§ 49. Mr. Pageasked the Minister of Health which regional hospital boards now have contractual arrangements with private nursing homes for either general or maternity beds; and if he will state the average fees paid by the boards for such a bed.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAt 31st December, 1953, the latest date for which information is available, the regional hospital boards which had contractual arrangements with profit-making institutions which had remained outside the National Health Service, and the average weekly charge paid for them by each board, were as follows:
General Beds £ s. d. South West Metropolitan … 8 19 8 South Western … 13 13 0 Maternity Beds Sheffield … 9 14 5 South East Metropolitan … 7 18 5 Oxford … 13 15 4 South Western … 14 14 0