§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow of 28 November 2002,Official Report, column 413W, on patient discharge, when he expects to publish the revisions to the hospital discharge workbook; how long the consultation stage has taken; and who has been consulted on the redrafting. [86257]
§ Jacqui SmithA revised version of the hospital discharge workbook will be published shortly. As part of the review process, a number of wide-ranging stakeholder meetings have been held over the last few months with practitioners and managers, national professional and carer bodies, and with people who have been responsible for promoting good practice in their localities.
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Table 1: England allocation and cash increase 1996–97 to 2002–03 Year Allocation (£000) Cash increase (£000) Percentage 1996–97 20,886,002 766,228 3.81 1997–98 21,816,441 824,521 3.93 1998–99 22,895,307 1,028,244 4.70 1999–2000 31,192,915 1,932,040 6.60 2000–01 34,234,888 2,792,354 8.88 2001–02 37,157,382 3,039,979 8.91 2002–03 41,468,469 3,704,200 9.88 Note:
The allocations for 1999–2000 onwards are not comparable with those for 1996–97 to 1998–99 which cover hospital and community health services (HCHS) only. 1999–2000 was the first year of unified allocations which cover HCHS, prescribing and discretionary general medical services.