§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the average cost per accident and emergency attendance and per new accident and emergency case in each hospital in the South East regional health authority area in the last year.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information for 1986–87 in respect of those hospitals in the South East Thames region which undertake treatment of accident and emergency patients is as follows:
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Accident and emergency patients Health District and Hospital Cost per Attendance £ Cost per New Case £ Bexley Erith and District 11.96 21.15 Queen Mary's 22.80 29.59 Brighton Royal Sussex County 19.09 20.77 Bromley Beckenham 10.02 22.18 Bromley 20.73 25.04 Orpington 22.38 31.10 Camberwell King's College 18.38 22.72 Canterbury & Thanet Kent and Canterbury 22.17 25.67 Thanet District General Hospital 17.83 19.28 Dartford and Gravesham Gravesend and North Kent 13.57 17.93 West Hill 23.30 26.62 Eastbourne Eastbourne District General Hospital 17.02 31.74 Uckfield 3.35 8.44 Greenwich Brook General 20.71 26.19 Greenwich District General Hospital 17.43 21.70
Health District and Hospital Cost per Attendance £ Cost per New Case £ Hastings Royal East Sussex 15.08 20.80 Lewisham and North Southwark Guy's 15.17 22.17 Lewisham 26.18 33.70 Sydenham 13.40 21.25 Maidstone Maidstone 16.89 20.72 Medway Medway 18.51 18.55 Sheppey General 15.15 16.18 South East Kent Buckland 17.38 23.90 Royal Victoria (Folkstone) 9.44 13.84 Victoria (Deal) 11.64 18.01 William Harvey 26.99 33.31 Tunbridge Wells Kent and Sussex 18.92 21.67 West Lambeth St. Thomas' 37.20 41.83