§ Sir John GorstTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions in the last 12 months there were in the borough of Barnet; and of these, how many were(a) minor and (b) acute. [4678]
§ Mr. HoramThe information collected centrally is on a national health service trust basis. Figures for the two trusts for Barnet health authority for 1995–96, the latest year for which data are available, are shown in the following table:
Number of inpatient and day case admissions in Wellhouse NHS trust and Barnet Healthcare NHS trust, 1995–96 Trust In-patients Day cases Wellhouse Total activity of 37,617 11,563 trusts which acute 24,736 11,558 Barnet Total activity of 3,267 0 Healthcare which acute 552 0 Source:
Department of Health KP72 returns. Admissions are recorded by speciality types, i.e. acute specialties, maternity, geriatric, mental illness and learning disabilities.