§ 126. Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement about the setting up of a committee to examine proposals for a new method of hospital costing and, in particular, about the composition of this committee.
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§ Mr. Iain MacleodYes. I have set up a Working Party to devise a practical system of departmental and unit costing in hospitals, within the framework of a subjective accounting system, which is likely to be of permanent value to hospital administration. The Working Party includes representatives of the administrative and financial officers of the various types of hospital authorities, the King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust, as well as of the Ministry.
The following are the terms of reference and members of the Working Party:
To devise a system of costing the departments and services of a hospital, within the framework of a subjective accounting system, which is likely to be of permanent value to hospital administration, with full regard to the present need to limit the cost in money and manpower of introducing and operating such a system to the minimum; to advise whether different systems are appropriate for different types or sizes of hospitals; and to make recommendations as to the implementation of their proposals.W. O. Chatterton, Esq. (Chairman), Ministry of Health, Savile Row, London, W.1.F. J. Aldridge, Esq., Ministry of Health, Savile Row, London, W.1.Captain J. E. Stone, C.B.E., M.C., F.S.A.A., Director, Division of Hospital Facilities, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 10, Old Jewry, London, E.C.2.G. McLachlan, Esq., Accountant, The Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, Nuffield Lodge, Regent's Park, London, N.W.I.A. J. Bennett, Esq., M.A., F.H.A., Secretary, North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, 11A, Portland Place, London, W.1.F. S. Adams, Esq., A.I.M.T.A., A.S.A.A., Treasurer, Birmingham Regional Hospital Board, 10, Augustus Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 15.S. Clayton Fryers, Esq., C.B.E., F.H.A., Secretary and Chief Administrative Officer, The United Leeds Hospitals, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, 1.J. W. D. Rowlandson, Esq., A.C.A., Chief Accountant, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, E.C.1.W. Stansfield, Esq., F.H.A., Secretary, Sheffield No. 1 Hospital Management Committee, "Lyndhurst," Nether Edge Hospital, Sheffield, 11.I. G. Bonn, Esq., F.H.A., A.I.M.T.A., Finance Officer, Brighton and Lewes Hospital Management Committee, 4, Paston Place, Brighton, 7.E. A. Hall, Esq., A.S.A.A., F.I.M.T.A., Finance Office, Birmingham (Dudley Road) Group Hospital Management Committee, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, 18.84WW. S. Smith, Esq., M.B.E., F.H.A.,A.R.San.I., Secretary and Finance Officer, St. Lawrence's Hospital Management Committee, St. Lawrence's Hospital, Bodmin, Cornwall.