HC Deb 04 March 1993 vol 220 cc221-2W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to issue new guidelines about myelograms.

Mr. Sackville

I have no plans to issue guidelines.

Number of admissions to local authority staffed homes for elderly people by age-band Cambridgeshire 1987–92
Age-band on admission
Year to 31 March Under 65 65–74 75–84 85 and over Total
1987 23 160 517 576 1,276
1988 45 255 992 797 2,089
1989 55 257 808 814 1,934
1990 32 221 1,021 875 2,149
1991 43 311 929 1,176 2,459
1992 51 284 1,027 1,077 2,439