§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales where is the highest recorded increase in the published extra-contractual raferrals tarrif between the436W tariff in 1993–94 and the tariff in 1994–95 and in the specialties of (a) ENT, (b) general surgery, (c) ophthalmology, (d) orthopaedics and (e) general medicine.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe highest average increase for general surgery is at Wrexham Maelor hospital NHS trust; for general medicine it is at Llandough hospital NHS trust and for ENT, ophthalmology and orthopaedics it is at Carmarthen and District NHS trust.
These increases need to be interpreted with care as hospitals are refining both the classification of services and the way costs are allocated to them.