HC Deb 17 April 2002 vol 383 cc1021-2W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 March 2002,Official Report, column 811W, on ward refurbishment, which hospitals and institutions will have their psychiatric wards refurbished as a consequence of the dedicated budget established in 2001–02. [47443]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 10 April 2002]: The £15 million total consists of two separate funding sources. £10 million additional funding for mental health was allocated to regions on a weighted capitation basis for the refurbishment/redecoration of psychiatric wards; updating information technology; the provision of alternatives to acute admissions; and voluntary sector support. Details of how this funding was allocated locally are not held centrally.

The remaining £5 million was the first tranche of a special budget of £30 million over two years and those NHS trusts which benefited from this are listed.

  • Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust (St. James Hospital)
  • Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust (Fairmile Hospital)
  • Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Mental Health Trust (Barrow Hospital)1
  • East London and City Mental Health Trust (St. Clements)
  • Barnet. Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (St. Anne's)
  • County Durham and Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust (the Gables and County Hospital, the Pierremont Unit)
  • Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust (St. Lukes, Middlesbrough)
  • Worcester Community and MH NHS Trust (Redditch, Bromsgrove, Worcester and Kidderminster)
  • Coventry Healthcare Trust (Caludon Centre)
  • Shropshire Community NHS Trust (Telford and Wrekin, Shrewsbury)
  • North Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust (Small Heath)
  • South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust (Queen Elizabeth Hospital)
  • Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (Lister and QE2 Hospitals)1
  • Rotherham Priority Health Sen ices NHS Trust (Rotherham)
  • Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare Trust (Scunthorpe)
  • North Sefton and West Lancashire Community NHS Trust (Ormskirk and District General)1
  • Tameside and Glossop Community and Priority Services NHS Trust (Wards 35–36)
  • St. Helen's and Knowsley Hospital NHS Trust (Whiston Hospital).
1Scheme spans more than one year and full allocation not spent in 2001–02.