Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 July 2022 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 11 July 2022. A substantive answer was provided by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 July 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Hip Replacements: Costs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost to the NHS has been of a hip replacement procedure in each year since 2015.

Answer

The information is not held centrally in the format requested.

However, the following table shows the average unit cost of all Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) which include hip procedures in each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21. The data for 2021/22 is currently being collected and centrally validated and is expected to be available by November 2022. An HRG consists of patient events which have been determined to consume a similar level of resource.

Financial year

Average unit cost

2015/16

£7,113

2016/17

£7,071

2017/18

£7,353

2018/19

£7,305

2019/20

£8,009

2020/21

£11,770

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
31023
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Costs Hip replacements
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk