HC Deb 18 January 1972 vol 829 c148W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the expenditure on computers by the National Health Service in Scotland in 1971, and how this compares with 1970.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Computers are being used increasingly in the Health Service for a wide variety of functions both at regional hospital boards and in hospitals, but expenditure on them is not readily identifiable because salaries and wages, building costs, hardware, software and maintenance costs are not shown separately in hospital accounts.