Hospital Investment (Shropshire) (Hansard, 18 January 2002)

HC Deb 18 January 2002 vol 378 cc535-6W 535W

§ David Wright
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of hospital investment in the last five years in Shropshire has been allocated to the hospitals in(a) Telford, (b) Shrewsbury and (c) Oswestry. [26750]

'Two week wait' performance: Percentage of patients seen within two weeks for first consultant out-patient appointment when referred urgently by their GP for suspected cancer, and the referral is received by the NHS trust within 24 hours: England

2000–01

Quarter 3 Quarter 4

Cancer site Number of referrals Number seen within 14 days Percentage seen within 14 days Number of referrals Number seen within 14 days Percentage seen within 14 days

Breast 20,540 19,697 95.9 20,356 19,513 95.9

Children's ¹— ¹— ¹— 127 125 98.4

Lung ¹— ¹— ¹— 4,359 4,141 95.0

Haematological malignancies including leukaemia ¹— ¹— ¹— 557 529 95.0

Upper Gastrointestinal ¹— ¹— ¹— 5,429 4,990 91.9

Lower Gastrointestinal ¹— ¹— ¹— 9,458 8,723 92.2

Skin ¹— ¹— ¹— 5,906 5,499 93.1

Gynaecological ¹— ¹— ¹— 3,722 3,441 92.5

Brain/Central Nervous System ¹— ¹— ¹— 185 169 91.4

Urological ¹— ¹— ¹— 4,714 4,034 85.6

Head and Neck ¹— ¹— ¹— 2,613 2,524 96.6

Sarcomas ¹— ¹— ¹— 122 114 93.4

Other Cancers ¹— ¹— ¹— 234 222 94.9

¹ Not collected

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§ Yvette Cooper
The total capital allocations to the three national health service trusts in Shropshire during the four-year period 1998–99 to 2001–02 are shown in the table.

£ million Percentage

Telford (Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust) 10.9 37

Shrewsbury (Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust) 11.7 40

Oswestry (Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust) 6.6 23

Total 29.2 100

Note:
The information requested is only available for the last four financial years (1998–99 to 2001–02 inclusive).