To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the underlying deficit is of each of the hospital trusts which he has authorised to proceed with application for foundation status. [114387]
[holding answer 19 May 2003]: The information requested is shown in the table.
| £000 | ||
| NHS Foundation trust Applicants | 2001–02 Income and Expenditure Reserve Cumulative Surplus/Deficit) | |
| Addenbrooke's NHS Trust | 4,379 | |
| Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust | (8,586) | |
| Basildon and Thurrock General Hospital NHS Trust | 3,817 | |
| Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust | (15,099) | |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust | 222 | |
| City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust | 2,152 | |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust | 950 | |
| Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS | Trust | 329 |
| Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust | 8,065 | |
| Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust | (3,897) | |
| Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust | (428) | |
| King's College Hospital NHS Trust | (561) | |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trusth | 1,857 | |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust | 6,199 | |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust | 1,020 | |
| Nuffield Orthopaedic NHS Trust | (2,753) | |
| Papworth Hospital NHS Trust | 1,844 | |
| Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trusth | 2,318 | |
| Rotherham General Hospitals NE-IS Trust | 29 | |
| £000 | |
| NHS Foundation trust Applicants | 2001–02 Income and Expenditure Reserve Cumulative Surplus/Deficit) |
| Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust | 3,407 |
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 479 |
| Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 335 |
| Stockport NHS Trust | 276 |
| The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust | 1,082 |
| The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust | 5,939 |
| University College London Hospital NHS Trust | 774 |
| University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust | 1,106 |
| Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust | 5,851 |
| Total | 21,106 |
Source:
NHS Trust Audited Summarisation Schedules 2001–2002
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the hospitals which have been given leave to apply for foundation status, and the constituencies within which each is situated. [115177]
Information listing the National Health Service trusts, the hospitals which from each trust and the constituencies they are situated in, which have been give leave to apply for foundation trust status, has been placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce random selection as a method of choosing people to sit on the boards of foundation hospitals. [115681]
Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill will provide for applicants for National Health Service foundation trust status to determine the detail of their constitutional arrangements including arrangements for election to the board of governors.