§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the chairman of the South Glamorgan health authority concerning the provision of University Hospital of Wales staff at the Cardiff BUPA hospital to provide immediate postoperative care for NHS cardiac surgery patients operated on at the BUPA hospital at NHS expense; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesNone.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultation he has had with the chairman of the South Glamorgan health authority concerning the training of BUPA nursing staff in post-operative cardiac surgery recovery techniques at the University Hospital of Wales; and what remuneration he has arranged for the South Glamorgan health authority for such training activities.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesNone. It would be for the Health Authority and the University Hospital of Wales to negotiate an appropriate charge for any services provided to private hospitals.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the present numbers who were treated at the BUPA hospital, Pentwyn, Cardiff, for open-heart surgery at the expense of the South Glamorgan health authority; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesIn 1992–93, almost 1,000 adult open-heart operations were performed on NHS patients in South Wales, 50 of them under contract with the BUPA hospital in Cardiff. Commissioning authorities are fully funded to secure that level of service.
Fifteen NHS open heart operations on patients from South Glamorgan were carried out at the BUPA hospital in Cardiff in 1992–93.