§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which London hospitals provide excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy to national health service patients; what is the size of the waiting lists for each of the hospitals for this treatment; what is the average monthly rate of operations for each of the hospitals; what is the cost per operation for each of the hospitals; and what is the total cost of treating a patient under this programme for each of the hospitals.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe treatment of myopia by excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy is still experimental and being evaluated. We are aware that this procedure is undergoing clinical trials in two London hospitals—St. Thomas's and Moorfields eye hospital.