§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest available figures of cost per patient per week of in-patients at each(a) mental handicap and (b) mental illness hospital in the Trent region.
§ Mr. DorrellAs a result of the implementation of the recommendations of the steering group on national health services information (the Körner committee) the costing information submitted by authorities from 1977–88 is no longer compiled on the basis of type of hospital but focuses on district-based treatment costs by speciality/speciality groups within all hospitals.
Information relating to the Trent region for the financial year 1989–90 (the latest currently available) is shown in the table.
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Average Speciality Costs per Patient Day—Patients Using a Bed—1989–90 District Mental handicap £ (cash) Other psychiatric specialities1 £ (cash) North Derbyshire 35.99 42.93 Southern Derbyshire 43.83 42.17 Leicestershire 35.83 42.28 North Lincolnshire 68.19 55.16
District Mental handicap £ (cash) Other psychiatric specialities1 £ (cash) South Lincolnshire 56.36 41.48 Bassetlaw 30.58 30.84 Central Nottinghamshire 63.98 46.20 Nottingham 60.86 51.64 Barnsley 51.22 50.54 Doncaster 37.70 34.38 Rotherham 47.24 42.92 Sheffield 38.95 40.41 1 Includes, where applicable, mental illness, child and adolescent phychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy and old-age psychiatry. Notes
1. The figures may include treatments provided both to in-patients and day cases (those who occupy a bed for at least a period of time but do not stay overnight) under the recommended Körner definition "patients using a bed".
2. The figures cover direct treatment costs only. Expenditure incurred on general services, overheads and capital is excluded.