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Mrs. Dunwoody
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the cost in constant prices of (a)
£ million | ||||
Family Practitioner Services | Hospital and Community Health Services*† | |||
Year | Gross cost of pharmaceutical services | Cost of drugs dressings and appliances‡ | Cost of drugs║ | Cost of dressings and appliances |
1971–72 | 782 | 611 | 118 | ¶ 37 |
1972–73 | 814 | 637 | 125 | ¶38 |
1973–74 | 843 | 658 | 141 | ¶37 |
1974–75 | 849 | 658 | 134 | 89 |
1975–76 | 898 | 701 | 144 | 87 |
1976–77 | 962 | 755 | 158 | 96 |
1977–78 | 995 | 783 | 166 | 93 |
1978–79 | 1,013 | 795 | 180 | 99 |
1979–80 | 1,016 | 798 | 187 | 94 |
1980–81 | 1,005 | 789 | 186 | 85 |
1981–82 | 1,009 | 793 | 192 | 84 |
* 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. |