§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will encourage community health councils to seek from regional health authorities information about the level of private work being done by full-time consultants in National Health Service hospitals and the income derived therefrom.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo.
Dialysis patient numbers (1982) Renal unit Home Hospital CAPD Total Transplant numbers (January to December 1981) East Birmingham Adult 57 24 15 96 — Paediatric 6 4 6 16 — Minimal care — 10 — 10 — Queen Elizabeth — 30 31 61 73 Wordsley (Dudley) 9 30 — 39 — North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary 50 15 — 65 New service to commence in 1982–83 to achieve 60 cases p.a. by 1984–85 Walsgrave, Coventry 25 12 — 37 — TOTAL 147 125 52 324 73 No general standards for the provision of facilities for renal dialysis and transplantation have been laid down by the Department. The level of facilities is primarily for