§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Eccles, on 8 December, now make it his policy to collect central information on the annual costs of acute, chronic and geriatric beds; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonIt is not proposed to collect information in the form suggested. However, changes in the information about hospital services including financial data will start to be introduced in Wales from 1987–88. These changes broadly accord with the recommendations of the steering group on health service information and will include information on the direct costs of patient treatment services in more than 20 different specialties or specialty groupings.