§ Sir Patrick McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish figures setting out the number of patients who failed to attend national health service hospitals after being granted firm appointments region by region for the year to March 1991.
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§ Mr. DorrellThe available information is given in the table.
Number of patients who did not attend for appointment at consultant out-patient and general practitioner maternity clinics in 1990–91 (provisional), national health service hospitals England Regional health authority Referral attendances Consultant initiated attendances Total Northern 65,910 286,097 352,007 Yorkshire 75,375 317,241 392,616 Trent 89,454 372,723 462,177 East Anglian 28,180 103,063 131,243 North West Thames 96,052 317,434 413,486 North East Thames 129,985 434,484 564,469 South East Thames 106,784 337,209 443,993 South West Thames 52,202 178,227 230,429 Wessex 45,156 158,850 204,006 Oxford 40,024 144,700 184,724 South Western 47,067 164,700 211,767 West Midlands 109,552 449,860 559,412 Mersey 69,520 261,015 330,535 North Western 120,796 452,390 573,186 Special health authorities 18,854 94,184 113,038 Total 1,094,911 4,072,177 5,167,088