§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many(a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed in the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale health authority area in each of the last eight years.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation is not held centrally in the exact form sought. The table shows numbers of medical and dental staff, and nursing and midwifery staff employed in the district from 1982 onwards. Comparable figures before this are not available because of the National Health Service reorganisation in that year.
§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were treated in each specialty in the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale health authority in each of the last five years; and how many operations were performed during these years.
§ Mrs. CurrieI am sorry I cannot give the hon. Member all the information he seeks. Reliable estimates of the numbers of operations performed in individual district health authorities cannot be made from the central data sample. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale health authority for the information he seeks. The available information is given in the tables.
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Number of in-patients treated in NHS hospitals in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale District Health Authority Specialty 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 General Medicine 4,388 4,478 4,787 4,873 5,189 Paediatrics 1,908 2,020 2,096 2,222 2,635 Dermatology 145 248 209 227 237 Rheumatology 143 148 167 194 240 Geriatrics 2,712 2,918 2,833 3,055 3,281 General Surgery 4,612 4,777 4,600 4,562 4,790 Ear, Nose and Throat 1,003 906 984 982 1,190 Traumatic and Orthopaedic 1,588 1,627 1,780 1,672 1,808 Ophthalmology 620 672 720 721 637 Radiotherapy 60 33 26 13 8 Urology 816 857 980 952 1,329 Oral Surgery 648 661 682 690 751 Gynaecology 2,595 2,985 3,127 2,984 3,174 Obstetrics 3,798 4,099 4,141 4,022 4,361 S.C Baby Unit 342 367 314 287 259 Psychiatry Children 0 7 24 22 12 Mental Handicap 262 258 236 235 151 Mental illness 1,108 1,171 1,065 1,129 1,102 G P Maternity 336 207 118 105 21 G P Other 97 93 112 106 105 Accident and Emergency 114 130 141 149 124 Anaesthetics 45 42 75 37 56 Haematology — 1 35 107 145 Intensive Care Unit 259 244 280 311 307 Psychogeriatric 0 — — — — Radiology 2 2 1 1 — Total 27,601 28,951 29,533 29,658 31,912
Number of day case attendances at NHS hospitals, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale District Health Authority Specialty 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 General Medicine 1 4 555 564 498 Paediatrics 0 0 0 52 332 Chest Diseases 0 0 0 0 — Dermatology 9 35 10 2 8 Neurology 0 0 0 0 0 Cardiology 0 0 0 0 0 Genito-Urinary Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 Rheumatology 0 1 0 1 1 Geriatrics 0 0 0 4 6 General Surgery 1,063 1,417 1,643 1,806 1,786 Ear, Nose and Throat 260 336 301 288 354 Traumatic and Orthopaedic 455 663 557 505 553 Ophthalmology 218 191 244 221 244 Radiotherapy 0 0 0 1 0 Urology 972 954 992 917 950 Plastic Surgery 0 0 0 0 0 Thoracic Surgery 0 0 0 0 0 Oral Surgery 72 71 122 118 107 Orthodontics 0 0 0 0 0 Neurosurgery 0 0 0 0 0 Gynaecology 149 290 811 991 660 Obstetrics (AN and PN) 0 0 0 0 0 Psychiatry Children 0 0 0 0 0 Mental Handicap 0 0 ֵ 0 0 Mental illness 0 0 0 0 0 G P Maternity 0 0 0 — 0 G P Other — 1 — — — Accident and Emergency — 220 230 291 330 Anaesthetics 48 26 6 26 25 Haematology — 4 30 63 102 Radiology — — 1 — — Total 3,247 4,213 5,502 5,850 5,956 ֵ Not available.