To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the average cost per accident and emergency attendance in each hospital in the Northern regional health authority in the last year.
[holding answer 24 March 1988]: The information for 1986–87 in respect of those hospitals in the northern region which undertake treatment of accident and emergency patients is as follows:
| Accident and emergency patients | |
| Health District and Hospital | Cost per attendance |
| (£) | |
| Darlington | |
| Darlington Memorial | 12·40 |
| Durham | |
| Dryburn | 13·69 |
| East Cumbria | |
| Alston | 4·72 |
| Brampton | 4·87 |
| Cumberland Infirmary | 13·23 |
Health District and Hospital
| Cost per attendance
|
(£)
| |
| Keswick | 10·41 |
| Penrith New | 8·84 |
Gateshead
| |
| Queen Elizabeth | 17·00 |
Hartlepool
| |
| General | 20·99 |
Newcastle
| |
| General | 17·12 |
| Royal Victoria Infirmary | 17·77 |
North Tees
| |
| General | 16·87 |
North Tyneside
| |
| General | 17·77 |
| GB Hunter | 7·75 |
North West Durham
| |
| Shotley Bridge General | 21·69 |
Northumberland
| |
| Alnwick Infirmary | 15·32 |
| Ashington | 15·74 |
| Berwick Infirmary | 19·52 |
| Coquetdale Cottage | 33·33 |
| Haltwhistle War Memorial | 5·67 |
| Hexham General | 22·59 |
| Morpeth Cottage | 28·82 |
| Thomas Knight Memorial | 3·34 |
South Cumbria
| |
| Furness General | 18·06 |
| Westmoreland County | 12·75 |
South Tees
| |
| Cleveland Cottage | 10·17 |
| Guiseborough General | 11·41 |
| Middlesbrough General | 17·24 |
| North Riding Infirmary | 8·38 |
| Stead Memorial | 6·71 |
South Tyneside
| |
| Ingham Infirmary | 11·60 |
South West Durham
| |
| Bishop Auckland General | 21·97 |
Sunderland
| |
| Eye Infirmary | 6·73 |
| District General | 16·87 |
West Cumbria
| |
| Cockermouth | 8·37 |
| Mary port | 3·78 |
| West Cumberland | 11·35 |
| Workington | 9·07 |