§ Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health who devised the community health councils' replacement systems. [188238]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe 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 BottomleyTo 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 WintertonThere 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.