§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to introduce a national standard system for logging hospital admission refusals and unexpected re-admissions; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe have no present plans to do so.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of patients transferred from private hospitals or beds to complete their treatment under the National Health Service each year from 1979.
§ Mrs. CurrieThis information was not collected centrally prior to April 1987. Information on the source of admission of patients admitted to NHS hospitals during 1987–88 will be available centrally early in 1989.