Health Services: Costs
(asked on 20th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was for a (a) new hospital, (b) hospital upgrade, (c) MRI machine, (d) CT scanner and (e) GP appointment in the latest period for which data is available.
The following table shows information relating to the average costs of a new hospital, hospital upgrade, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, computerised tomography (CT) scan and a general practitioner (GP) appointment.
| Average cost |
New hospital | It is not possible to define an average cost of a new hospital, as the cost is dependent on significant variables relating to the type of hospital (and therefore complexity of plant, ventilation systems, etc.), size and its associated physical conditions. |
Hospital upgrade | The average cost of a scheme in the National Health Service upgrades programme is around £20 million, with significant variation across schemes on cost and type of upgrade. |
MRI machine | There are different specifications of machine and therefore a range of prices, but current purchase costs before the cost of fitting is approximately £1 million. |
CT scanner | There are different specifications of machine and therefore a range of prices, but current purchase costs before the cost of fitting is approximately £800,000. |
GP appointment | Data not held. |