§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the chairmen of the health authorities on the computation of appropriate charges for cross-border flows of patients for hospital treatment(a) inside and outside Wales and (b) across health authority boundaries within Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettNone. National health service service providers both inside and outside Wales will be expected to price their services on the basis of what it costs to provide them; and charges will accordingly vary as between providers. Information systems are being improved to facilitate more accurate and detailed costing of services in the future.