HC Deb 25 March 2004 vol 419 cc1054-7W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on(a) cancer care and (b) heart disease in Lancashire in each of the last five years; and how many people from Chorley benefited. [161592]

Miss Melanie Johnson

This information is not collected centrally. Allocation of funding for particular treatments is a matter for the primary care trusts involved.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of accident and emergency at Chorley Hospital. [161609]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust offers a 24 hour accident and emergency service at the Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital. There are no plans to change this.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many medical beds there have been in Chorley Hospital in each year since 1997. [161588]

Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03
All specialties(excluding day only) General and Acute Acute Geriatric Mental illness Learning disability Maternity Day only
1996–97 370 267 267 0 81 0 22 15
1997–98 408 308 282 26 78 0 22 13
1998–99 397 307 281 26 68 0 22 15
1999–2000 410 310 290 20 75 2 22 18
2000–01 420 320 304 16 74 3 22 20
2001–02 1,228 1,066 903 163 70 5 86 48
2002–03 — — — — — — — —

Source:

Department of Health form KH03

Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, 1996–97 to 2002–03
All specialties (excluding day only) General and Acute Acute Geriatric Mental illness Learning disability Maternity Day only
1996–97 — — — — — — — —
1997–98 — — — — — — — —
1998–99 — — — — — — — —
1999–2000 — — — — — — — —
2000–01 — — — — — — — —
2001–02 — — — — — — — —
2002–03 1,156 1,073 929 144 0 0 84 45

Note:

The table contains the returns for both Chorley and South Ribble Trust and Preston Acute hospitals Trust to reflect the unified services and management structure across the Trusts.

Source:

Department of Health form KH03

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a diagnostic and treatment centre located in Crosby. [160435]

Miss Melanie Johnson

There are no treatment centres in Crosby. However, a treatment centre is located at the Aintree Hospital National Health Service Trust and one is due to become operational at the Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust by the end of 2004.

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on health in Crosby in each of the last seven years. [160439]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Public funding and expenditure figures are not collected on a constituency basis. Information is provided by health authority area from 1996 –97 to 2001–02 and by strategic health authority area for 2002–03.

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information on beds is collected on a provider basis from national health service organisations and not on a constituency basis. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust opened in 2002–03. It was formed from the merger of the following trusts, Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust (acute services) and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Relevant available Information on beds for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust is shown in the following tables.

The expenditure is the total expenditure by the relevant health authorities for 1996 –97 to 2002–03, and includes the commissioner costs of the relevant primary care trusts for 2000–01-to 2002–03.

The information requested is shown in the table.

Total expenditure by health authority area
£000
Sefton Health Authority Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority
1996–97 197,282 n/a
1997–98 179,155 n/a
1998–99 196,688 n/a
1999–2000 225,349 n/a
2000–01 310,887 n/a
2001–02 331,929 n/a
2002–03 n/a 2,755,985

Note:

2002–03 data remain provisional.

Sources:

  1. 1. Health authority audited accounts 1996–97 and 1997–98.
  2. 2. Health authority audited summarisation forms 199–99 to 2001–02.
  3. 3. Strategic health authority audited summarisation forms 2002–03.
  4. 4. Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules 2000–01 to 2002–03.