HC Deb 12 March 2002 vol 381 cc1027-8W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals are in operation which were financed by use of the Private Finance Initiative; what his estimate is of the number of beds in each hospital; and if he will make a statement. [10746]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 31 October 2001]I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer him to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.

Eight hospitals, financed by the use of the private finance initiative (PFI), are now fully operational. Listed are the details of the number of beds in each of these hospitals. The overall number of beds provided under the PFI is virtually identical to the number which would have been provided had they been built using public capital.

Scheme Total Number of beds under previous provision1 Total number of beds as proposed in OBC Total number of beds provided by PFI solution
Dartford
Total G&A beds 416 360 362
Maternity 37 40 40
Total beds 453 400 402
Carlisle
Medicine — 252 216
Total G&A beds 452 — —
Surgical — 155 144
Day case beds 15 — —
ITU/HDU — 10 9
Paediatrics/SCBU — 37 37
Total G&A beds — 426 406
Maternity — 48 38
Total beds 467 474 444
South Bucks
Acute 304 331 331
General 193 153 158
Total G&A beds 497 484 489
Maternity 53 53 53
Total beds 550 537 542
Norfolk and Norwich
Intensive 44 53 33
General and acute 855 689 833
Total G&A beds 899 742 866
Maternity 56 67 67
Total beds 955 809 953
North Durham
Total G&A beds 464 2533 443
Maternity 263 33
Day case 24 32 48
Total beds 551 565 524
Greenwich
Total G&A beds 474 504 447
Maternity 37 40 37
Mental health 77 77 87
Total beds 588 621 571

Scheme Total number of beds previous provision1 The total Number of beds as proposed in the OBC Total Number of beds provided by PFI solution
Calderdale
Surgical 127 116 116
Medical 142 122 122
Elderly 177 149 149
SCBU 18 14 14
ITU/HDU 5 16 16
Total G&A beds 469 417 417
Mental Health 135 78 78
Women/children 100 74 74
Day case 46 35 35
Private patients beds — 10 10
Total beds 750 614 614
South Manchester
Adult medical 363 313 213
Surgery 363 286 286
paediatric 68 60 60
Total G&A beds 794 659 659
Additional Surgical — — 60
Maternity 39 33 37
Medical rehabilitation 82 50 33
Mental health 143 77 77
Unallocated 38 63 91
Day case 66 66 74
Total beds 1,162 948 1,031
1 As a June 2000
2 Includes day case