HC Deb 27 July 1982 vol 28 cc433-4W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much money was received and how much money went uncollected in each of the health authorities in Wales, for services and beds taken up by private patients for each year since May 1979.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Income from private resident patients and from private out-patients in 1979–80 and 1980–81 was as follows:

1979–80 1980–81
£ £
Clwyd 120,119 171,241
Dyfed 63,653 111,636
Gwent 3,219 2,172
Gwynedd 69,631 98,391

1979–80 1980–81
£ £
Mid Glamorgan 11,873 14,247
Powys
South Glamorgan 41,444 26,473
West Glamorgan 12,683 18,997
Wales 322,622 443,157

Actual income figures for 1981–82 are not yet available centrally, but the estimated income from all private patients is £475,000.

Information about uncollected income from private patients is not separately identified in authorities' annual accounts and is not therefore available centrally.

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