§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what figures her Department collects related to private practice in the NHS.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department collects the following data on private patients in the national health service:
- (i) for in-patients, details of hospital episodes for all specialties.
- (ii) for out-patients, numbers of attendances at clinics for all specialties.
- (iii) income from private in-patients.
- (iv) income from private out-patients.