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Hospitals: Food
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average daily allocation of funding is for food for a hospital inpatient. [290765]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: There is no national health service daily allocation as such so this information is not collected in the precise format requested. However, information provided to the Department shows that in 2007-08 the average cost of feeding one patient per day was £6.97.
This cost relates to the average daily cost for the provision of all meals and beverages fed to one patient per day, across all NHS trusts in England. The cost should include all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.
The information has been supplied by the NHS and has not been amended centrally. The accuracy and completeness of the information is the responsibility of the provider organisation.
Knee Replacements
Mr. Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have provided Rheo knees to patients requiring an advanced technology leg prosthesis in the last two years. [290909]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I regret that the information requested is not collected centrally.
Medical Treatments: Compensation
Lindsay Roy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department last made provision for an ex-gratia payment to a patient group affected by a product dispensed by the NHS. [290683]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department provides funding to the following organisations who make ex-gratia payments related to contaminated blood or blood products.
The Macfarlane Trust, which was set up in 1988 to establish a hardship fund to assist haemophiliacs who contracted HIV following treatment with blood products on the national health service.
The Eileen Trust, which was set up in 1993 as a charitable trust to assist people other than those with bleeding disorders, who had contracted HIV through NHS treatment with contaminated blood products.
The Skipton Fund Ltd., which was set up in 2004 as an ex-gratia payment scheme for patients infected with hepatitis C through NHS contaminated blood and blood products, provided the patient was alive on 29 August 2003.
Funding is provided to the Macfarlane Trust and Eileen Trust twice a year. The Skipton Fund receives funding as required during the year.
Details of individual payments to patients are not held centrally by the Department.
Mental Health Services
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of adults receiving secondary mental health services were living in settled accommodation in each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. [290827]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The data requested for previous years are not currently collected, however information for 2008-09 is due to be published later this year.
NHS: Expenditure
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the Exchequer of the NHS has been in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1990; and what proportion of (i) gross domestic product and (ii) public expenditure such expenditure represented in each such year. [290726]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Table 1 shows total net national health service expenditure in England in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1990.
Table 2 shows United Kingdom health expenditure as a proportion of (i) gross domestic product (GDP) and (ii) total managed expenditure.
| Table 2: UK health expenditure as a proportion of (i) gross domestic product, and (ii) total managed expenditure | |||
| Percentage | |||
| UK public spending on health as a percentage of GDP | UK public spending on health as a percentage of total managed expenditure | ||
| Source: Calculated percentages use information on: - Health Public Spending-Table 4.2/Table 4.4 HM Treasury PESA 2009 - ONS data for money GDP (not seasonally adjusted, BKTL) - Total Managed Expenditure: Budget 2009 Table C17 | |||
GDP and public expenditure are reported on a UK basis by HM Treasury. In order to avoid a misleading calculation, UK based figures for health expenditure have been used in the calculation. The same method is applied in response to similar questions posed as part of the Health Select Committee's Public Expenditure Inquiry. Please note easily accessible health figures available on this basis only back to 1993-94.
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