§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the expenditure in each of the past five years on research into the evaluation of health care within the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyIt is not possible to provide information in the form requested. The Department has supported a number of studies to evaluate health care within the 155W National Health Service as part of its programme of research on health and personal social services. This programme amounted to:
£ million 1981–82 13.4 1982–83 12.0 1983–84 11.5 1984–85 10.6 1985–86 *11.1 * Estimated figure. Examples of studies within this programme include:
Evaluation of the Dornier Lithotripter: Department of Community Medicine and United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals.
Evaluation of long stay accommodation for elderly people: Health care research unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Costs and benefits of cardiac transplantation programmes at Harefield and Papworth hospitals: Brunel university and Cambridge university.
An evaluation of the role of the hospital community liaison nurse: South Glamorgan health authority.
Evaluation of the Worcester development project for the mentally ill: University of Birmingham and University of London.