§ Mr. Patrick Jenkinasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimates she has made of the cost of computer-monitoring child health via the National Standard Register Recall System for Child Health Purposes (a) during the experimental stage and (b) applying it to all children.
§ Dr. OwenInformation about costs is not yet available. There is currently in use a variety of systems inherited from the local health authorities that existed before the National Health Service was reorganised in 1974, and consideration is being given to the introduction of a standard system. This is being taken in stages, and trials of two parts of the
Senior Registrar Registrar Senior House Officer House Officer £ £ £ £ 1st January 1972 … 56.0–71.9 47.3–58.0 41.1–46.7 33.5–38.4 1st January 1973 … 63.3–83.0 53.4–65.8 45.6–52.5 35.9–41.2 1st January 1974 … 69.3–94.1 58.3–71.4 49.4–56.6 39.3–450 1st January 1975 … 91.9–108.7 78.0–91.1 67.8–75.0 56.5–62.9 1st January 1976 (estimated) … 111.1–139.2 95.8–114.2 82.1–91.6 68.5–76.9