§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the costs of operating the blood transfusion service in each national health service region for the latest available year; and if he will express those costs in terms of cash, cash per head, and cash per litre of blood product supplied.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 23 May 1990]: The revenue costs of operating the blood transfusion service for 1988–89 (the latest year available) are shown in the table along with the cost per head of population resident in each regional transfusion centre's area. Information is not held centrally to calculate the cost per litre of blood product supplied.
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Revenue expenditure Region On the Blood Transfusion Service (£) Per head of population in RTC area1 Northern 4,011,374 1.33 Yorkshire 5,626,860 1.79 Trent 6,453,730 1.31 East Anglia 2,990,940 1.47 North West Thames 6,483,135 1.76 North East Thames 5,043,480 1.43 South East Thames 9,149,746 1.35 South West Thames Wessex 3,077,056 1.35 Oxford 3,332,335 1.24 South Western 4,934,100 1.37 West Midlands 6,663,586 1.28 Mersey 3,899,912 1.43 North Western 6,753,782 1.48 Total 68,420,036 1 1986 population.