§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the cost-effectiveness of the national health services in relation to that of private health care.
§ Mr. SackvilleNone. The cost-effectiveness of the national health service is not in doubt. The recent Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development report, "Assessment of United Kingdom Health Service Reforms", states that the NHS "was, and is, a remarkably cost-effective institution".