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Choose and Book

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

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Steve Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) hospital trusts and (b) independent sector treatment centres are using the choose and book system; and how many are mental health trusts, broken down by region. (102685)

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The table shows how many of each type of organisation have used choose and book up to 19 November 2006, by strategic health authority.

Organisations using choose and book system as at 19 November 2006

Strategic health authority

Foundation trusts

Foundation mental health trusts

NHS trusts

NHS mental health trusts

Independent sector treatment centres

Other independent sector providers

Care trusts

Primary care trusts

Total

East Midlands

2

—

7

3

3

2

—

21

36

East of England

6

1

11

1

—

1

1

9

23

London

7

—

26

2

—

—

—

12

40

North East

5

—

3

1

3

—

5

12

North West

7

—

20

4

1

4

—

24

53

South Central

1

—

10

4

—

—

13

27

South East Coast

2

—

11

1

6

—

9

27

South West

6

—

12

2

2

3

1

21

41

West Midlands

2

—

18

2

2

3

21

46

Yorkshire and the Humber

8

—

7

1

2

3

—

16

29

46

1

125

15

16

25

2

151

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