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Health Services: Overseas Visitors

Volume 508: debated on Tuesday 6 April 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-British residents received NHS treatment in North West Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last 10 years. (324688)

Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the count of finished admission episodes where the strategic health authority (SHA) of residence was recorded as “Foreign (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands)” or “Northern Ireland” and the primary care trust (PCT) of main provider was Cambridgeshire PCT in years 1999-2000 to 2005-06 and 2007-08 to 2008-09. Years 2006-07 and 1998-99 are unfortunately unavailable as the PCT of main provider field in HES has poor data quality in these years.

Total admission episodes

2008-09

282

2007-08

349

2006-07

n/a

2005-06

330

2004-05

248

2003-04

214

2002-03

184

2001-02

208

2000-01

277

1999-2000

255

1998-99

n/a

Notes:

1. This is not a count of patients as some patients may have been admitted more than once within the year.

2. In 2006-07 there was a merger of East Cambridgeshire and Fenland PCT, Huntingdonshire PCT, Cambridge City PCT, South Cambridgeshire PCT and 36 per cent. of South Peterborough PCT to form Cambridgeshire PCT. Therefore years 2007-08 and 2008-09 are not directly comparable to previous years. Where there were no records of admissions where the SHA of residence was foreign or Northern Ireland at one of the PCTs of main provider, the PCT has not been included in the breakdown.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the cost of treating non-British residents on the NHS in North West Cambridgeshire constituency was recovered by charging the patient or the insurer in each of the last 10 years. (324757)

Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows income recovered from overseas patients under non-reciprocal agreements, 2003-04 to 2008-09.

£000

Organisation

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust

29

0

0

0

108

51

Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust

217

0

0

0

0

0

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

74

0

0

0

0

0

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

0

0

0

0

0

0

Huntingdonshire Primary Care Trust (PCT)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cambridge City PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

East Cambridgeshire and Fenland PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

South Cambridgeshire PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

South Peterborough PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

320

0

0

0

108

51

Notes:

1. For Cambridgeshire PCT and Peterborough PCT, the data prior to 2006-07 are the sum of the predecessor PCTs that were merged to form the new PCTs in October 2006.

2. The Department does not collect data from NHS foundation trusts. Where an NHS trust obtains foundation trust status part way through any year, the data provided is only for the part of the year the organisation operated as an NHS trust.

3.North West Cambridgeshire constituency is also served by the following NHS foundation trusts—in these cases we have provided data up to the point that they achieved FT status:

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This organisation achieved FT status in July 2004, therefore no data exists after the 2004-05 financial year.

The 2004-05 figure represents only the part of the year the organisation operated as a NHS trust.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. This organisation achieved FT status in June 2008, therefore the 2008-09 figure represents only the part of the year the organisation operated as a NHS trust.

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This organisation achieved FT status in April 2004, therefore no data exist after the 2003-04 financial year.

4. In common with many other public and private sector organisations the Department only holds accounting data at organisation level for seven years, and therefore data are available only for the financial years 2002-03 to 2008-09.

5. Income from overseas patients under non-reciprocal agreements was not separately identified in the 2002-03 summarisation schedules and cannot be disaggregated from other income figures.

Source:

Audited summarisation schedules 2003-04 to 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating non-British residents in North West Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last 10 years. (324758)

This information is not held centrally. Data would be held by local national health service organisations if collected.