§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the price of an appendectomy at each hospital in England; and at what 10 hospitals are these operations most frequently successful.
§ Mr. DorrellInformation on pre-arranged contracts is not held centrally. Regional health authorities have been asked to publish tariff lists for extra-contractual referrals for all the provider units in their region, including national health service trusts, and these will be deposited in the Library when available. Information on outcomes of individual operations is not collected centrally.