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Cancer: Health Services

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) current and (b) capital spending took place per capita in relation to cancer treatment and services for (i) England and (ii) each primary care trust within the South West Strategic Health Authority in each financial year from 1997 to 2007. (230975)

Expenditure data on cancer treatment and services by current and capital expenditure are not available.

Programme budgeting data, available for financial years 2003-04 to 2006-07, show total cancer expenditure at England and primary care trust level for the South West strategic health authority region. These are provided in the following tables.

Gross expenditure per capita on cancers and tumours in England

Financial year

Spend per capita (£)

2003-04

68.85

2004-05

76.73

2005-06

87.50

2006-07

86.23

Note:

Figures have been calculated using expenditure figures as published in the Department of Health resource accounts.

Expenditure per capita on cancers and tumours by South West region PCT for financial years 2003-04 to 2005-06

Spend per capita (£)

PCT

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Bath and North East Somerset

92.11

99.42

97.25

Bristol North

72.51

76.88

87.02

Bristol South and West

94.94

91.59

87.69

Cheltenham and Tewkesbury

81.58

61.80

122.01

Cotswold and Vale

90.97

117.94

105.30

Kennet and North Wilts

68.28

74.81

86.80

North Somerset

71.75

82.51

110.19

South Gloucestershire

72.39

58.8

98.33

South Wiltshire

74.98

90.54

100.02

Swindon

55.97

67.60

74.83

West Gloucestershire

82.95

106.71

104.92

West Wiltshire

56.72

64.88

89.09

Bournemouth

74.97

77.01

88.10

Mendip

59.58

76.58

89.65

North Dorset

67.59

69.98

83.74

Poole

105.71

81.58

87.92

Somerset Coast

64.54

77.27

95.34

South and East Dorset

93.70

89.82

96.30

South Somerset

89.50

98.97

85.31

South West Dorset

69.73

82.09

91.69

Taunton Deane

68.78

90.27

88.93

Central Cornwall

81.95

96.34

110.91

East Devon

87.67

117.02

113.42

Exeter

82.02

59.13

100.82

Mid Devon

71.74

96.82

114.13

North and East Cornwall

67.07

83.77

95.89

North Devon

66.57

74.43

102.02

Plymouth

69.40

75.24

87.25

South Hams and West Devon

79.19

83.98

107.53

Teignbridge

84.71

89.78

100.56

Torbay

91.28

110.18

105.62

West of Cornwall

75.66

83.35

87.94

Notes:

1. With the exception of 2003-04 figures, all figures have been calculated using PCT expenditure on own population. Expenditure figures on PCT’s own population are not available for 2003-04, therefore net expenditure values have been used instead.

2. Local population figures used to calculate per capita expenditure have been weighted to account for age, sex and need.

South West strategic health authority PCT data for financial year 2006-07 are presented separately in the following table, as they are not directly comparable due to a PCT reconfiguration in 2006.

Expenditure per capita on cancers and tumours by South West region PCTs for financial year 2006-07

PCT

Spend per capita (£)

Bath and North East Somerset PCT

87.08

Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT

116.72

Bristol Teaching PCT

86.87

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT

68.39

Devon PCT

78.71

Dorset PCT

79.12

Gloucestershire PCT

78.55

North Somerset PCT

98.14

Plymouth Teaching PCT

78.65

Somerset PCT

82.62

South Gloucestershire PCT

75.15

Swindon PCT

83.86

Torbay Care Trust

104.01

Wiltshire PCT

79.86

Notes:

1. Figures have been calculated using PCT expenditure on own population.

2. Local population figures have been weighted to account for age, sex and need.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cancer networks have been established with NHS support; where each such network is based; and what the size of population covered by each network is. (231225)

The following table lists the 30 current cancer networks, their estimated populations and the location of their central offices, as at 14 January 2008.

Cancer network (location of central office)

Estimated population

Lancashire and South Cumbria (Preston)

1,513,734

Greater Manchester and Cheshire (Manchester)

3,026,670

Merseyside and Cheshire (Birkenhead)

2,013,727

Yorkshire (Harrogate)

2,636,000

Humber and Yorkshire Coast (Hull)

1,053,083

North Trent (Sheffield)

1,772,905

Pan Birmingham (Birmingham)

1,902,118

Arden (Coventry)

989,922

Mid Trent (Nottingham)

1,622,313

Derby/Burton (Derby)

694,250

Leicestershire, Northants and Rutland (Enderby)

1,612,309

Mount Vernon (St. Albans)

1,237,808

West London

1,829,803

North London

1,513,763

North East London

1,535,083

South East London

1,527,993

South West London

1,555,376

Peninsula (Partington)

1,632,990

Dorset (Ferndown)

698,684

Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (Bristol)

1,879,525

3 Counties (Cheltenham)

1,035,537

Thames Valley (Oxford)

2,328,161

Central South Coast (Southampton)

1,950,651

Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (Guildford)

1,193,245

Sussex (Lewes)

1,154,727

Kent and Medway (Aylesford)

1,624,863

Greater Midlands (Wolverhampton)

1,882,323

North of England (Newcastle upon Tyne)

2,995,948

Anglia (Newmarket)

2,667,897

Essex (Colchester)

1,384,217

Source: National Cancer Intelligence Network.