§ Mr. Hastingsasked the Minister of Health the annual average cost per in-patient bed of the services provided by doctors of consultant status in each of the areas of the 14 regional hospital boards during the financial year 1956–57 as regards hospitals for mental affection, for mental deficiency, and in hospitals for physical diseases, general and special, respectively.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithInformation is not readily available in the form requested.
Region Average cost of consultants' salaries per bed (all types) Average cost of all senior medical and dental staff salaries per bed (all types) Approximate amount included for salaries of all senior medical and dental staff in the average cost of maintaining a patient Acute Hospitals Chronic Hospitals Mental Hospitals Mental Deficiency Hospitals (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) £ £ £ £ £ £ 1. Newcastle-on-Tyne … 41.5 53.9 144.8 9.3 12.3 8.0 2. Leeds … 28.4 38.2 151.3 4.5 9.1 4.3 3. Sheffield … 33.6 46.0 155.9 3.5 13.4 6.5 4. East Anglian … 36.5 48.2 175.4 7.6 12.6 7.8 5. N.W. Metropolitan … 45.8 65.9 139.4 6.3 10.8 6.3 6. N.E. Metropolitan … 40.4 56.4 154.9 9.7 11.9 8.4 7. S.E. Metropolitan … 43.6 56.6 156.2 3.5 11.3 6.3 8. S.W. Metropolitan … 30.3 43.1 142.5 5.8 11.5 8.2 9. Oxford … 36.9 52.7 191.7 6.9 14.3 8.4 10. South Western … 30.3 40.2 169.2 2.2 9.1 4.1 11. Wales … 33.2 46.4 140.5 3.0 11.7 5.8 12. Birmingham … 34.9 45.0 146.3 6.5 10.2 7.1 13. Manchester … 28.5 40.0 147.6 3.9 6.3 3.0 14. Liverpool … 33.6 48.5 121.2 3.5 10.2 14.5