§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the number of(a) in-patients, (b) day patients and (c) total patients treated in the year 1990–91 on a basis (i) comparable to the published figures for 1989–90 and (ii) comparable to the figures published in the review of the six months April to September 1991.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe information is in the table. Figures published in the Department of Health "Statistical Bulletin" are from the KP70 annual statistical return. Those used in the review of the six months April to September 1991 are from NHSME regional monitoring returns. These two returns are collected through different processes and some groups of patients are included in one but not the others (eg. well babies who appear in the KP70 returns but not the NHSME returns). Discussions are held with regions each year to validate the difference between the two sets of figures.
('000s) KP70 1990–911 NHSME Returns 1990–911 In-patient cases 5,779 5,717 Day cases 1,236 1,258 TOTAL 7,015 6,975 1 Provisional.