§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the transferral rate from Trafford and North Lincolnshire health authorities to other health districts for patients requiring neonatal intensive care facilities.
§ Mrs. CurrieInformation is held centrally only for babies treated in special care baby units. This does not cover all neonatal intensive care.
In 1985 (the latest year for which information is available centrally), some 470 babies resident in Trafford) and 500 babies resident in north Lincolnshire were treated in special care baby units. The transferral rates to other health authorities were 60 and 40 per cent. respectively.