HC Deb 01 November 2001 vol 373 cc826-7W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of deliveries in(a) midwife-led maternity units and (b) acute units. [10015]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 29 October 2001]: The information is not available in the format requested. The Reference Costs 2001 Collection, due to be published in late November 2001, separately identifies those deliveries that are hospital based from those that are based in the community or at home. This information will not, however, differentiate between who leads the professional group, for example, midwives or obstetricians.

The table shows the average costs for all hospital based deliveries.

1999–2000
£mean average
HRG code/label NELIP ELIP
N06—Normal delivery with complications/comorbidities 1,176 1,102
N07—Normal delivery without complications/comorbidities 738 785
N08—Assisted delivery with complications/comorbidities 1,420 1,189
N09—Assisted delivery without complications/comorbidities 1,035 1,106
N10—Caesarean section with complications/comorbidities 2,126 2,406
N11—Caesarean section without complications/comorbidities 1,738 1,761

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