§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the figures for post-operative deaths by district health authority for each of the last two years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. SackvilleAccurate information about post-operative deaths in each district health authority is not available. Information on deaths in hospitals in the national 533W health service in England was published in table 17 of the Department of Health Statistical Bulletin entitled "NHS Hospital Activity Statistics: England 1981 to 1991–92". Information is given on the percentage of cases in the acute sector discharged dead by regional health authority. A copy is available in the Library. Post-operative deaths which occur after patients have been discharged from hospital are not recorded.