§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will break down by(a) interventions and (b) drugs for clinical condition and tumour type, the money announced on 5 December; and how many patients will be treated in each category. [22765]
§ Yvette CooperThe revenue allocations announced on 6 December represent the latest stage in the Government's programme of sustained investment and reform in the national health service set out in the NHS Plan last year. There is only limited earmarking of funds within allocations so that the NHS locally can flexibly manage all the resources available. This means it is not possible to break down the allocations by interventions or by drugs.
£76 million will be earmarked for cancer services in 2002–03 to ensure that investment gets through to the front line to be spent on the priorities identified by doctors, nurses and other frontline staff. The priorities for action in 2002–03 on cancer were set out in the Priorities and Planning Framework published on 6 December.