§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the profit made by the Blood Transfusion Service on each 1,000 pints of donated blood bought by private sector health institutions; what method is used to determine the price at which blood will be sold to the private sector; how much blood was sold in total for each of the last 10 years to the private sector for all blood groups and the rarest blood groups; what was this as a percentage of total blood donations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Freeman[pursuant to his reply, 10 July 1989, column 373]: Figures for units of blood issued to non-NHS hospitals which read 84,361 should have read 80,002.
38WThe percentage for 1987 which read 4.2 should have read 4.0.