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Health Expenditure

Volume 32: debated on Friday 26 November 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the cost in constant prices of (a)

£ million
Family Practitioner ServicesHospital and Community Health Services*†
YearGross cost of pharmaceutical servicesCost of drugs dressings and appliancesCost of drugsCost of dressings and appliances
1971–72782611118¶ 37
1972–73814637125¶38
1973–74843658141¶37
1974–7584965813489
1975–7689870114487
1976–7796275515896
1977–7899578316693
1978–791,01379518099
1979–801,01679818794
1980–811,00578918685
1981–821,00979319284
* Expenditure from 1971–72 to 1973–74 relates to hospitals only but from 1974–75 onwards the expenditure for community health services is also included.
† Cost of providing pharmaceutical services in the hospital and community health services is not separately indentified.
‡ Information is not readily available for drugs and dressings and appliances separately.
║ The index used to measure increases in the prices of drugs purchased by hospital and community health services changed during this period. Comparable constant price figures before and from 1977–78 are therefore not available.
¶ Excluding expenditure on patient appliances as this was not separately indentified.
● Provisional figures.