HC Deb 09 December 1994 vol 251 cc421-2W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 24 November,Official Report, column 365, when data for 1993–94 on private patient income will be available.

Mr. Richards

The amount of income generated by private patient facilities in national health service hospitals in Wales in 1993–94 was £2.910 million.

Source: Health Authorities' and NHS Trusts Annual Accounts.

Notes:

  1. i. 1993–94 figures are provisional;
  2. ii. consists of money received from NHS patients paying for accommodation in single rooms or small wards (Section 63 NHS Act), private-in-patients (Section 65), private non-resident patients (Section 66) and accommodation and services provided under Section 58 of the NHS Act 1977.
  3. iii. Overseas visitors (Section 121 (not eligible for free treatment have been excluded as they are charged NHS patients).