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Mr. Burstow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 March 1998, Official Report, columns 46–48, concerning readmissions, how much readmissions cost the NHS (a) by region and (b) in total in each quarter since April 1996. [37171]
Mr. Milburn
Specific information on the cost of emergency readmissions to National Health Service hospitals for people aged 75 and over is not collected centrally.