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Written question asked by John Pugh (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 14 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 December 2005. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Private Health Providers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by acute trusts on directly and indirectly commissioning and subcontracting private health providers in 2004–05.
Answer

This information is not collected.However, in 2004–05 NHS spending on non-NHS healthcare was over £3.6 billion. This includes expenditure on services provided by all non-NHS bodies, including local authorities, other statutory bodies, and the independent sector.NHS spending on the nationally procured independent sector services was £78.8 million in 2004–05 and is included in the above figure.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c2686W; 38407
Session
2005-06
Question not reached
Yes
Subjects
Expenditure Private sector NHS Procurement Private patients
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk