§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost per week of treating a baby in the neonatal department of University College hospital, London; and how this compares with the average adult patient cost per week in the same hospital and in hospitals in the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. Moyle:Current approximate costs per week at University College Hospital per neo-natal and in-patient care are £340 and £342 respectively. The in-patient cost per week in England for 1976–77—the latest period for which figures are available—for acute hospitals with over 100 beds was £250.
234Wwaiting list for operations in the Macclesfield health district of the Cheshire area health authority have been waiting for operations; and how much longer they will have to wait before they receive treatment.
§ Mr. Moyle:The following table shows the periods 1: or which the patients referred to in my previous reply had been awaiting admission to hospital:
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in the light of the fact that women with high risk pregnancies are being turned away, if he will reconsider the reduction of obstetric beds in the maternity department of the University College hospital, London.
§ Mr. Moyle:There are at present no proposals to reduce the number of obstetric beds at University College hospital.