HC Deb 07 June 1996 vol 278 cc584-5W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 1 April,Official Report, column 52, when the information which the national health service executive is collecting about the number of patients aged between 16 and 64 years who have been (a)discharged within the previous 90 days and(b) re-admitted to hospital within 90 days of discharge will be available. [31938]

Mr. Bowis

The national health service executive will receive the first returns of this information, covering the period April to June 1996, some time after the end of that period.