§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures of the cost of treating (a) chronic heart disease, (b) lung cancer and (c) bronchitis on the National Health Service.
§ Dr. VaughanInformation is not available on the cost to the National Health Service of treating specific diseases.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many working days were lost during 1981 due to (a) heart trouble and (b) bronchitis and chest complaints; and what are the comparable figures for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. RossiInformation is not available in the form requested. However, for claims to sickness, invalidity and injury benefit in Great Britain in the year ending 31 May 1980 (the latest available figures) and in the previous five years for which figures are available, the number of days of certified incapacity for the conditions stated was as follows:
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe secretary of the British Dental Association wrote to my right hon. Friend on 3 December expressing the association's concern at the proposed increases in dental charges and he will be meeting representatives of the association next month.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will reconsider his decision to raise dental charges substantially in April 1982 and instead keep any rises in line only with increasing costs.
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