§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average cost per bed provided for private patients incurred by each of the regional hospital boards in 1969–70.
§ Mr. AlisonThe available in-patient costs do not distinguish between private and other patients.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of in-patients and out-patients treated in hospitals in England and Wales in 1969–70; and the number and proportion of those who were private patients.
§ Mr. AlisonThere were 5,282,160 discharges and deaths during the year ended 31st December, 1969, the latest date for which information is available; of these 109,144 or 2.07 per cent. were private patients. New out-patients, excluding accident and emergency cases, number 8,054,902. Information on out-patients treated privately is not available.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average payment made by private in-patients to 306W cover the cost of accommodation and services in each of the regional hospital board areas of England and Wales in 1969–70.
§ Mr. AlisonPayments by private inpatients are made at national rates applicable to all regional hospital board areas in England and Wales, and vary according to the type of hospital and the accommodation and services provided. For example, for a single room in an acute non-teaching hospital, the patient making his own arangements for private medical treatment, the daily charge in 1969–70 was £8.25.