HC Deb 23 May 1994 vol 244 cc32-3W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of(a) rickets, (b) scurvy, (c) tuberculosis, (d) diphtheria and (e) dysentery were recorded in inner London for 1979, 1985 and each year since.

Mr. Sackville

Notifications of tuberculosis, diphtheria and dysentery are shown in the table.

There is no reliable source of data on rickets and scurvy.

Costing information for Medical Oncology in 1992–93
Cost per Finished Consultant Episode for patients using a bed £ Cost per out-patient attendance £
Barts Group of Hospitals Directly Managed Unit (including St. Bartholomews) 1,025.55 154.86
Bloomsbury and Islington Acute Directly Managed Unit (including University College Hospital) 1,221.11 n/a
Guys and Lewisham NHS Trust (including Guys) 1,640.01 123.10
Royal Marsden Special Health Authority 2,005.39 144.86

Cost per Finished Consultant Episode for patients using a bed £ Cost per out-patient attendance £
East Herts NHS Trust (including Queen Elizabeth Hospital) see note 3
Brighton Healthcare Directly Managed Unit (including Royal Sussex Hospital) n/a n/a
Addenbrooke's Hospital Directly Managed Unit (including Addenbrooke's Hospital) n/a n/a
John Radcliffe Hospital Directly Managed Unit (including John Radcliffe Hospital) n/a n/a

Source: Annual financial returns of health authorities and NHS trusts.

Notes:

1. All figures are provisional.

2. n/a = the hospital does not record any expenditure associated with this particular specialty.

3. East Herts NHS trust (including Queen Elizabeth hospital) does not have a comparable medical oncology service with the other named hospitals.