§ Ms GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hip replacement operations have been carried out in each year from 1983 to 1993.
§ Mr. RichardsEstimates of the number of complete and partial hip replacement operations carried out as a principal or subsidiary procedure are given in the following table:
Year Number 1983–84 1,849 1984–85 1,880 1985–86 1,894 1986–87 1,985 1987–88 1,697 1988–89 2,167 1989–90 2,297 1990–91 1,944 1991–92 2,699 1992–93 2,897 Source:
Hospital Activity Analysis 1983–84 to 1990–91. Patient Episode Database for Wales 1991–92 onwards. Complete data for 1993–94 are not available.