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Mr. Foulkes
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many separate commercial concerns supply the National Health Service with surgical appliances.
Sir George Young
The Department has arranged contracts for the supply of surgical appliances to NHS hospitals with 178 commercial concerns (153 in England and Wales, 20 in Scotland, and 5 in Northern Ireland).