§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what diagnostic and treatment centres are planned under the NHS plan; when(a) construction is due to commence and (b) schemes will be completed; and what the cost is of each scheme. [56940]
§ Mr. HuttonThe NHS Plan commitment is for there to be eight diagnostic and treatment centres (DTCs) open by 2004 with a further 12 in development. We are on course to deliver this.
We announced a "first wave" of eight DTCs in February 2002. A list of the schemes is shown in the table. Development is being supported by £6.8 million central capital, supplemented by funds from local capital allocations. The schemes are on course to be operational by the end of 2002.
- Kings College Hospital NHS Trust
- North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust (Basingstoke Hospital)
- North Hampshire PCT (Chase Community Hospital, Bordon)
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
- Redwood (subject to negotiation)
- Royal Hospital at Haslar, Portsmouth
- Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust (Reading)
- University College London Hospitals NHS Trust.
In addition the NHS is developing proposals to expand and bring forward the DTC programme further, including reviewing existing proposals.