Hospital Patients (Mortality) (Hansard, 13 February 1990)

HC Deb 13 February 1990 vol 167 cc158-9W 159W

§ Mr. Thurnham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital patients have died as a result of catching infection whilst in hospital for treatment for other conditions during each of the last five years.

§ Mr. Freeman
The exact information requested is not available. The number of deaths with the underlying cause of post-operative infection, England and Wales, 1984–88, is shown in the table.

Deaths from post operative infection,¹ England and Wales, 1984–88

Year Deaths

1984 13

1985 12

1986 15

1987 11

²1988 15

¹International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, code 998.5.

² Provisional data.

Deaths from post operative infection,¹ England and Wales, 1984–88
Year	Deaths
1984	13
1985	12
1986	15
1987	11
²1988	15
¹International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, code 998.5.
² Provisional data.