§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has of the amount of revenue that would accrue if patients undergoing treatment in NHS hospitals were each charged a bed price of 50p per day.
§ Dr. OwenIt is estimated that the income accruing from a daily charge of 50p to all in-patients undergoing treatment in NHS hospitals in England, excluding those occupying private or amenity beds, would amount to £58 million per annum.
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much revenue would be raised by charging hospital patients staying longer than two weeks £2 a day.
§ Dr. OwenIf all hospital patients, excluding those in mental illness and mental handicap hospitals, were charged £2 for each day of their stay in hospital in excess of 14 days, the additional revenue accruing to the NHS in England and Wales would be of the order of £67 million.