Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 January 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 January 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of performing a cataract operation in the NHS was in the London Borough of Havering in 2003; and what the cost was in (a) Barking and (b) Brentwood; how many cataract operations were performed in the London Borough of Havering in 2003. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average cost of performing a cataract operation in the NHS was in the London Borough of Havering in 2003; and what the cost was in (a) Barking and (b) Brentwood; [150435] (2) how many cataract operations were performed in the London borough of Havering in 2003. [150434] Mr. Hutton: The data regarding the average cost of performing a cataract operation and the number of cataract operations performed, are not collected by London borough but by national health service trust. The latest information available is for the financial year 2001-02. In 2001-02, the average cost of performing a cataract operation at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust was £689. In 2001-02, Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals carried out a total of 779 cataract extractions with lens implants as day cases.

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