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Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 17 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 October 2001. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Friday, 26 October 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total expenditure on coding departments in NHS trusts in the last financial year for which figures are available. - (Holding answer 22 October 2001).
Answer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total expenditure on coding departments in NHS trusts in the last financial year for which figures are available. [9401] Ms Blears: [holding answer 22 October 2001]: The information requested is not available centrally. Approximately 1,500 to 2,000 clinical coders are employed by national health service trusts.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
9401; 373 c421W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Software NHS trusts Classification schemes
Link
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