§ Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many private operations were carried out in the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board area in National Health Service hospitals during 1971.
§ Mr. AlisonThis information is not recorded centrally and to obtain it would involve a disproportionate expenditure of time and money. In all 10,452 private in-patients were treated in National Health Service hospitals in this area in 1971.