§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health hat his latest estimate is of the average cost per week of(a) keeping a person in hospital and (b) keeping that person in a nursing home in Leeds. [83476]
§ Jacqui SmithThe average cost of a seven day stay in hospital in the specialty of elderly medicine is £1,015. For 2000–01, the average gross total cost to Leeds Metropolitan Council of supporting someone in nursing care was £412 per week.
Notes:
1. Sources of information:
(a) West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority.
(b) Department of Health
2. This cost does not include any intensive medical inputs.
3. Figures are for 2000–01, and refer to Leeds Metropolitan Council. The figure given is an average figure for older people and adults under 65 with physical disabilities, mental illness or learning disabilities. These four client groups are listed in descending order of expenditure/activity, the dominant group being older people. The average figure for this group alone is £382.