§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of general practitioners in each family health services authority received target payments for childhood immunisation and cervical screening in the first six months of 1990–91.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe table shows the proportion of GPs in each family health services authority qualifying for target payments at 1 April 1990. GPs received these target payments at the end of September 1990.
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FHSA Name Childhood Immunisation Pre-School Booster Cervical Cytology Percentage Qualifying Percentage Qualifying Percentage Qualifying Higher Payment Lower Payment Total Higher Payment Lower Payment Total Higher Payment Lower Payment Total Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster 19 8 28 11 14 25 3 17 20 North East Thames Region Essex 74 15 89 73 16 89 61 29 90 Barking and Havering 34 38 72 26 36 62 32 70 100 Camden and Islington 13 23 36 5 16 21 1 21 22 City and East London 19 7 26 6 6 12 7 20 27 Enfield and Haringey 31 16 47 30 14 43 26 20 47 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 34 14 48 27 12 39 19 26 45 South East Thames Region East Sussex 77 14 92 61 27 88 51 42 93 Kent 76 20 96 57 35 92 43 35 78 Greenwich and Bexley 35 25 60 21 32 53 37 42 79 Bromley 59 19 78 50 9 59 33 65 98 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 21 23 43 13 19 31 10 23 33 South West Thames Region Surrey 63 29 93 18 47 65 52 44 96 West Sussex 85 11 96 77 18 95 64 29 94 Croydon 52 26 78 10 41 51 25 53 78 Kingston and Richmond 50 35 85 24 52 76 17 65 82 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 29 29 58 22 22 44 7 41 47 Wessex Region Dorset 85 13 98 80 17 97 79 20 99 Hampshire 85 13 98 81 16 98 69 30 98 Wiltshire 59 39 98 53 42 95 83 16 99 Isle of Wight 67 33 100 44 51 96 87 13 100 Oxford Region Berkshire 79 16 95 65 24 90 58 40 97 Buckinghamshire 83 7 90 74 15 89 94 5 100 Northamptonshire 86 13 99 58 41 100 78 20 98 Oxfordshire 88 9 97 74 23 97 78 21 99 South Western Region Avon 71 21 92 74 13 87 72 26 98 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 77 13 90 89 3 92 77 23 100 Devon 86 13 99 80 14 95 75 26 100 Gloucestershire 74 23 98 60 27 87 89 9 98 Somerset 91 8 99 98 2 100 91 9 100 West Midlands Region Hereford and Worcester 66 25 91 66 26 93 81 15 96 Shropshire 53 44 97 48 50 98 76 23 99 Staffordshire 54 31 85 47 32 79 69 33 100 Warwickshire 56 31 88 41 39 80 79 21 100 Birmingham 49 24 73 43 26 69 34 39 73 Conventry 44 41 85 45 22 67 55 34 89 Dudley 53 29 83 70 20 90 55 42 98 Sandwell 37 45 82 29 31 61 23 77 100 Solihull 63 29 91 46 33 79 53 47 100 Walsall 53 24 76 49 18 67 50 46 95 Wolverhampton 17 21 39 9 18 27 25 74 99 Mersey Region Cheshire 69 29 97 61 30 91 74 25 99 Liverpool 28 26 54 14 13 27 15 80 96 St. Helens and Knowsley 44 33 77 28 21 50 21 77 98 Sefton 56 29 85 47 28 75 40 54 94 Wirral 63 26 88 63 18 80 41 59 100 North Western Region Lancashire 49 30 79 60 23 83 48 38 87 Bolton 37 39 77 26 47 73 49 47 96 Bury 60 33 94 63 24 87 70 27 97 Manchester 10 40 50 4 6 10 13 57 70 Oldham 54 38 92 22 34 56 47 46 92 Rochdale 51 34 85 35 33 67 52 40 92 Salford 27 51 78 8 31 39 38 59 98 Stockport 70 28 97 59 34 93 61 36 98 Tameside 31 50 81 21 64 85 68 24 92 Trafford 63 26 90 46 35 81 64 32 97 Wigan 14 18 32 4 10 14 59 39 98
FHSA Name Childhood Immunisation Pre-School Booster Cervical Cytology Percentage Qualifying Percentage Qualifying Percentage Qualifying Higher Payment Lower Payment Total Higher Payment Lower Payment Total Higher Payment Lower Payment Total England 59 23 82 50 25 75 56 32 88 Note
Figures for higher and lower payments may not add to TOTAL because of rounding error.
For childhood immunisations, the higher target—£1,737 per annum for the average list size—is paid for 90 per cent. coverage and the lower target—£579—for 70 per cent. coverage. The necessary coverage levels are the same for the pre-school booster targets—the higher target is worth £579 and the lower target £193. For cervical cancer screening, the higher target—£2,202—necessitates 80 per cent. coverage and the lower target—£734—necessitates 50 per cent. coverage.
§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost per pint of blood used in the health service in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellBlood is donated by volunteer donors and no charge is made to NHS hospitals for it. The average cost of collecting, processing and transporting a unit of blood in 1989–90 was £29.25.
§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost(a) per general practitioner appointment and (b) per general practitioner home visit, in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not held centrally.
§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost in the last year for which figures are available for the supply of a new(a) general hospital, (b) ambulance, (c) general practitioner surgery, (d) dental surgery and (e) prescription.
§ Mr. DorrellThe average gross cost of a prescription dispensed by community pharmacists or dispensing doctors in England in 1989–90 was £6.36. For the other items mentioned, the cost will vary according to the specification adopted and no meaningful average cost can be given.
§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in the last year for which figures are available, what is the average cost to the taxpayer per adult and per child visit to the dentist; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellData are collected centrally only on numbers of courses of treatment, not individual patient visits. The estimated average cost of an NHS adult course of treatment in England in 1989–90, net of patient charges, was £18. The estimated average cost of a course of treatment for a child in the same period was £17.
§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost per adult and per child patient for treatment by general practitioner and hospital service for asthma for the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not collected centrally.