§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which strategic health authority has the highest deficit; what guidance he will give Avon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Strategic Health Authority about its deficit; how much the Avon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Strategic Health Authority received from the Government in financial year 2002–03; how much the(a) Bristol, (b) Bath, (c) Wiltshire and (d) Gloucestershire regions received of that sum; and if he will make it his policy when making allocations within strategic health authority areas to award greater 1142W sums to regions which (i) have a higher population and (ii) have demonstrated higher standards of performance. [134548]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonIn 2002–03, the last year for which we have audited accounts, the Avon, Wiltshire and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Strategic Health Authority area reported the highest overall deficit. The Avon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire SHA economy received a total resource allocation of £1.989 billion. The table shows distribution of the allocation across its primary care trusts.
The Department has asked the Avon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire SHA to ensure that each National Health Service body within the health economy plans for and achieves financial balance and delivers its key targets.
From 2003–04 revenue resources have been allocated to primary care trusts on the basis of the relative needs of their populations. A weighted capitation formula is used to determine each primary care trust's target share of available resources.
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA Revenue Allocations to Primary Care Trusts 2002–03 £ Thousand Organisation code Organisation name Revenue Resource Limit allocated 5FL Bath and North east Somerset PCT 156,601 5JF Bristol North PCT 211,930 5JG Bristol South and West PCT 183,161 5KW Cheltenham and Tewkesbury PCT 120,921 5KY Cotswold and Vale PCT 155,152 5K4 Kennet ande North Wiltshire PCT 158,080 5M8 North Somerset PCT 161,638 5A3 South Gloucestershire PCT 190,965 5DJ South Wiltshire PCT 100,038 5K3 Swindon PCT 164,870 5KX West Gloucestershire PCT 186,743 5DH West Wiltshire PCT 93,620 Total PCT Allocation 1,883,719 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 105,366 Total AGW Patch Position 1,989,085 Source
Strategic Health Authority summarisation forms 2002–03 Primary Care Trust Summarisation Schedules 2002–03