National Health Service (Expenditure)

HC Deb 23 July 1965 vol 716 c281W

Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form

HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES—GREAT BRITAIN
	Gross Cost of National Health Service	Expenditure expressed as a percentage of National Income
	Gross Cost	Hospital Doctors and Dentists	Hospital Nurses	Other Hospital Staff	Hospital Building	New Hospitals (included in previous column)
		£ million	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.
1949.50	…	436	3.88	0.22	0.45	0.57	0.09	—
1954–55	…	575	3.57	0.22	0.44	0.60	0.09	—
1959–60	…	867	4.00	0.20	0.53	0.65	0.11	0.01
1963–64	…	1,148	4.20	0.25	0.57	0.69	0.23	0.05
1965–66	…	1,338 (Estimated)	*—	—	—	—	—	—
* National Income figures for 1965–66 are not yet available.