HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 cc342-3W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private patients in NHS pay beds received treatment in each specialty in 1990–91 and each year since then. [31936]

Mr. Horam

The information available centrally relates to finished consultant episodes. The table shows the number of episodes, for each specialty, where a private patient underwent treatment during their first episode of care within a hospital spell.

Ordinary admissions and day cases: Number of first order episodes of private patients (category code 20–22) completed during year by specialty NHS Hospitals, England, 1990–91 to 1994–95
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
143 Orthodontics 0 1 0 0 1
150 Neurosurgery 1,744 2,127 2,039 2,370 2,359
160 Plastic Surgery 1,696 1,530 1,380 1,217 1,402
170 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2,280 2,704 2,683 2,692 2,319
171 Paediatric Surgery 314 537 529 449 432
180 Accident and Emergency 135 101 84 58 67
190 Anaesthetics 507 922 701 718 828
300 General Medicine 7,253 8,044 7,308 8,183 8,011
301 Gastroenterology 419 846 889 1,189 1,664
302 Endocrinology 115 111 121 202 240
303 Haematology 663 1,025 880 990 1,281
304 Clinical Physiology 1 3 0 0 1
305 Clinical Pharmacology 304 308 308 474 421
310 Audiological Medicine 0 0 0 3 0
311 Clinical Genetics 3 0 0 0 1
314 Rehabilitation 0 1 2 17 27
315 Palliative Medicine 0 23 33 5 3
320 Cardiology 2,719 3,572 3,705 3,894 4,018
330 Dermatology 134 179 208 239 320
340 Thoracic Medicine 667 906 874 1,050 933
350 Infectious Diseases 23 107 123 138 76
360 Genito-Urinary Medicine 59 39 22 35 41
361 Nephrology 227 200 305 384 425
370 Medical Oncology 2,434 2,786 3,808 5,928 4,790
371 Nuclear Medicine 0 3 5 1 5
400 Neurology 1,214 1,145 1,219 1,238 1,244
401 Clinical Neuro-Physiology 4 4 14 13 14
410 Rheumatology 405 407 441 425 410
420 Paediatrics 947 1,113 1,058 1,406 1,425
421 Paediatric Neurology 49 206 237 181 179
430 Geriatric Medicine 229 257 228 329 381
450 Dental Medicine 0 65 24 1 0
460 Medical Ophthalmology 0 0 0 23 0
501 Obstetrics 2,259 2,429 2,220 1,894 2,070
502 Gynaecology 8,908 8,360 7,193 7,958 8,112
610 General Practice—Maternity 1 33 20 2 1
620 GP—Other Than Maternity 102 121 81 53 83
700 Mental Handicap 0 4 2 5 0
710 Mental Illness 66 59 36 32 37
711 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1 1 1 0 0
712 Forensic Psychiatry 1 0 1 0 0
715 Old Age Psychiatry 0 1 3 2 6
800 Clinical Oncology 1,108 1,352 1,663 2,129 6,421
810 Radiology 165 189 129 567 683
820 General Pathology 7 12 21 25 30
821 Blood Transfusion 0 0 0 0 0
822 Chemical Pathology 5 10 4 0 2
823 Haematology 487 610 880 824 912
824 Histopathology 0 2 0 0 0
830 Immunopathology 7 35 61 33 32
901 Occupational Medicine 0 0 2 0 0
Not known 203 25 38 55 246
Total 78,945 85,877 81,767 89,797 95,540

Note:

Data in this table is grossed for coverage only.

Source: HES.