HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 cc482-3W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the average National Health Service costs of(a) an appendectomy, (b) a hernia operation, (c) a hysterectomy, (d) duodenal ulcer treatment, (e) a cataract removal, (f) a tonsillectomy, (g) a slipped disc repair, (h) gall bladder removal, (i) a varicose veins operation, (j) a bunion removal, (k) a knee cartilage operation, (l) breast lump removal, (m) a hip replacement, (n) a prostate removal, (o) a nasal polyp removal, (p) a prolapse repair and (q) a bowel resection.

Mr. Freeman

Cost estimates are not available for all of these procedures. Broad estimates of the costs of the following procedures have been made (1988–89 prices):

£
Hernia operation 730
Hysterectomy 1,350
Cataract removal 790
Tonsillectomy (tonsils and adenoids) 370
Hip replacement 2,500
Approved secure accommodation—31 December 1988
Region and location Local authorities O & A or CHE1 Number of places2
Northern
New Aycliffe (Royston House) Durham O & A 14M
Clavering House Newcastle O & A 3M
Aycliffe Special Unit Durham CHE 36M
Netherton Park North Humberland O & A 5M
Yorkshire and Humberside
Kepples View Rotherham O & A 4M
East Moor Leeds O & A 9B
East Moor Leeds CHE 18B
North Western
Red Sands Cheshire CHE 6M
Derwent House Liverpool O & A 4G
Red Bank (Vardy House) Lancashire O & A 8B
Red Bank Special Unit Lancashire CHE 26B
Blackbrook House (Labore House) Liverpool CHE 5G
Briars Hey (Orchard House) Lancashire CHE 8G
Dyson Hall Liverpool O & A 8B
West Midlands
Danescourt Wolverhampton O & A 4M
Stoke House Coventry O & A 6M
St. Johns Birmingham O & A 4M
East Midlands
Moorfield Derbyshire O & A 2M
Kesteven Lincolnshire O & A 4M
Amberdale Nottinghamshire O & A 8M
Greenacres Derbyshire O & A 5M
Thames/Anglia
Salters Cambridgeshire O & A 4G
Oxenden House Bedfordshire O & A 6M
Woodside Young People's Centre Hertfordshire O & A 2M
Thornbury House Oxfordshire O & A 3B
Brookside Berkshire O & A 4M
London
Middlesex Lodge Hilingdon O & A 9G
Little Heath Lodge Newham O & A 6B
Orchard Lodge Southwark O & A 8B
Frant Court Sussex CHE 3G
Melanie Klein House Greenwich CHE 6G
Southern
Landsdown East Sussex O & A 5M
Beechfield West Sussex O & A 6M
The Oaks Surrey O & A 2M
Fairfield Hampshire O & A 3G
Glen House Hampshire O & A 8B