HC Deb 31 October 1995 vol 265 cc194-7W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by trust in each region, details of income from private patients for 1993–94 and 1994–95(a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of total trust income. [39949]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information, grouped by health board area, is set out in the table. The figures have been taken from NHS trust annual accounts. The figures for 1994–95 are provisional. Figures for Central Scotland Healthcare NHS trust include those for Royal Scottish National Hospital NHS trust, which dissolved on formation of the new trust on 1 October 1994. Figures for West Lothian NHS trust include charges to overseas visitors.

1993–94 1994–95
Health Board Area/NHS Trust Name Private patient income £000 Percentage of total income Private patient income £000 Percentage of total income
Ayrshire and Arran
Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare 0 0.00 0 0.00
North Ayrshire and Arran 46 0.07 46 0.07
South Ayrshire Hospitals 69 0.15 123 0.28
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals n/a n/a 35 0.09
Fife
Fife Healthcare n/a n/a 0 0.00
Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals n/a n/a 0 0.00
Queen Margaret Hospital n/a n/a 0 0.00
Forth Valley
Central Scotland Healthcare 0 0.00 16 0.03
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary n/a n/a 29 0.08
Stirling Royal Infirmary 33 0.09 24 0.07
Grampian
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals 504 0.44 672 0.70
Grampian Healthcare 37 0.03 11 0.01
Moray Health Services 26 0.11 27 0.11
Greater Glasgow
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University n/a n/a 0 0.00
Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services n/a n/a 0 0.00
Southern General Hospital 417 0.53 103 0.14
Stobhill n/a n/a 0 0.00
Victoria Infirmary 17 0.03 0 0.00
West Glasgow Hospitals n/a n/a 30 0.03
Yorkhill 49 0.09 93 0.20
Highland
Caithness and Sutherland 1 0.01 19 0.13
Highland Communities n/a n/a 0 0.00
Raigmore Hospital 114 0.24 157 0.31
Lanarkshire
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals n/a n/a 0 0.00
Law Hospital n/a n/a 0 0.00
Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lothian
East and Midlothian n/a n/a 4 0.01
Edinburgh Healthcare n/a n/a 0 0.00
Edinburgh Sick Children's n/a n/a 19 0.09
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh n/a n/a 822 0.67
Western General Hospitals n/a n/a 337 0.56
West Lothian 29 0.05 69 0.11
Tayside
Angus n/a n/a 38 0.10
Dundee Healthcare n/a n/a 0 0.00
Dundee Teaching Hospitals 45 0.04 40 0.05
Perth and Kinross Healthcare n/a n/a 154 0.28
Totals 1,389 0.14 2,895 0.11

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 18 July,Official Report, columns 1119–20, if he will now confirm and update the figures on private patient income. [39954]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The figures on private patient income for the period up to 1993–94 were provided in the previous answer of 24 November 1994,Official Report, columns 333–34. These figures were confirmed as final in the answer of 18 July, Official Report, columns 1119–20. Income figures for private patients for 1994–95 are provisional, and are set out in the table. The figure for Lothian in 1994–95 includes overseas patients, and can therefore not be compared directly with those for earlier years.

Health Boards 1994–95 £000
Agryll and Clyde 27
Aryshire and Arran 169
Borders 52
Dumfries and Galloway 35
Fife 0
Health Boards 1994–95 £000
Forth Valley 69
Grampian 710
Greater Glasgow 226
Highland 176
Lanarkshire 0
Lothian 1,251
Orkney 0
Shetland 0
Tayside 232
Western Isles 0
Total 2,947