To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of trusts in Oxfordshire; what is the average population served by each trust; what is the average national figure for all health authorities; and what is the Government's target figure for population coverage by health trusts. [34430]
The figures are set out in the table:
| Oxfordshire | England | |
| Population (1996 estimates) | 603,200 | 49,089,100 |
| Number of National Health Service trusts | 8 | 425 |
| Population per NHS trust | 75,400 | 115,500 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are currently on waiting lists in Oxfordshire; and how this compares to figures over the last two years. [34441]
Information on the number of residents of Oxfordshire Health Authority waiting on ordinary and day case waiting lists on 31 December 1997 and for the preceding two years is given in the table.
| Numbers (in millions) of people and children, and the proportion of children, living in households with(a) income above half contemporary average income in 1979 and (b) above the 1979 half average in 1994–95, and (c) income above half contemporary average income in 1994–95. In each case figures are shown before housing costs (BHC) and after housing costs (AHC). | ||||||
| Year | Number of people | Number of children | Proportion of children | |||
| BHC | AHC | BHC | AHC | BHC (per cent.) | AHC (per cent.) | |
| (a) 1979 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 91 | 90 |
| (b) 1994–95 above 1979 average | 54.6 | 52.3 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 93 | 87 |
| (c) 1994–95 above 1994–95 average | 47.2 | 44.1 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 75 | 68 |
Health authority (resident based) number waiting
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Ordinary admissions
| Day case admissions
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| At 31 December 1995 | 6,188 | 4,023 |
| At 31 December 1996 | 6,371 | 4,246 |
| At 31 December 1997 | 6,883 | 5,989 |
1 Provisional figures | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on resourcing of community health trusts in Oxfordshire per head of population relative to other health authorities. [34450]
Different patterns of service provision in different parts of the country make such direct comparisons impossible.