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Welsh Office

Answer

Mr. Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the estimated total expenditure in its first year of operation and the population to be served by each proposed new NHS trust in Wales. [51197] Mr. Win Griffiths: While recognising that trusts do not operate within artificial boundaries, the main areas and population and estimated expenditure for each of the proposed new trusts, if approved, are shown on the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Proposed trust Unitary authority areas served Population (mid 1996) Total estimated expenditure {1} £000 Conwy and Denbighshire Conwy/Denbighshire 202,800 106,432 North East Wales Flintshire/Wrexham 268,200 101,379 North West Wales Gwynedd/Isle of Anglesey 184,800 115,295 Carmarthen Carmarthenshire 169,100 81,363 Canolbarth Cymru Ceredigion/Powys 194,000 72,573 Bro Morgannwg Neath Port Talbot/Bridgend 269,500 161,101 Swansea Swansea 230,200 173,294 Pontypridd and Rhondda Rhondda Cynon Taf (Part) {2}240,100 86,130 South Bro Taf Community Cardiff/Vale of Glamorgan 434,400 75,548 University Hospital of Wales and Cardiff/Vale of Glamorgan Included in figure above 237,309 Llandough Hospital Gwent Healthcare Blaenau 556,200 232,057 Gwent/Torfaen/Newport/Caerphill y/ Monmouthshire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Included Cynon Valley population served by North Glamorgan NHS Trust {2} Includes Cynon Valley population served by North Glamorgan NHS Trust

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

51197; 316 c576-8W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Expenditure NHS trusts Population Wales

Contains statistics

Yes