HC Deb 19 December 2003 vol 416 cc193-4W
Mr. Kevan Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many North Durham patients chose to have operations carried out at Bishop Auckland hospital in the last 12 months; [144863]

(2) how many patients have been admitted to Bishop Auckland Hospital as a result of beds being unavailable at the University Hospital, Durham. [144865]

Miss Melanie Johnson

This information is not available centrally in the format required. The Department collects data on a trust wide basis. For the year 2002–03, County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust recorded 108,524 Finished Consultant Episodes.

Mr. Kevan Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients who are under the care of consultants in County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have been treated in the private sector, and at what cost, in the last 12 months. [144864]

Miss Melanie Johnson

This information is not collected centrally.

Mr. Kevan Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the non-executive members of the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; and in which parliamentary constituency each lives. [144866]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information is shown in the following table.

Board member Constituency
Angela Ballatti (Chair) City of Durham
Kathryn Larkin-Bramley City of Durham
John Dixon Bishop Auckland
Valerie Ward North West Durham
Anthony Wolfe Bishop Auckland
Charles Magee Sedgefield

Mr. Kevan Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the costs were of establishing the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; and how much of these costs was associated with establishing management structures. [144867]

Miss Melanie Johnson

In establishing the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust, no additional funding was provided to North Durham Healthcare NHS Trust and South Durham Healthcare NHS Trust. Costs, including those for transferring from two management structures to a single structure, were contained within trust budgets.

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