§ 63. Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the full cost and the marginal cost of a range of standard operations and other services available under the National Health Service, indicating the extent of variation between the most and least expensive institutions providing them.
§ Sir K. JosephThe overall costs of hospitals are available, classified by type of hospital, but until hospital activity88W analysis has been extended to cover all hospitals, I regret that comparisons of cost per case in respect of different medical and surgical conditions are not available.