Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 9 November 2001. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Friday, 9 November 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average cost of the treatment of a cervical cancer patient. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost of the treatment of a cervical cancer patient. [10585] Jacqui Smith: The cost of treating different patients varies by the type of treatment they receive. The elements of the total cost incurred depends upon the individual components and treatments within the care pathway for that patient. For cervical cancer, a hysterectomy might be performed (£1,861 average cost for elective in-patient in 1999-2000) and/or a course of radiotherapy undertaken, which would vary dependent on the type and classification of the type of cancer involved.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 10585; 374 c471W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Cervical cancer Medical treatments Screening Surgery Per capita costs Radiotherapy
Contains statistics: Yes
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