§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the cost to her Department's budget in 1995–96 of implementing in full the recommendations of the Review Body for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors, and Professions Allied to Medicine, assuming no changes in staff numbers; and how much of the cost would be borne by(a) direct expenditure by her Department, (b) national health service trusts and (c) grants and loans to local authorities.
§ Mr. MaloneThe cost in England of implementing in full the recommendations of the Review Body for Nursing818W Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors, and Professions Allied to Medicine amounts to between £105 million and £211 million for national health service trusts and health authorities, of which between £800,000 and £1.6 million is direct expenditure by the Department. The costs represent the upper and lower levels of the range of improvements expected by the review body. Information is not available centrally in respect of grants and loans to local authorities.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the cost to her Department's budget in 1995–96 of implementing in full the recommendations of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, assuming no changes in staff numbers; and how much of the cost would be borne by(a) direct expenditure by her Department, (b) national health service trusts and (c) grants and loans to local authorities.
§ Mr. MaloneThe cost in England of implementing in full the national recommendations of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration amounts to £120 million for national health service trusts and health authorities of which £160,000 is direct expenditure by the Department. Information is not available centrally in respect of grants and loans to local authorities.