HL Deb 28 April 2003 vol 647 cc82-3WA
Baroness Noakes

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will name the five National Health Service trusts that exceeded their external financing limits by more than £10,000, as referred to in paragraph 4.23 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the National Health Service summarised accounts 2001–02 (HC 493) [HL2445]

Baroness Andrews

The five National Health Service trusts that exceeded their external finance limit by more than the £10,000de minimis limit are:

  • Bedfordshire & Luton Community NHS Trust
  • Gloucestershire Ambulance NHS Trust
  • North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
  • Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Worthing Priority Care Services NHS Trust

Baroness Noakes

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which 28 National Health Service trusts significantly underachieved their financial management targets for the purposes of the star ratings as referred to in paragraph 4.29 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report of the National Heath Service summarised accounts 2001–02 (HC493). [HL2462]

Baroness Andrews

This information requested is in the following table.

National Health Service trusts rated as significantly underachieved against financial management target in 2001–02.

  • Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
  • Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust
  • Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust
    • WA 83
  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
  • East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
  • Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
  • Mid Sussex NHS Trust
  • Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Portsmouth Health Care NHS Trust
  • Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
  • Royal West Sussex NHS Trust
  • Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust
  • South Devon Health Care NHS Trust
  • South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust
  • South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust
  • United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
  • NHS Trust
  • West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Weston Area Health NHS Trust
  • Worthing Priority Care Services NHS Trust

Source: Department of Health website