HC Deb 29 January 1992 vol 202 cc590-1W
Sir David Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of patients will be taken on by specialist hospital units on an extra-contractual arrangement after April 1992; whether this will be both in the short-term and the long-term; and what arrangements will be made to accommodate any consequential financial shortfall arising from the transition to the new system of contracts;

(2) which specialist hospital units have completed the drawing up of contracts with regions and districts; and for each unit what is the number of contracts made.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

This information is not collected centrally. Regional and district health authorities are currently agreeing and finalising their 1992–93 contracts with providers.