§ Vernon CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his timescale for the introduction of the new strategic health authorities. [1840]
§ Mr. HuttonStrategic health authorities are to be in place by April 2002, with all related changes to the intermediate tier of National Health service management completed by April 2003.
Health authority1 Composite Years of Life Lost index2 Health inequalities for health authorities at or above 137 on Years of Life Lost index £000 Health inequalities funding for health authorities with Health Action Zones £ Total health inequalities adjustment £ Manchester 181.30 2,013 2,428 4,441 Liverpool 178.57 1,997 2,350 4,347 Gateshead and South Tyneside 174.07 1,476 1,678 3,154 East Lancashire 167.76 2,069 0 2,069 West Pennine 167.63 1,827 0 1,827 County Durham 166.41 2,424 0 2,424 St. Helen's and Knowsley 165.35 1,374 1,602 2,976 Barnsley 164.33 925 1,061 1,985 Bury and Rochdale 163.45 1,528 1,705 3,233 Wirral 163.15 1,246 1,398 2,644 Tees 162.92 2,166 2,547 4,713 Sandwell 162.02 1,180 1,364 2,544 Sunderland 162.01 1,112 1,376 2,488 North West Lancashire 161.36 1,748 0 1,748 Salford and Trafford 160.90 1,723 2,009 3,732 North Cumbria 160.73 1,226 1,256 2,482 South Humber 160.67 1,188 0 1,188 Newcastle and North Tyneside 159.24 1,778 2,201 3,979 Northumberland 159.00 1,175 1,249 2,424 Doncaster 156.99 1,106 1,307 2,412 North Staffordshire 156.40 1,752 1,608 3,360 Wigan and Bolton 156.18 2,158 0 2,158 Sefton 155.00 998 1,161 2,159 North Cheshire 153.17 1,151 0 1,151 Wolverhampton 151.42 872 1,081 1,953 North Nottinghamshire 150.63 1,376 0 1,376 Wakefield 150.46 1,190 1,414 2,604 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 150.29 1,744 1,842 3,585 Lincolnshire 149.82 2,301 0 2,301 Morecambe Bay 149.79 1,101 0 1,101 North Derbyshire 149.60 1,308 0 1,308 Isle of Wight 149.30 436 0 436 East Riding 148.75 2,054 2,350 4,404 Walsall 148.42 900 1,102 2,003