§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the average weekly number of theatre sessions for each regional health authority for the year ended March 1992 and for the current year to date.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information is given in the table.
Operating theatre sessions: average number per week in 1991–92 (provisional) RHA Scheduled sessions held Weekly rate Northern 53,089 1,019 Yorkshire 57,949 1,112 Trent 64,970 1,247 East Anglian 32,242 619 North West Thames 48,558 932 North East Thames 68,513 1,315 South East Thames 63,258 1,214 South West Thames 50,364 967 Wessex 43,165 829 Oxford 34,098 654 South Western 54,799 1,052 West Midlands 79,674 1,529 Mersey 46,532 893 North Western 79,617 1,528 Special health authorities 15,631 300