§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the drugs bill as a proportion of total National Health Service spending in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe proportion of total National Health Service expenditure attributable to the cost of drugs (excluding the cost of dispensing) was:
Year ended 31 March Per cent. 1979 10.6 1980 10.3 1981 9.6 734W
1 April 1979 to 31 March 1980 Daily charge for private resident patients who are not paying consultant separately Daily charge for private resident patients who are paying consultant separately Single Room Other Accommodation Single Room Other Accommodation £ £ £ £ Class A (long-stay hospitals) 31.20 28.50 29.80 27.10 Class B (psychiatric hospitals) 19.10 17.50 18.30 16.60 Class C (acute and other hospitals in teaching and non-teaching districts) 52.50 47.90 50.30 45.70 Class D (hospitals in London teaching districts (other than hospitals in Classes A, B and C)) 78.80 72.00 74.40 67.60 Class E (hospitals in provincial teaching districts (other than hospitals in Classes A, B and C)) 61.60 56.30 58.20 52.90 Class F (London post graduate boards of governors hospitals) 83.30 76.20 78.70 71.60
Year ended 31 March Per cent. 1982 9.8 1983 10.4 1984 10.9