NHS Private Facilities (Hansard, 10 February 1994)

HC Deb 10 February 1994 vol 237 cc419-20W 419W

§ Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been treated in national health service hospitals private facilities in each year since 1987–88.

§ Mr. Sackville
The available information is shown in the table. Data from the hospital episode statistics for earlier years are incomplete and do not provide sufficient coverage to make reliable estimates.

England: Private Patients—1989–92

Year Number

1989–90 83,478

1990–91 81,366

¹1991–92 89,863

¹Provisional estimates.

Source:SD2A, Hospital Episode Statistics.
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England: Private Patients—1989–92
Year	Number
1989–90	83,478
1990–91	81,366
¹1991–92	89,863
¹Provisional estimates.