Contractual Health Care (Hansard, 25 April 1984)

§ Mr. Dobson
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give for each year since 1970 the expenditure on contractual arrangements for patient care in Northern Ireland, expressed in absolute terms and also as percentages of the total National Health Service expenditure in Northern Ireland each year; and if he will break down these figures into the categories of (a) medical, (b) surgical, (c) pre-convalescent and post-operative, (d) convalescent, (e) geriatric, (f) diseases of the chest, (g) maternity, (h) mental illness, (i) mental handicap, (j) rehabilitation, (k) terminal care and (l) others.

§ Mr. Chris Patten
The following table details the total expenditure on contractual arrangements by Health and Social Services Boards on the maintenance and treatment of patients in Northern Ireland hospitals which were not vested in the Department. A detailed breakdown of this information over specialities is not held centrally.

Year^* £ million† Percentage of total expenditure‡

║1974–75 1.0 0.2

║1975–76 1.0 0.2

║1976–77 0.9 0.2

1977–78 1.0 0.2

1978–79 1.3 0.3

1979–80 1.2 0.2

1980–81 1.3 0.3

1981–82 1.1 0.2

1982–83 1.1 0.2

^* In Northern Ireland health and personal social services were reorganised with effect from 1 October 1973 and information for earlier years is not available.

† Expenditure at constant 1982–83 prices.

‡ This is total revenue expenditure at constant 1982–83 prices of health and social services boards, and includes family practitioner services.

║ Prior to 1977–78 the annual accounts statements combined expenditure in respect of patients in hospitals and residents in other institutions. Accordingly estimated figures only of total expenditure are shown for the years 1974–75 to 1976–77 inclusive.

§ Mr. Dobson
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give for each year since 1970 the number of deaths and discharges and the number of beds occupied on 31 December by patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements with institutions outside the National Health Service in Northern Ireland; and if he will break down these figures into the categories of (a) medical, (b) surgical, (c) pre-convalescent and post-operative, (d) convalescent, (e) geriatric, (j) diseases of the chest, (g) maternity, (h) mental illness, (i) mental handicap, (j) rehabilitation, (k) terminal care and (l) others.

§ Mr. Chris Patten
This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Year^*	£ million†	Percentage of total expenditure‡
║1974–75	1.0	0.2
║1975–76	1.0	0.2
║1976–77	0.9	0.2
1977–78	1.0	0.2
1978–79	1.3	0.3
1979–80	1.2	0.2
1980–81	1.3	0.3
1981–82	1.1	0.2
1982–83	1.1	0.2
^* In Northern Ireland health and personal social services were reorganised with effect from 1 October 1973 and information for earlier years is not available.
† Expenditure at constant 1982–83 prices.
‡ This is total revenue expenditure at constant 1982–83 prices of health and social services boards, and includes family practitioner services.
║ Prior to 1977–78 the annual accounts statements combined expenditure in respect of patients in hospitals and residents in other institutions. Accordingly estimated figures only of total expenditure are shown for the years 1974–75 to 1976–77 inclusive.