6.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital building schemes costed at more than £1 million were completed in 1974 to 1979; and how many have been completed since 1979.
15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many building schemes costed at more than £1 million were completed in 1974 to 1979; and how many have been completed since 1979.
Information held centrally on health building schemes, each costing over £1 million, shows that 120 schemes were completed between April 1974 and March 1979 and 300 more have been completed from April 1979 to date.
25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the National Health Service capital expenditure projects, costing more than £1 million, which have been completed in the Staffordshire, Moorlands parliamentary constituency during the past 14 years and those projected in the next five years.
The information is as follows:
Completed Schemes:
New Cheadle Geriatric Unit—completed July 1987—cost £5 million.
Projected Schemes:
Leek Moorlands Hospital redevelopment—estimated completion date 1989—cost £2·079 million.
31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress of the Health Service building programme.
37.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress of the Health Service building programme.
| Table 1 Resident mental illness in-patients1 by estimated duration of stay | |||||||
| England | |||||||
| Year | All durations | Less than 1 year | per cent. | 1 year-5 years | per cent | More than 5 years | per cent. |
| 1981 | 73,170 | 27,150 | 37 | 17,190 | 23 | 28,830 | 39 |
| 1982 | 70,880 | 26,740 | 38 | 17,130 | 24 | 27,010 | 38 |
| 1983 | 69,030 | 26,350 | 38 | 17,060 | 25 | 25,620 | 37 |
| 1984 | 66,050 | 26,380 | 40 | 15,870 | 24 | 23,800 | 36 |
| 1985 | 63,970 | 27,400 | 43 | 14,950 | 23 | 21,620 | 34 |
| 1986 | 60,280 | 25,790 | 43 | 14,780 | 25 | 19,710 | 33 |
| All columns are expressed as a percentage of total resident in-patients. Percentages may not add up to 100 per cent, because of rounding. | |||||||
| Discharges | Deaths | |
| 1981 | 818 | 2,657 |
| 1982 | 733 | 2,551 |
| 1983 | 821 | 2,417 |
| 1984 | 981 | 2,397 |
| 1985 | 986 | 2,346 |
| 1986 | 1,082 | 2,194 |
| 1 Excludes patients in the four special hospitals. | ||
The largest ever building programme in the history of the National Health Service is still under way. Information held centrally shows that there are currently over 500 health building schemes, each costing over £l million, at various stages of planning, design and construction. The total value of the programme is estimated at over £3·5 billion, and the total capital expenditure this year (1988–89) is expected to exceed £1 billion.These building schemes, which are located throughout the country, are providing a better health care environment for National Health Service patients and more attractive working conditions for staff. They are helping to improve productivity and value for money. Newer designs have been generally very well received by patients and the public and are being completed on time and to budget.
36.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many capital schemes in the Health Service are under construction; and how many have been completed since 1979.
I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw) earlier today.