 204
London Barts and The London NHS Trust 203
London The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust 201
West Midlands Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 194
London St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 192
West Midlands Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust 188
North West The Cardiothoracic Centre-Liverpool NHS Trust 186
London University College London Hospitals NHS Trust 185
Eastern Papworth Hospital NHS Trust 181
West Midlands Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust 172
North West The Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 158
North West Halton General Hospital NHS Trust 142
Trent Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Trust 141
North West Christie Hospital NHS Trust 139
South East The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust 135
West Midlands Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 124
London The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust 124
North West Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust 111
North West Clatterbridge Centre For Oncology NHS Trust 57

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what standards are applied to determine the number of NHS CT scanners per head of the population for each NHS region. [157017]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 9 April 2001]: The provision of diagnostic CT scanners is decided locally in the context of regional capital investment plans.

The NHS Cancer Plan announced new investment of £570 million, which will address inequalities in access to services for cancer, including the provision of diagnostic CT scanners.

For funding of CT scanners we have produced a database of the numbers of CT scanners per head of population and have calculated the number of additional machines required in order to bring up the numbers in those regions which currently have a short-fall compared to the mean number of CT scanners per head of population nationally.

This equates to:

  • seven additional machines for South East region
  • seven additional machines for Eastern region
  • five additional machines for South West region

  • two additional machines for Trent region
  • one additional machine for West Midlands region
  • 22 additional machines in all.

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of population to the number of CT scanners is in each NHS region. [157018]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 9 April 2001]: Data for population estimates have been obtained from the Office for National Statistics. Data for the numbers of CT scanners have been derived from a survey of trusts carried out in 2000. Data correct as at 1 April 2001. More detailed information is available at www.canceruk.net, where the statistical information is updated on a monthly basis.

Region CT scanners per region Population Population per CT scanner
London 58 7,285,045 125,604
Northern and Yorkshire 41 6,335,729 154,530
North West 44 6,595,330 149,894
South West 21 4,935,669 235,032
West Midlands 29 5,335,597 183,986
South East 40 8,698,745 217.469
Trent 26 5,147,851 197,994
Eastern 22 5,418,898 246,313