§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the cost per case treated for each of the London postgraduate hospitals in each of the last five financial years.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 26 November 1987]: The costing returns submitted to the Department show the average costs per in-patient case as follows:
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Hospital 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Hospital for Sick Children 1,457.92 1,456.19 1,539.90 1,760.25 1,930.99 Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children 660.11 772.56 795.05 715.91 796.40 Hospital for Nervous Diseases 1,591.08 1,759.10 1,875.14 2,324.29 2,086.11 Moorfields Eye Hospital 507.16 515.53 561.50 575.70 597.46 Bethlem Royal and Maudsley1 — — — — — Brompton 1,383.63 1,443.72 1,517.19 1,630.90 1,891.91 Brompton Frimley2 765.10 834.91 1,131.03 — — London Chest 1,320.12 1,488.12 1,331.58 1,543.86 1,642.75 National Heart 2,491.17 2,298.89 2,501.67 2,342.67 2,480.83 Royal Marsden 1,019.06 1,118.57 1,181.51 1,188.78 1,156.96 Royal Marsden Surrey 969.61 998.75 928.87 1,042.36 1,060.16 Hammersmith 1,083.61 1,111.64 1,132.53 1,182.84 1,245.69 Acton1 — — — — — Queen Charlottes Maternity 808.43 802.27 820.46 792.40 878.47 Chelsea Hospital for Women 408.70 441.73 448.33 495.45 610.72 Eastman Dental3 — — — — — 1 Average costs per case in respect of hospitals providing long stay treatment are not meaningful. 2 This hospital closed in December 1984. 3 This hospital had no in-patients during the period.