§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the fee charged to non-National Health Service hospitals for handling each unit of blood for each year since 1982.
§ Mr. FreemanHandling charges for whole blood supplied to non-National Health Service hospitals were introduced on 1 April 1984. The charges do not include any element for the blood itself, which is donated free of charge to the National Blood Transfusion Service for use where it is needed.
Charges for each year from 1984–85 to 1989–90 are given in the table:
1 April to 31 March Per unit of whole blood £ 1984–85 19.75 1985–86 19.75 1986–87 21.00 1987–88 23.00 1988–89 26.25 1989–90 29.25
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total units of blood supplied in each year since 1982 to non-National Health Service hospitals.
§ Mr. FreemanBlood issued to non-National Health Service hospitals is shown in the table:
National Blood Transfusion Service: England and Wales1 Units of blood issued to non-National Health Service hospitals Year Units 1982 31,437 1983 40,786 1984 49,232 1985 54,327 1986 64,040 1987 80,002 1988 75,961 1The figures relate to Wales and 12 regions in England as information is not available for Oxford region.