HC Deb 22 May 1997 vol 294 c171W
Mr. Forth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost of NHS treatment per patient in England. [648]

Alan Milburn

The average cost of National Health Service treatment per patient for primary healthcare in England is not available centrally. For secondary healthcare the provisional 1995/96 average cost per episode, for cases using a bed, is £1,103 in England.