HC Deb 16 September 2004 vol 424 cc1750-1WS
Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health who devised the community health councils' replacement systems. [188238]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The arrangements that have replaced community health councils were developed by the Government in consultation with the public, parliamentarians, the national health service, the voluntary sector and many more interested stakeholders.

Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish an assessment of the benefits of replacing community health councils. [188239]

Ms Rosie Winterton

There are no plans to publish an assessment of the benefits of replacing community health councils.

Number of people receiving continuing NHS healthcare
Strategic Health Authority: 2002–03 2003—04
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority 927 741
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority 700 830
Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic Health Authority 1,165 1,107
Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority 1,084 1,074
County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority 904 1,374
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Strategic Health Authority 561 690
Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority 343 376
Essex Strategic Health Authority 834 698
Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority 1,039 984
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority 673 530
Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority 770 770
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority 137 215
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority 127 435
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic Health Authority 410 705
North Central London Strategic Health Authority 294 320
North East London Strategic Health Authority 812 733
North West London Strategic Health Authority 500 1,468
Northumberland, Tyne and W ear Strategic Health Authority 461 1,081
Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority 673 663
Somerset and Dorset Strategic Health Authority 94 241
South East London Strategic Health Authority 635 580
South West London Strategic Health Authority 232 433
South West Peninsula Strategic Health Authority 239 516
South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority 216 192
Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority 1,047 719
Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority 259 632
Trent Strategic Health Authority 509 928
West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority 1,374 688
England 17,019 19,723
Source:
Service and Financial Framework Return, Local Delivery plan Return.

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