To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by district and regional health authority the location of each regional specialist unit carrying out cardiothoracic surgery; what was the number of patients treated in 1987–88 and 1988–89 in each; and what was the total annual expenditure incurred by each of these units in dealing with their annual patient load for each year.
[holding answer 6 March 1990]: The number of cases treated by specialists in cardiothoracic surgery for the years requested are shown as follows by district health authority. The hospitals named in the second column are those where a specialist cardiothoracic unit is located. Activity in a district may not be confined to the specialist unit.Information on expenditure by individual specialities within hospitals is not collected centrally.
| Cases treated, cardiothoracic specialty, by DHA, 1987–88 and 1988–89 | |||
| Region and district health authority | Hospitals known to have cardiothoracic units | 1987–88 | 1988–89 |
| Northern RHA | |||
| Newcastle | Freeman Hospital | 2,286 | 2,708 |
| Yorkshire RHA | |||
| Hull | 780 | 1 | |
| East Yorkshire | Castle Hill Hospital | 1,616 | 1,548 |
| Bradford | 945 | 1,116 | |
| Leeds Western | Leeds General Infirmary | 557 | 748 |
| Leeds Eastern | Killingbeck Hospital | 1,468 | 1,170 |
| Trent RHA | |||
| Leicestershire | Groby Road Hospital | 1,186 | 1,328 |
| Central Nottinghamshire | 0 | 1 | |
| Nottingham | 1,249 | 1,139 | |
| Sheffield | Northern General Hospital | 1,596 | 1,487 |
| East Anglian RHA | |||
| Cambridge | 10 | 1 | |
| East Suffolk | 285 | 357 | |
| Norwich | 761 | 814 | |
| West Norfolk and Wisbech | 2 | 5 | |
| Huntingdon | Papworth Hospital | 1,645 | 1,721 |
| North West Thames RHA | |||
| Barnet | 0 | 1 | |
| Hillingdon | Harefield Hospital | 3,143 | 3,404 |
| Riverside | 343 | 168 | |
| Parkside | St. Mary's Hospital | 214 | 300 |
| North East Thames RHA | |||
| Basildon and Thurrock | 1 | 0 | |
| Hampstead | 34 | 31 | |
| Bloomsbury | Middlesex Hospital | 754 | 791 |
| City and Hackney | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 717 | 766 |
Region and district health authority
| Hospitals known to have cardiothoracic units
| 1987–88
| 1988–89
|
| Tower Hamlets | The London Hospital | 614 | 804 |
| Haringey | 30 | 0 | |
South East Thames RHA
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| Brighton | 72 | 70 | |
| Eastbourne | 17 | 26 | |
| Hastings | 26 | 18 | |
| South East Kent | 9 | 11 | |
| Canterbury and Thanet | 11 | 8 | |
| Maidstone | 37 | 38 | |
| Greenwich | Brook General Hospital | 1,278 | 1,267 |
| West Lambeth | St. Thomas's Hospital | 439 | 411 |
| Camberwell | King's College Hospital | 543 | 445 |
| Lewisham and North Southwark | Guy's Hospital | 962 | 1,072 |
South West Thames RHA
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| South West Surrey | 414 | 379 | |
| Wandsworth | St. Georges Hospital | 768 | 1,007 |
Wessex RHA
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| East Dorset | 8 | 1 | |
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | Southampton General Hospital | 1,794 | 1,763 |
| Basingstoke and North Hampshire | 77 | 58 | |
Oxford RHA
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| Oxfordshire | John Radcliffe Hospital | 180 | 150 |
South Western RHA
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| Bristol and Weston | Bristol Royal Infirmary | 689 | 727 |
| Frenchay | 1,183 | 1,014 | |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 590 | 592 | |
| Exeter | 800 | 716 | |
| Plymouth | 528 | 423 | |
West Midlands RHA
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| North Staffordshire | North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary | 803 | 779 |
| Central Birmingham | Birmingham Childrens Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 980 | 767 |
| East Birmingham | 1,747 | 1,816 | |
| Coventry | Walsgrave Hospital | 1,120 | 1,097 |
| Walsall | 0 | 33 | |
| Wolverhampton | 196 | 170 | |
Mersey RHA
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| Chester | 0 | 34 | |
| Liverpool | Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital | 2,058 | 1,910 |
| South Sefton | 512 | 534 | |
North Western RHA
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| Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde | Victoria Hospital | 680 | 746 |
| Central Manchester | Manchester Royal Infirmary | 837 | 854 |
| South Manchester | Wythenshawe Hospital | 3,700 | 3,668 |
| Salford | 55 | 56 | |
| Wigan | 2 | 0 | |
Special Health Authorities
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| The Hospitals for Sick Children | Hospital for Sick Children | 984 | 1,269 |
| The National Heart and Chest Hospitals | Brompton Hospital and London Chest Hospital | 3,392 | 3,460 |
| Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's | Hammersmith Hospital | 355 | 290 |