Health Bill [HL]

However, the noble Baroness did, if I recall, correctly quote some figures of between 5 per cent and 30 per cent. Even with the increase from 5 per cent to 30 per cent in those National Health Service trusts, they are not able to have the advantage—as they might see it—or the privilege of the 30 per cent cap. There would inevitably be a lot more increased private treatment work inside those hospitals as they go to the higher cap limit. It was the noble Baroness who quoted the distinction between the 5 per cent and the 30 per cent, based on the 2002 figures. I am only quoting the fact that if National Health Service foundation hospitals move to 30 per cent, it inevitably means that they must be taking on more private work.