§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will list in the Official Report the amount, per head of population, that was spent under 165W all headings on the National Health Service in Scotland, Wales and the English regional health authorities for the last year for which figures are available; and what are the figures for the preceding five years and the anticipated figures for the next three years;
(2) if she will list in the Official Report the total amount that was spent in all sections of the National Health Service in Scotland, Wales and the English regional health authority areas for the last year for which figures are available; if she will list the spending under the appropriate headings; and what are the figures for the preceding five years and
SCOTLAND—EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH SERVICES £ million 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74* Hospital services … … … 126 138 160 186 215 247 Family practitioner services … 42 45 52 56 64 68 Local health authority services … 7 8 9 11 13 13 Other health services … … 9 10 11 10 12 14 Total Expenditure … 184 201 232 263 304 342 * Provisional.
WALES—EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH SERVICES £ million 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74* Hospital services … … … 53 59 70 78 89 99 Family practitioner services … 24 26 30 32 36 39 Local health authority services … 9 10 11 9 10 12 Other health services … … 3 3 3 3 2 3 Total Expenditure … 89 98 114 122 137 153 * Provisional.
ENGLAND—EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH SERVICES £ million 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74* Hospital services … … … 860 949 1,109 1,291 1,488 1,697 Family practitioner services … 364 396 457 501 554 606 Local health authority services … 140 152 108 127 147 165 Other health services … … 60 62 77 62 68 85 Total Expenditure … 1,424 1,559 1,751 1,981 2,257 2,553 * Provisional. Forecasts of expenditure in the form requested are not available but the Government's proposals for expenditure in Great Britain shown in Table 2.11 of
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FORECAST OF EXPENDITURE SCOTLAND £ million 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Hospital and community health services … … … 271.8 281.0 284.8 Family practitioner services … … … … … 64.6 68.4 70.3 Other health services … … … … … … 16.2 16.3 16.4 Central and miscellaneous services … … … … 7.7 7.9 8.5 Total … … … … … … … 360.3 373.6 380.0 the anticipated figures for the following three years.
§ Dr. OwenInformation in respect of Scotland and Wales provided by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales is shown below. Similar information for English regional health authority areas is not available, but totals for England are shown. The analysis of expenditure for Scotland varies slightly from that in Wales and England in consequence of differences in the organisation of the health services.
the White Paper on Public Expenditure to 1978–79 (Cmnd. 5879) comprise the following:
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WALES £ million 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Hospital and community health services … … … 124.9 130.1 130.8 Family practitioner services … … … … … 37.6 39.5 40.9 Other health services … … … … … … 1.7 1.5 1.6 Central and miscellaneous services … … … … 3.8 4.2 4.5 Total … … … … … … … 168.0 175.3 177.8
ENGLAND £ million 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Hospital and community health services … … … 2,027.4 2,101.2 2,117.4 Family practitioner services … … … … … 562.1 598.7 622.1 Other health services … … … … … … 44.1 45.6 48.6 Central and miscellaneous services … … … … 83.2 87.0 88.9 Total … … … … … … … 2,716.8 2,832.5 2,877.0 The headings of expenditure proposed for future years vary from those of actual expenditure of past years in consequence of the reorganisation of the National Health Service on 1st April 1974. It should be noted that the figures in the White Paper are at constant survey prices and not outturn prices.
SCOTLAND—COST PER HEAD ON HEALTH SERVICES 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 £ £ £ £ £ £ Hospital services … … … 24.23 26.49 30.69 35.65 41.27 47.39 Family practitioner services … 8.08 8.64 9.97 10.73 12.28 13.05 Local health authority services … 1.35 1.54 1.73 2.11 2.50 2.49 Other health services … … 1.73 1.92 2.11 1.92 2.30 2.69 Cost per head … … 35.39 38.59 44.50 50.41 58.35 65.62
WALES—COST PER HEAD ON HEALTH SERVICES 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 £ £ £ £ £ £ Hospital services … … … 19.59 21.76 25.76 28.63 32.54 36.01 Family practitioner services … 8.87 9.59 11.04 11.75 13.16 14.19 Local health authority services … 3.32 3.69 4.05 3.30 3.66 4.37 Other health services … … 1.11 1.11 1.10 1.10 0.73 1.09 Cost per head … … 32.89 36.15 41.95 44.78 50.09 55.66 168W
ENGLAND—COST PER HEAD ON HEALTH SERVICES 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 £ £ £ £ £ £ Hospital services … … … 18.84 20.71 24.13 27.99 32.14 36.55 Family practitioner services … 7.98 8.64 9.94 10.86 11.96 13.05 Local health authority services … 3.07 3.32 2.35 2.75 3.17 3.55 Other health services … … 1.31 1.35 1.68 1.34 1.47 1.83 Cost per head … … 31.20 34.02 38.10 42.94 48.74 54.98 The above information expressed as amounts per head of population on the basis of actual and projected mid-year population figures supplied by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and the General Register Office for Scotland is as follows:
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FORECAST OF COST PER HEAD SCOTLAND 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 £ £ £ Hospital and community health services … … … 52.01 53.74 54.48 Family practitioner services … … … … … 12.36 13.08 13.45 Other health services … … … … … … 3.10 3.12 3.14 Central and miscellaneous services … … … … 1.47 1.51 1.63 Total … … … … … … … 68.94 71.45 72.70
WALES 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 £ £ £ Hospital and community health services … … … 45.27 47.02 47.19 Family practitioner services … … … … … 13.63 14.28 14.75 Other health services … … … … … … 0.62 0.54 0.58 Central and miscellaneous services … … … … 1.38 1.52 1.62 Total … … … … … … … 60.90 63.36 64.14
ENGLAND 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 £ £ £ Hospital and community health services … … … 43.66 45.11 45.44 Family practitioner services … … … … … 12.10 12.85 13.35 Other health services … … … … … … 0.95 0.98 1.04 Central and miscellaneous services … … … … 1.79 1.87 1.91 Total … … … … … … … 58.50 60.81 61.74