§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the average cost per hundred stump socks to the National Health Service in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 26 April 1989]: The average cost per hundred stump socks by type of yarn and for all yarns is as follows:
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 26 April 1989]: The available information is given in the table.
consideration of Sir Roy Griffiths' report on community care, and we shall take account of "Working For Patients" in those deliberations.
§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether, in the light of paragraph 3.7 of "Working For Patients" Cm. 555, people with multiple pathology or conditions which are difficult to treat, will be expected to transfer from centre to centre if a health authority has contracts for different services with different hospitals.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 9 May 1989]: Differences in the services available may mean that, as now, some patients need to attend more than one hospital for different forms of treatment. However, district health 455W authorities will be expected to arrange contracts so that health care services are provided flexibly and in a way that is responsive to patients' needs and wishes.