§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the cost to the National Health Service in each of the last five years of the provision of homeopathic services in Scotland.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe whole cost of homeopathic services alone cannot be identified, because some general practitioners may give homeopathic treatment as part of the general medical care of their patients. However, net hospital running costs of the two homeopathic hospitals in Glasgow—the only two such hospitals in Scotland—in the five latest years for which figures are available were as follows:
Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital Children's Homeopathic Hospital Total £ £ £ 1971–72 68,126 42,344 110,470 1972–73 74,851 49,161 124,012 1973–74 89,074 54,811 143,885 1974–75 114,214 78,491 192,705 1975–76 144,331 96,875 241,206