§ Mr. HopkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many main operations were carried out during 2002 in private hospitals under contract to the NHS; and how many of them were performed by surgeons who were at the same time under contract to the NHS. [121281]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 26 June 2003]: The Department of Health does not hold information on operations carried out on national health service patients by private hospitals.