§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if, in light of the remarks made by Mr. Justice Ognall, he will reconsider his position on compensating haemophiliac HIV sufferers who contracted the disease by way of contaminated blood products.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI refer the right hon. Member to the reply my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State gave the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe (Mr. Morris) on 15 October at columns664–66.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the annual cost to the National Health Service in the Nottingham district health authority for staff who have been employed through agencies as nurses, operating department assistants, ancilliary and other staff.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyNottingham health authority has provided the following breakdown of costs to the health authority for non-NHS (agency) staff:
1989–90 Non NHS Staff (Agency etc) £ Nursing 71,455 Ancillary Staff 50,953 All other Staff 410,761 TOTAL: NON NHS STAFF (AGENCY ETC) 533,169 The cost for operating department assistants is incorporated in the figure for "all other staff".