§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report table 3.14.6 of the Government's expenditure plans 1987–88 to 1989–90 giving (a) the number of patients treated in each specialty and category, (b) the rate per 1,000 population of both cases-attendances and patients treated in each specialty and category, (c) the average percentage change per annum for (a) and (b), and (d) the accumulative percentage change for each specialty and category.
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§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1987, c. 700]: The information requested that is not contained in table 3.14.6 of the Expenditure White Paper is given in the tables:
Hospital and Community Health Services-Activity statistics (England) thousands1 1978 1985 Percentage change between 1978 and 1985 Hospital services Acute specialties2 In-patient cases 4,204 4,865 15.7 In-patient cases per available bed 28.0 36.2 29.3 Average length of stay (days) 9.4 7.6 -19.1 Day cases 543 938 72.7 Out-patient attendances 28,407 31,751 11.8 Obstetrics and GP maternity In-patient cases 731 852 16.6 In-patient cases per bed 38.3 51.2 33.7 Average length of stay (days) 6.4 4.6 -28.1 Out-patient attendances 3,622 3,517 -2.9 Geriatric and younger disabled In-patient cases 241 389 61.4 In-patient cases per available bed 4.2 6.8 61.9 Average length of stay (days) 80.5 48.1 -40.2 Out-patient attendances 240 345 43.8 Regular day attendances 1,363 1,604 17.7 Mental illness Average daily number of occupied in-patient beds 78 65 -16.7 Out-patient attendances 1,661 1,803 8.5 Psychiatric regular day attendances3 3,098 3,682 18.9 Mental handicap In-patient beds 47 36 -23.4 Out-patient attendances 21 32 52.4 All specialties combined In-patient and day cases 5,932 7,317 23.3 Out-patient and accident and emergency attendances 47,310 51,244 8.3 Regular day attendances 4,987 5,890 18.1 Community health services Health visiting—persons visited 3,597 4,080 13.4 Home nursing—persons treated 3,158 3,522 11.5 1 Except for in-patient cases per available bed and average length of stay. 2 Defined as including all specialties other than obstetrics, geriatrics, general practitioner maternity services for younger disabled people andthe specialties of mental illness and mental handicap. 3 Includes attendances by mentally handicapped people. 236W237W
Hospital and Community Health Services—Activity statistics, EnglandRate per 1,000 population 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Average percentage change/per annum 1978–85 Percentage change between 1978–85 Acute Specialties2 In-patient cases 90.1 89.5 93.5 95.3 94.2 99.4 101.4 103.3 2.0 14.6 Day cases 11.6 12.2 13.9 14.7 14.6 16.8 18.6 19.9 8.0 71.0 Total Out-patient attendances 609.1 608.7 627.9 636.3 640.6 658.9 668.3 673.9 1.5 10.6 Obstetrics and GP Maternity1 In-patient cases 77.9 82.3 84.6 81.3 80.4 80.6 81.6 83.7 1.0 7.4 Total Out-patient attendances 386.0 401.1 403.4 384.4 368.0 357.7 350.9 345.7 -1.6 -10.4 Geriatric and Units for younger disabled In-patient cases 5.2 52 5.8 6.1 6.5 7.1 7.6 8.3 6.9 59.8 Total Out-patient attendances 5.1 4.8 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.9 7.2 4.8 39.3 Regular Day attendances 28.7 25.4 32.0 32.7 32.7 35.0 35.1 34.6 2.7 20.8 Mental Illness Average daily occupied beds 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 -2.8 -18.0 Total Out-patient attendances 35.6 34.5 36.2 36.9 37.2 37.6 38.0 38.3 1.0 7.5 Regular Day attendance3 66.4 63.8 65.1 72.5 70.1 75.2 75.9 78.1 2.3 17.7
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Average percentage change/per annum 1978–85 Percentage change between 1978–85 Mental Handicap Average daily occupied beds 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 -3.6 -22.7 Total Out-patient attendances 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 5.9 49.7 All Specialties In-patient cases and day cases 127.2 128.3 135.5 138.3 137.3 145.8 150.8 155.3 2.9 22.1 Total Out-patients and A & E attendance 1014.4 1013.3 1032.2 1044.0 1050.0 1069.9 10821 1087.7 1.0 7.2 Regular Day attendances 106.9 100.5 113.0 115.7 113.9 121.8 122.6 125.0 2.3 16.9 Community Health Service Health Visiting—persons visited 77.1 80.0 81.6 80.3 81.5 82.4 84.9 86.6 1.8 12.3 Home nursing—persons treated 67.7 69.6 73.1 71.9 73.4 75.8 75.6 748 1.6 10.4 1 Rate per 1,000 female population age 15–44. 2 Acute is defined as all specialties except geriatric, unit for younger disabled, obstetrics, GP maternity, mental illness and mental handicap. 3 Includes attendances by mentally handicapped people.