HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 cc332-4W
Mrs. Calton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many golden hello awards of £10,000 have been paid to qualifying medical practitioners, broken down by(a) month and (b) health authority, since April 2001; [73500]

(2) how many golden hello awards have been refused to medical practitioners, broken down by (a) month and (b) health authority, since April 2001; for what reasons; and if he will make a statement. [73501]

Mr. Hutton

Information relating to when health authorities make payments in respect of this scheme is not held centrally. Application forms forwarded to the Department by health authorities for monitoring purposes indicate that at least 630 general practitioners (GPs) have received a payment of £10,000. Information broken down by health authority is shown in the table.

Information on applications that have been refused by health authorities or primary care trusts is not held centrally.

It is for health authorities/primary care trusts to determine whether a GP is eligible to receive payment, in accordance with the guidance issued by the Department.

Number of £10,000 Payments made by Health Authorities

Financial Year 2001–02 Health Authority No.
Avon 7
Barking and Havering 2
Barnet Enfield and Haringey 7
Bradford 6
Bury and Rochdale 5
Calderdale and Kirklees 5
Cambridgeshire 8
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1
County Durham 19
Coventry 3
Croydon 11
Doncaster 6
Dorset 5
East Kent 10
East Lancashire 10
East Riding 4
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 5
Kingston and Richmond 2
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 20
Leeds 3
Lincolnshire 2
Liverpool 6
Manchester 4
Merton Sutton and Wandsworth 13
Newcastle and North Tyneside 6
Norfolk 5
North and East Devon 4
North Cheshire 12
North Derbyshire 6
North Essex 2
North Nottinghamshire 6
North Staffordshire 7
North West Lancashire 1
Northamptonshire 2
Northumberland 3
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 9
Rotherham 13
Salford and Trafford 13
Sandwell 5
Sefton 5
Sheffield 4
Shropshire 8
Solihull 3
South and West Devon 7
South Cheshire 3
South Derbyshire 5
South Humber 1
South Lancashire 2
South Staffordshire 8
Stockport 3
Suffolk 10
Sunderland 8
Tees 6
Walsall
Warwickshire 3
West Pennine 7

Financial Year 2001–02 Health Authority No.
West Surrey 4
West Sussex 9
Wigan and Bolton 9
Wirral 3
Wolverhampton 9
Worcestershire 5
Total for 2001–02 381

Note:

Due to the reconfiguration of health authorities into strategic health authorities on 1 April 2002, this information has been broken down into two financial years.

Financial year 2002–03 Strategic Health Authority No.
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 5
Birmingham and Black Country 3
Cheshire and Merseyside 7
County Durham and Tees 14
Coventry Warwickshire Herefordshire and Worcestershire 3
Cumbria and Lancashire 16
Essex 13
Greater Manchester 16
Kent and Medway 11
Leicestershire Northamptonshire and Rutland 8
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 8
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 5
North Central London 1
North East London 19
North West London 6
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 20
Shropshire and Staffordshire 9
South East London 25
South West London 8
South West Peninsula 6
South Yorkshire 11
Surrey and Sussex 27
Trent 6
West Yorkshire 2
Total for 2002–03 to date 249