To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the amount of (a) bad debts and (b) claims ] abandoned in Wales for each health authority in each region for the last five years. [76925]
[holding answer 15 March 1999]: The information is not centrally available in the format requested. However, the combined costs of bad debts and claims abandoned are shown in the following table.
Total amount of bad debts and claims abandoned
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£000
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1993–94
| 1994–95
| 1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1997–98
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NHS Trusts
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| Bridgend & District | 5 | 45 | 22 | 5 | 9 |
| Cardiff Community | — | — | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Carmarthen & District | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ceredigion & Mid Wales | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Clwydian Community Care | 39 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| Derwen | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | — |
| East Glamorgan | — | 15 | 10 | 24 | 21 |
| Glan Clwyd | 30 | 79 | 21 | 3 | 6 |
| Glan Hafren | 54 | 41 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Glan Y Mor | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Gwent Community | 50 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Gwynedd Community | — | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Gwynedd Hospitals | — | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Llandough Hospital | 50 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Llanelli Dinefwr | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Mid Glamorgan Ambulance | — | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Morriston Hospital | — | 23 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| Nevill Hall | — | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| North Glamorgan | — | — | — | 6 | 7 |
| North Wales Ambulance | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Pembrokeshire & Derwen1 | — | — | — | — | 1,237 |
| Powys Healthcare | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Rhondda Healthcare | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South East Wales Ambulance | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swansea | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| University Dental Hospital of Wales | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| University Hospital of Wales | — | — | 0 | 173 | 126 |
| Velindre Hospital | — | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| West Wales Ambulance | — | — | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Wrexham Maelor | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Total | 273 | 467 | 161 | 321 | 1,516 |
Health Authorities
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| Bro Taf | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dyfed Powys | — | — | — | 10 | 3 |
| Gwent | — | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Morgannwg | — | — | — | 45 | 2 |
| North Wales | — | — | — | 0 | 70 |
| HPAW | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| WHCSA | — | — | — | 5,087 | 32 |
| Total | — | — | — | 5,155 | 107 |
District Health Authorities
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| Clwyd | 33 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dyfed | 8 | 5 | 8 | — | — |
| Gwent | 15 | 6 | 117 | — | — |
| Gwynedd | 12 | 55 | 31 | — | — |
| Mid Glamorgan | 463 | 12 | 27 | — | — |
| Pembroke | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Powys | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| South Glamorgan | 76 | 154 | 0 | — | — |
| West Glamorgan | 16 | 2 | 79 | — | — |
| HPAW | 0 | 0 | 452 | — | — |
| WHCSA | 0 | 22 | 0 | — | — |
| Total | 623 | 258 | 716 | — | — |
Notes:
1. Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS trusts merged on 1 April 1997.
2. The loss of £1.235 million relates to repairs to the roof of Withybush hospital shown in the 1997–98 accounts.
3. The loss of £5.087 million relates to remedial works at University Hospital of Wales shown in the 1996–97 accounts.
4. Bad debts and claims abandoned information is collected under one heading in the annual accounts: the figures include claims against private patients, private non-resident patients, overseas visitors, Road Traffic Act claims and other claims.
5. Figures from health authorities are taken from financial returns and receipts and payments returns.
6. Figures from NHS trusts are taken from financial returns for 1994–95 to 1997–98: figures for 1993–94 are taken from the annual accounts and relate to bad debts only.
Source:
Audited Annual Accounts of NHS Trust, health and district health authorities from 1993–94 to 1997–98
Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.