§ 18. Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement about the number of patients treated by the Barnet health authority in 1992–93 and 1982–83.
§ Mr. SackvilleBetween 1982–83 and 1992–93 in-patient and out-patient activity both went up by approximately 5 per cent. to 42,906 and 226,317 respectively. Over the same period daycase activity trebled to 9,627.
Treatment in Barnet from April 1992 is provided by the Wellhouse Trust, comprising Barnet and Edgware hospitals. Previously the hospitals were managed by Barnet health authority.