§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the average cost of hip replacement, coronary artery bypass, cataract, bone marrow transplant and a range of similar regular standard operations.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe do not routinely make estimates of the costs of individual operations. However, information is available for three of the procedures listed. The average cost of coronary artery bypass grafting is estimated to be about £5,000 at 1986–87 prices. This is based on a study in three hospitals carried out in 1980. The average cost of cataract and total hip replacement operations are based on separate estimates of the treatment and hotel costs for the relevant surgical specialities. They are £950 and £3,300 respetively )1986–87 prices). All these figures include an element of costs for capital expenditure.