To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on genito-urinary medicine services in (a) each of the past three financial years and (b) 1997–98. [131019]
Hospital and community health services expenditure on genito-urinary medicine services for each of the past three financial years and 1997–98 are shown in the table1.
£ million
| |
Expenditure
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| 2001–02 | 182.13 |
| 2000–012 | 157.138 |
| 1999–2000 | 171.593 |
| 1997–98 | 137.367 |
1 In 1999–2000, one NHS trust recorded expenditure on HIV/ AIDS within the speciality genito-urinary medicine. However, in 2000–01 the trust reclassified this expenditure and recorded it within the speciality infectious diseases.
2 Following further validation of the data, this is a revised figure for 2000–01.
Sources:
Annual financial returns of NHS trusts, 1997–98 and 1999–2000 to 2001–02.
Annual financial returns of primary care trusts, 2000–01 to 2001–02.