§ Sir David PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those organisations outside Government Departments commissioned to carry out evaluation programmes of the national health service; and when the results of these studies are likely to be published.
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§ Mr. DorrellThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Sir David PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial resources are being allocated to any national health service evaluation programmes(a) currently in operation and (b) planned for the future.
§ Mr. DorrellThe NHS research and development strategy, now being developed, will pay particular attention to the cost-effective use of resources and the introduction of improved methods of health care.
The information currently available centrally, which relates to evaluations of cost-effectiveness of health technologies financed from the Department's existing health and personal social services research programme is as follows:
Existing work title Total costs £ 1. Screening for foot problems in patients with diabetes 58,798 2. Hormone replacement therapy 79,814 3. Ultra sound screening in abdominal aortic aneurism 89,063 4. Breast cancer screening 1,284,000 5. Laser technologies in medical care 91,530 6. New technologies in general practice 301,899 7. Percutaneous nucleotomy compared to lumbar microdiscectomy in lumbar disc disease 87,840 8. Programme of work at Brunei University's Health Economics Research Group 511,308 9. Support to Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit 1343,000 2365,000 PLANNED WORK Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) 350,000 1 1990–91. 2 1991–92.