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Written question asked by Helen Jones (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 May 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 May 2000. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 11 May 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost of caring for a patient suffering from new variant CJD. - (Holding answer 10 May 2000).
Answer

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average cost of caring for a patient suffering from new variant CJD. [121139] Yvette Cooper: [holding answer 10 May 2000]: The cost of caring for a patient suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) varies considerably from case to case, but is generally considered to be in line with the cost of caring for a wide range of other terminally and chronically ill patients.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
349 c463W; 121139
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Costs Health services Patients CJD
Link
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