§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether it remains his intention to provide alternative funding of the National Health Service by a changeover to an insurance basis system, when consumers' readiness to pay would increase directly as a result 589W of their being able to realise clearly that their money was devoted io their health care.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI believe that there are some features of insurance-based health systems which could with advantage be integrated into the National Health Service. Improved consumer awareness of individual contributions and of cost may be among these. However, any radical change in the basis of financing of the NHS must depend upon very careful study of all the advantages and disadvantages, and cannot be a short-term issue. I am continuing to examine the experience of other countries to see what lessons we can learn.
RECEPTION CENTRES, INCLUDING RESETTLEMENT UNITS Location Bed capacity Outside London Alvaston … … Derby … … … 104 Brighton … … Sussex … … … 38 Crown Quay Lodge … … Sittingbourne, Kent … … … 76 Fazakerley … … Liverpool … … … 61 Glasgow … … Bishopbriggs, Glasgow … … … 63 Leeds … … Leeds … … … 96 Leicester … … Wigston, Leicester … … … 100 Newbury … … Berkshire … … … 80 Plawsworth … … Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham … … … 112 Southampton … … Southampton … … … 80 South Wales … … Bridgend, Mid-Glamorgan … … … 64 Walkden … … Worsley, Manchester … … … 84 West Midlands … … Stourbridge, Worcestershire … … … 123 Winterbourne … … Bristol … … … 112 Woodhouse … … Sheffield … … … 96 London Camberwell … … Peckham, SE15 … … … 550 Camden … … Birkenhead Street, WC1 … … … 35* Cedars Lodge … … Cedars Road, SW4 … … … 70† 30* Bridge House … … Kingsdown Close, W10 … … … 120 Lancelot Andrewes House … … Great Guildford Street, Southwark, SE1 … … … 60 Pound Lodge … … Pound Lane, NW10 … … … 80 Spur House … … Ennersdale Road, SE13 … … … 150 West End House … … Dean Street, Soho, W1 … … … 80 Total … … … 2,464 * Women. † Men.