HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 cc319-21W
Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each health authority(a) the net income from private patients and clinics and (b) the amounts written off as bad debts in each year since 1979.

Net income from private patients1
£ thousands
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Clwyd 120.1 171.2 202.7 156.6 251.8 305.4 363.4 358.9 419.2 460.2
East Dyfed2 63.7 111.6 117.4 106.8 90.9 139.5 153.4 194.4 220.9 282.3
Gwent 3.2 2.2 0.9 0.4 — 7.0 16.1 13.2 16.8 29.0
Gwynedd 69.6 98.4 99.4 97.9 107.4 104.5 201.1 209.8 203.8 200.4
Mid Glamorgan 11.9 14.3 22.0 14.5 29.5 20.4 27.2 51.5 52.2 63.4
Pembrokeshire2 — — — 400 461 58.4 62.2 84.8 871 90.5
Powys — — — — — — 0.3 — — —
South Glamorgan 41.4 26.5 18.2 30.3 29.0 45.4 91.2 101.5 85.6 97.4
West Glamorgan 12.7 19.0 33.4 350 47.5 59.4 86.3 100.7 141.5 141.2
WHCSA — — — — — — — — — —
TOTAL WALES 332.6 443.2 494.0 481.5 602.2 740.0 1,001.2 1,114.8 1,226.6 1,364.4

Mr. Grist

The information requested is shown in the following tables:

Source: Health authorities annual accounts.

  • 1 Consists of private in-patients (section 65), private non-resident patients (section 65) and accommodation and services provided under section 58 of the National Health Service Act 1977.
  • 2 Dyfed health authority until 1982–83.

Bad debts and claims abandoned: Private patients3
£ thousand
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Clwyd n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.9 2.2 1.4 1.4
East Dyfed4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.5 2.7 1.1 0.5
Gwent n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. — — — —
Gwynedd n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.1 2.9 1.2 0.7
Mid Glamorgan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.7
Pembrokeshire4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.2 1.7 0.4 1.9
Powys n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. — — — —
South Glamorgan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.2
West Glamorgan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. — 1.0 2.2 4.2
WHCSA n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. — — — —
Wales n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 6.3 11.7 7.9 9.6
3 Consists of private in-patients (section 65) and private non-resident patients (section 66). Private patients' bad debts and claims abandoned were not separately identified until 1985–86.
4 Dyfed health authority until 1982–83.

Source: Health authorities annual accounts.

Bad debts and claims abandoned: total £ thousand
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Clwyd 0.9 3.7 3.3 4.2 1.0 37.1 12.6 9.3 11.2 3.0
East Dyfed5 0.6 1.0 32 2.1 28.8 3.8 4.4 200.4 7.0 6.2
Gwent 0.5 1.7 0–7 1.2 0.4 2.1 2.7 4.2 5.1 12.1
Gwynedd 0.1 13 1.9 4.8 4.0 6.3 12.2 5.4 14.9 22.8
Mid Glamorgan 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.0 3.8 9.1 6.8 16.0 19.0 12.1
Pembrokeshire5 — — — 03 0.3 11.1 2.2 1.7 1.9 3.9
Powys 1.1 0.9 0.2 02 0.5 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.1
South Glamorgan 12 2.1 1.6 2.8 8.3 37.5 6.5 17.2 117.1 9.5
West Glamorgan 0.8 51.9 3.1 4.2 8.5 107.9 12.7 33.8 19.8 132
WHCSA — — — — — 17.4 246.2 253.9 — —
Wales 5.7 63.0 14.3 20.8 55.6 2337 307.0 542.6 197.3 83.9
5 Dyfed health authority until 1982–83.

Source: Health authorities annual accounts.

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