§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much post-exposure Hepatitis B immunoglobulin has been used in Scotland in each of the past three years; and what has been the cost of its use in each year.
§ Mr. RifkindIt is not possible separately to identify the costs of production of this product. The Protein Fractination Centre of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has issued to its regional centres supplies of Hepatitis B immunoglobulin against the requirement of individual clinicians as follows:
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Arthroplasty of hip 1984 Health board of treatment Surgeons doing hip replacement Number of hip replacements Average per surgeon Ayrshire and Arran 6 345 57.5 Borders 3 129 43.0 Argyll and Clyde 6 142 23.7 Fife 4 256 64.0 Greater Glasgow 27 924 34.2 Highland 3 229 76.3 Lanarkshire 12 223 18.6 Grampian 8 362 45.3 Orkney — — — Lothian 14 674 48.1 Tayside 15 487 32.5 Forth Valley 4 188 47.0 Western Isles — — —
Vials (single unit dose) 1983 496 1984 628 1985 737