§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the number of units of blood provided by the north London transfusion centre to private hospitals in each month of 1983.
§ Mr. John PattenI regret the information is not available in the form requested. However, in the 12 months ended December 1983 the following units of whole blood and concentrated red cells were issued by the North London transfusion centre direct to non-NHS hospitals:
Quarter ended Units issued March 1983 4,399 June 1983 4,936 September 1983 4,916 December 1983 *5,188 *19,439 * provisional Information is not held centrally on the number of units supplied to non-NHS hospitals through NHS hospital blood banks.