§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the number of(a) electrocardiograms, (b) exercise electrocardiograms, (c) echocardiograms and (d) ambulatory recordings per 100,000 population carried out (i) in England and (ii) in each regional health authority area for the latest available year.
§ Mr. FreemanThe available information is given in the table.
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Year and region Amount of award/ settlement £ 380,000 546,000 220,000 South East Thames 1225,000 Oxford 465,000 South Western 290,000 Mersey 375,000 140,000 1 Provisional figures. Note. The figures shown represent the total amount of the award/settlement excluding costs which are not generally known at the time of the settlement and, therefore, are not notified to the Department. The figures do not take account of the fact that the health authority's liability may have been reduced by a contribution from a medical defence organisation.