HC Deb 17 January 1995 vol 252 cc466-7W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many emergency admissions were recorded for each health board for the last five years for which figures are available.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is shown in the following table.

NHSIS—Emergency Hospital Admission1 by Health Board Area of Treatment; Years ending 31 March 1990–1994
Discharge in Year ending 31 March
Health board area of treatment 1990 1991 1992 1993 19942
Lanarkshire 36,114 37,224 38,306 39,566 41,237
Lothian 57,648 58,934 60,638 63,428 63,884
Orkney 1,026 1,160 1,158 1,175 1,204
Shetland 1,301 1,324 1,190 1,221 1,525
Tayside 34,237 34,778 34,942 35,201 37,692
Western Isles 1,988 1,927 2,102 2,127 2,476
Scotland 361,616 374,682 384,125 405,029 425,549
Notes:
1 Discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric specialities. Excludes patients transferred between hospitals, specialities or consultants.
2 Provisional

SourceSMRI

Ref Unit2/950I4

Date13 December 1995

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 24 November 1994,Official Report,column 336, what percentage of total admissions was represented by emergency hospital admissions.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The table below shows emergency admissions as a percentage of total in-patient admissions for Scotland for the calendar years 1989 to 1993.

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
48.8 49.5 50.3 50.4 51.6