Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 14 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 December 2009. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.
NHS: Buildings
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the risk-adjusted backlog maintenance cost for the NHS in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority has been in each year since 1997; and what the maintenance backlog to reach estate code condition B was in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority in each such year.
- Answer
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The information held by the Department is shown in the following tables.National health service organisations are responsible for the provision and maintenance of facilities to support the delivery of high quality clinical services. Therefore, the NHS will locally prioritise investment to reduce backlog maintenance based on risk assessment, reconfiguration planning and available resources. The majority of backlog maintenance relates to low priority work, which trusts will undertake through maintenance programmes. Where higher risks are present, work will be undertaken as a priority. While levels of backlog maintenance vary across the NHS, it is estimated that around 75 per cent. of the total costs to eradicate backlog maintenance are concentrated in 20 per cent. of organisations.The Department collects data on backlog maintenance and risk adjusted backlog maintenance annually from NHS trusts through its Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC). The data provided are not amended centrally and the responsibility for its accuracy lies with the contributing NHS organisations.The collection of data on risk-adjusted backlog maintenance was first introduced in 2004-05 and therefore information prior to that reporting year is not available centrally. The 28 strategic health authorities were created in 2002-03 and re-organised in 2006-07 into 10.
Risk-adjusted backlog maintenance cost for the NHS in England National total Risk adjusted backlog maintenance (£ million) 2004-05 1,342 2005-06 1,744 2006-07 1,542 2007-08 1,854 2008-09 1,783 Risk-adjusted backlog maintenance cost for the NHS at each strategic health authority £ million 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 East Midlands 92 118 65 154 130 East of England 115 116 107 152 128 London 346 535 451 489 424 North East 60 73 58 69 59 North West 86 108 111 96 120 South Central 80 115 103 136 118 South East Coast 121 139 140 159 137 South West 88 116 76 129 141 West Midlands 253 296 265 259 251 Yorkshire and the Humber 101 128 164 211 275 National total 1,342 1,744 1,542 1,854 1,783 Total backlog maintenance cost for the NHS in England National total Total backlog maintenance (£ million) 1997-98 2,836 1998-99 3,027 1999-2000 3,108 2000-01 3,242 2001-02 3,378 2002-03 3,518 2003-04 3,198 2004-05 3,142 2005-06 3,684 2006-07 3,740 2007-08 4,044 2008-09 4,085 (ii) Total maintenance backlog cost for the NHS at each strategic health authority £ million Total backlog maintenance by the 28 strategic health authorities 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 177 91 128 130 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 94 82 136 138 Birmingham and the Black Country 244 262 286 360 Cheshire and Merseyside 153 75 53 69 County Durham and Tees Valley 62 29 57 63 Cumbria and Lancashire 97 64 58 58 Dorset and Somerset 47 10 18 15 Essex 82 76 93 77 Greater Manchester 205 172 117 122 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 89 80 102 131 Kent and Medway 106 114 109 151 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 109 118 100 95 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 99 87 63 78 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 72 79 85 93 North Central London 172 189 135 241 North East London 147 174 168 121 North West London 221 344 266 456 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 81 70 76 74 Shropshire and Staffordshire 98 100 94 90 South East London 164 145 119 154 South West London 161 154 176 204 South West Peninsula 41 18 31 70 South Yorkshire 69 46 49 67 Surrey and Sussex 108 85 75 94 Thames Valley 151 106 124 149 Trent 148 151 146 106 West Midlands South SHA 94 90 84 92 West Yorkshire 224 188 193 185 National total 3,518 3,198 3,142 3,684 £ million Total backlog maintenance by the 10 strategic health authorities 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 East Midlands 297 285 279 East of England 290 363 371 London 1,110 1,106 1,088 North East 132 148 145 North West 309 309 322 South Central 276 307 273 South East Coast 249 306 297 South West 173 249 296 West Midlands 519 553 525 Yorkshire and the Humber 383 418 489 National total 3,740 4,044 4,085
Secondary information
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- 503 c268-71W; 308093
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- 2009-10
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- Buildings NHS
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