§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement outlining fees received by surgeons, etc., for carrying out sterilisations.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe scale of fees, effective from July 1975, for sterilizations240W and associated procedures undertaken in hospitals by consultants and other hospital doctors under arrangements agreed with their Area Health Authorities which include a ceiling on the total number of remunerable cases is as follows:
£ (i) a fee per case of male sterilisation performed— (a) as a separate procedure and 16.25 (b) during the course of another procedure 11.00 (ii) a fee per case of female sterilisation performed— (a) as a sperate procedure and 22.00 (b) during the course of another procedure 14.70 (iii) fees per case for anaesthetists' services, corresponding to those above as follows: For (i) (a) 8.00 (b) 5.30 For (ii) (a) 10.75 (b) 7.20 (iv) a fee per case for examination and report on pathological specimens referred in connection with NHS family planning cases 3.00 (v) a fee per case for radiological services provided in connection with NHS family planning cases 3.00 In the family planning clinic based service the fees are as follows:
Vasectomy Session Fee per Session £ Surgeon 27.39 Registrar 18.27
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details of the number of sterilisations carried out (a) on a one-off basis and (b) with other procedures, for each region.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe available figures for Wales for 1975 are: (a) 2,014; (b) 438. They exclude procedures which inevitably resulted in sterilisation but which were carried out for other overriding purposes; hospital day patients procedures—not yet available; and those carried out privately outside NHS hospitals—which are not notified.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many sterilisations have been carried out within each region for each year since 1972, giving separate figures for either sex.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe available figures for Wales are on the same basis as in 241W the reply to my hon. Friend's immediately preceding question:
Male Female 1972 375* 1723*† 1973 222* 1493*† 1974 765†† 1523†† 1975 1148 1304 * excludes sterilisations carried out in family planning clinics. † Excludes sterilisations carried out as part of in-patient delivery. †† includes family planning clinic activity from April to December only.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average time spent in hospital by women having 242W sterilisation operations giving separate figures for each region.
§ Mr. Alec JonesIn Wales in 1975 the average length of in-patient stay of women having an operation solely for sterilisation was 5.55 days. For those being sterilised in addition to other procedures it was 10.50 days.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the cost to the National Health Service of male and female sterilisations, giving separate figures for each region.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe information is not available.