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London Hospitals

Volume 307: debated on Monday 2 March 1998

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the (a) capital and (b) revenue costs of (i) keeping Bart's Hospital open, as proposed by the Turnberg Committee and (ii) concentrating all services on the Royal London site in a new hospital; [30995](2) what assessment he has made of the estimate made by the Royal Hospitals NHS Trust of the additional annual cost of keeping Bart's Hospital open as a cancer and cardiac centre compared with concentrating all services in a new hospital on the Royal London site; and if he will compensate the trust or health authority for those additional costs. [30993]

It is not expected that the gross capital costs will be radically different from the previous plans, although the proceeds from the sale of the Smithfield site

Local authority personal social services home care staff—1996
London local authorities
OrganisationNumber of whole time staffNumber of part-time staffWTE (part-time staff)Total WTETotal persons
Barking & Dagenham0304207.6207.6304
Barnet60266177.9237.9326
Bexley138313211.7349.7451
Brent95217156.6251.6312
Bromley77369273.3350.3446
Camden1562315.6171.6179
City of London111610.521.527
Croydon26264184.8210.8290
Ealing19250182.4201.4269
Enfield83198111.5194.5281
Greenwich19297199.5218.5316
Hackney129178133.9262.9307
Hammersmith & Fulham2185036.9254.9268
Haringey135732.545.570
Harrow46291191.3237.3337
Havering3376149.7152.7379
Hillingdon000.00.00
Hounslow15162112.3127.3177
Islington27610854.0330.0384
Kensington & Chelsea1275336.8163.8180
Kingston upon Thames39066.169.193
Lambeth239153102.3341.3392
Lewisham64424228.8292.8488
Merton40243148.2188.2283
Newham9291208.3217.3300
Redbridge0311196.1196.1311
Richmond upon Thames11910268.3187.3221
Southwark95258168.3263.3353
Sutton36185119.1155.1221
Tower Hamlets1845941.0225.0243
Waltham Forest32505292.4324.4537
Wandsworth71396252.7323.7467
Westminster2617241.0302.0333

Source:

SSDS001 return.

will no longer be available. The detailed capital and revenue costs and the financial implications will be closely scrutinised through the normal rigorous planning and approval process. The question of any additional resources for the Royal Hospitals Trust and the east end as a whole will need to be addressed as part of this planning process as well as in the context of the Government's review of the arrangements for the distribution of resources in both primary and secondary care.