§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department is giving to primary care trusts on how to raise levels of sport and physical activity to the Government target. [159954]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe national service framework for coronary heart disease and the NHS Plan require local action to tackle obesity and physical activity, informed by advice from the Health Development Agency (HDA) on what works. The Department commissioned the HDA to conduct a review of the evidence on the effectiveness of public health interventions for increasing physical activity amongst adults. This will be published shortly. The guidance will be available to national health service regions, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts as well as local government.
Expenditure on primary, secondary and total healthcare £000 For 2002–03 primary Secondary Total Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority area 457,271 1,360,679 1,817,950 Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority area 614,022 1,742,178 2,356,200 Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority area 578,008 1,894,710 2,472,718 Total 1,649,301 4,997,567 6,646,868 St.Helens Primary Care Trust 43,149 126,697 169,846 Note:
Audited summarisation schedules of primary care trusts within the three strategic health authority areas 2002–03 data remains provisional.
Sources:
Audited summarisation forms of the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority, the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority, and the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority 2002–03.1070W
North West Regional Primary Care Trust Allocations £000 A B C Primary Care Trust 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 Bebington and West Wirral 99,993 108,879 118,128 Birkenhead and Wallasey 224,569 246,463 269,198 Central Cheshire 203,159 222,612 242,996 Cheshire West 138,205 150,791 164,098 Eastern Cheshire 161,386 175,727 190,654 Ellesmere Port and Neston 77,814 84,726 91,920 Halton 122,778 134,429 146,687 Knowsley 163,276 183,010 204,420 North Liverpool 118,120 132,316 147,710 South Liverpool 100,413 110,029 120,103 Southport and Formby 115,701 125,978 136,676 St Helens 181,808 199,906 222,113 Warrington 163,513 178,963 195,266 Blackburn With Darwen 143,881 158,299 175,336 Blackpool 151,874 166,655 182,076 Burnley,Pendle and Rossendale 241,264 264,963 289,574 Carlisle and District 102,316 111,989 122,216 Chorley and South Ribble 171,696 188,153 205,458 Eden Valley 58,439 63,669 69,113 The launch of the consultation on public health, "Choosing Health?", provides the opportunity to discuss at a national, regional and local level what needs to be done to develop a coherent strategy to improve health. The activity co-ordination team will publish its draft proposals setting out current and future action to increase activity levels. The Government will then publish a White Paper setting out its strategy for action in the summer.