§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the deficit was of(a) the South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust, (b) the Wyre Forest Primary Care Trust, (c) the Bromsgrove and Redditch Primary Care Trust, (d) the Worcestershire Mental Health Trust, (e) the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Trust and (f) the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust at 1200W the beginning of the current financial year; and what his most recent estimate is of the deficit of each of the Trusts by the end of the financial year. [99659]
§ Mr. LammyThe information requested is shown in the table.
Beginning year deficit £ million Current forecast deficit £ million South Worcester PCT 0(1.3) 5.05 Wyre Forest PCT 0 (0.2) 0.85 Redditch & Bromsgrove PCT 0 (0.7) 2.40 Worcester Mental Health Trust 0 0.00 Hereford & Worcester Ambulance 0 0.00 Worcester Acute 0 7.30 Each primary care trust (PCT) was a new organisation as of 1 April 2003 and hence had no brought forward deficit. However, the figures in parentheses represent the subsequent allocation of the deficit incurred by Worcestershire Health Authority, their predecessor organisation.
Source:
West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority