HC Deb 08 September 2003 vol 410 cc249-50W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost to the NHS was of(a) a hip replacement, (b) a hysterectomy, (c) a cataract extraction, (d) a tonsillectomy, (e) a kidney transplant and (f) a hernia operation in the last 12 months. [127386]

Mr. Hutton

The most up to date costs published by the Department of Health are for the financial year 2001–02 and are shown in the table. The costs detailed represent the national average cost in the national health service for all NHS patients treated as an inpatient or day case. These costs are collected using healthcare resource groups (HRGs), which are groups of treatments that are clinically homogeneous and have similar costs. Therefore, the treatments the HRGs contain are less specific than those listed in the question.

HRG

code

HRG label Average

(£)

H01 Bilateral Px Hip Replacement 4,831
H02 Primary Hip Replacement 4,360
M07 Upper Genital Tract Major Procedures

(Hysterectomy)

2,077
B02 Phakoemulsification Cataract Extraction with

Lens Implant

671
B03 Other Cataract Extraction with Lens Implant 740
C24 Mouth or Throat Procedures—Category 3

(Tonsillectomy)

793
C34 Mouth or Throat Procedures—Category 4

(Tonsillectomy)

1,114
L01 Kidney Transplant 14,208
F71 Abdominal Hernia Procedures >69 or w cc 1,902
F72 Abdominal Hernia Procedures N70 w/o cc 1,225
F73 Inguinal Umbilical or Femoral Hernia Repairs

>69 or w cc

1,165
F74 Inguinal Umbilical or Femoral Hernia Repairs

N70 w/o cc

831

Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are on planned waiting lists for(a) cataract operations and (b) other operations in each English health authority; and if he will make a statement. [127163]

Mr. Hutton

Information on the number of patients waiting on a planned list is not collected centrally.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many follow-up operations have taken place in English NHS hospitals following a patient's operation abroad which was paid for by the NHS. [127468]

Mr. Hutton

Of the 477 patients who have received treatment abroad under the overseas treatment programme, three have received follow-up operations upon their return to the United Kingdom.

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