§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost to the National Health Service of employing(a) a consultant, (b) a registrar, (c) a junior doctor, (d) an A-grade nurse and (e) a G-grade nurse.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is as follows:
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£ (a) Consultant 41,800 (b and c) Junior Doctors: Senior registrar 30,000 Registrar 26,200 Senior House Officer 23,500 House Officer 18,200 (d) A Grade Nurse 8,600 (e) G Grade Nurse 17,900 Notes:
1. Figures include basic pay, employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions and exclude London Weighting and London Supplements.
2. Figures are for 1988–89 England and Wales and are based on estimates of paybills for Nurses and estimates of average contracted hours for junior doctors both costed 1988–89 pay rates.
3. Figures for consultants exclude Distinction Awards.
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the average costs of(a) a tonsillectomy, (b) herniotomy, (c) an appendectomy, (d) a double hip-joint replacement and (e) a coronary graft by-pass.
§ Mr. FreemanThe latest cost estimates are as follows:
£ 1987–88 prices Tonsillectomy (tonsils and adenoids) 360 Herniotomy (inguinal hernia) 710 Appendectomy n/a Total hip replacement 2,390 Coronary artery by-pass graft 3,580
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the cost of(a) a kidney dialysis machine, (b) optical laser equipment, (c) a lithotripter and (d) a CAT scanner.
§ Mr. FreemanThe costs of these items of medical equipment vary according to the type and use to which each is put.
However the following gives an indication of the likely range of costs in each case:
(£000's) (a) Kidney dialysis 6–13 (b) Optical laser 12–52 (c) Lithotripter (ESWL) 500–800 (e) CAT Scanner 330–500