§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were admitted to Rossendale general hospital in each of the last four years, showing the overall total, the number per specialty and the proportion and numbers of patients from both Burnley health district and Bury area health authority.
§ Sir George YoungInformation on patient admissions and origins of patients is not held centrally for individual hospitals. The table below shows deaths and discharges for Rossendale general hospital by specialty in the four most recent years for which this information is available:
Discharges and deaths 1975 1976 1977 1978 General Medicine 865 1,065 912 1,048 Geriatrics 137 134 273 358 General Surgery 1,239 1,287 1,519 1,601 Gynaecology 176 239 309 284 Obstetrics 588 634 654 752 Mental illness 191 117 189 219 Pre convalescent 348 356 166 — Total 3,544 3,832 4,022 4,262 The Lancashire area health authority may be able to provide the remaining information requested by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many consultancy sessions were 196W provided by consultants contracted to the Bury area health authority at Rossendale general hospital within the Burnley health district for each of the last four years; and how this compares with the number of consultancy sessions provided by the consultants contracted to Burnley health district;
(2) how many (a) mental illness, (b) geriatric medicine, (c) obstetrics and gynaecology, (d) general medicine, (e) general surgery and (f) out-patients services consultancy sessions were provided at Rossendale general hospital by consultants from the Bury area health authority; and how this compares with the number of consultancy sessions provided by Burnley consultants for each of the last four years at the same hospital in each specialty.
§ Sir George YoungThis information is not held centrally. The North-Western regional health authority, to which consultants who provide services in Bury and Burnley are contracted, should be able to provide the information requested by the hon. Member.