§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many patients were dealt with by casualty departments of Bolton general and Bolton infirmary in each of the last 10 years;
(2) how many patients were dealt with by outpatient Departments of Bolton general and Bolton infirmary in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 9 July 1984, c. 416]: The requested information is given in the tables.
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Bolton Royal Infirmary Accident and emergency department Out-patient department Year New out-patients Total attendances New out-patients Total attendances 1974 49,202 69,396 21,890 79,499 1975 50,471 70,915 18,574 73,633 1976 51,982 70,235 21,867 80,351 1977 52,090 66,121 23,828 83,678 1978 53,979 65,928 25,135 84,103 1979 54,600 64,886 24,147 85,318 1980 55,143 66,426 24,088 83,261 1981 54,790 67,021 20,734 79,936 1982 56,669 69,085 21,027 80,009 1983 (provisional) 57,936 69,329 22,213 82,814 Bolton General Hospital 1974 6,677 6,784 9,187 41,136
Accident and emergency department Out-patient department Year New out-patients Total attendances New out-patients Total attendances 1975 6,593 6,687 9,385 43,557 1976 7,800 7,905 11,093 55,863 1977 8,763 8,861 11,655 62,039 1978 8,844 8,953 11,935 67,512 1979 9,253 9,361 12,303 68,453 1980 10,637 10,757 13,131 72,586 1981 12,507 12,630 16,128 82,573 1982 14,121 14,253 16,624 82,899 1983 (provisional) 14,497 14,627 17,099 84,993