To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the catchment area is for patients for (a) Royal Liverpool University Hospital, (b) Royal Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, (c) Women"s Hospital, Liverpool, (d) Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, (e) Alderley Hospital Trust, Liverpool and (f) the Neurological Unit, Walton. [110942]
[holding answer 6 May 2003]: The information requested has been provided in the table.
Analysis of Specified NHS Trusts and the Local PCT Populations
| |||
NHS Trust
| Local PCTs
| PCT Population
| Aggregate PCT
|
| Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University NHS Trust | Central Liverpool | 346,119 | 604,587 |
| North Liverpool | 146,550 | ||
| South Liverpool | 111,918 | ||
| University Hospital Aintree | Knowsley | 207,934 | |
| South Sefton | 180,226 | 508,508 | |
| Southport and Formby | 120,348 | ||
NHS Trust
| Strategic Health
|
| Royal Liverpool Children"s Trust | 2,611,001 |
| Cardiothoracic Centre NHS Trust | |
| Liverpool Women"s Hospital NHS Trust | |
| Walton Centre for Neurology NHS Trust |
Notes:
(i) There will be significant numbers of patients referred from the
PCTs identified above to other healthcare providers; (ii) The
Trusts (acute and specialist) identified above will provide
healthcare to a number ofother commissioners, and this will not
be restricted to England; (iii) Specialist Trusts provide a very
limited range of services across the Strategic Health Authority;
and (iv) Due to the above it is not possible to calculate catchment
populations in the format requested.
Source:
Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority