§ Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the details of expenditure on the Health Service in Scotland, in real terms, in the years 1972 to 1983.
§ Mr. John MacKayDetailed records of expenditure at constant prices are no longer maintained. The latest available information, at November 1980 prices, covers the years 1980–81 and is as follows. Figures for 1981–82 and 1982–83 are expressed in cash prices.
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Gross NHS Expenditure: Scotland Year £ million *1971–72 1,139 *1972–73 1,202 *1973–74 1,246 *1974–75 1,246 *1975–76 1,283 *1976–77 1,275 *1977–78 1,305 *1978–79 1,355 *1979–80 1,337 *1980–81 1,357 †1981–82 1,518 †‡1982–83 1,650 * November 1980 prices
† cash prices
‡ provisional
§ Mr. Douglasasked the Secretatry of State for Scotland if he will give details of expenditure per patient, the average and range, for each of the hospital board areas in Scotland.
§ Mr. John McKayThe following table shows hospital expenditure, expressed in terms of the average cost per inpatient and per out-patient, for each of the Scottish health boards in the year to 31 March 1983. The range of expenditure per patient cannot be established since the cost of treating individual patients is not recorded.
Health Board In-Patients (average cost per case) Out-Patients (average cost per attendance) £ £ Argyll and Clyde 1,195.02 8.49 Ayrshire and Arran 895.89 6.28 Borders 1,410.45 4.99 Dumfries and Galloway 1,250.35 8.52 Fife 1,135.38 10.02 Forth Valley 1,295.66 9.33 Grampian 1,126.24 9.24 Greater Glasgow 1,300.46 9.63 Highland 992.77 9.25 Lanarkshire 1,103.96 6.14 Lothian 1,120.97 9.94 Orkney 749.39 10.76 Shetland 1,057.76 8.22 Tayside 1,320.01 10.95 Western Isles 1,318.29 10.16 These figures do not include administration costs or the cost of providing primary care and community health services, which cannot be expressed in similar terms.