§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled in(a) each district health authority and (b) each region on the day of 416W or day after admission to hospital; and how many of those patients were not readmitted within a month, for the second quarter of 1996. [11676]
§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) heart bypass operations, (b) hip replacements, (c) knee replacements and (d) cataract operations were carried out by the national health service in the latest year for which figures are available; and what were the equivalent figures in 1979. [11258]
§ Mr. HoramThe information is as follows:
Primary operations: estimated number of ordinary admissions and day cases combined, NHS hospitals, England Operation 1979 discharges and deaths 1994–95 finished consultant episodes Coronary artery by-pass operations1 n/a 22,192 Total hip replacement and other arthroplasty of the hip2 29,210 62,510 Knee replacement operations3 2,940 25,340 Eye lens operations, mainly cataract4 40,370 151,785 Sources: 1979 Hospital In-Patient Enquiry. 1994–95 Hospital Episode Statistics. Notes: 1979 (OPCS3R). 1 Not identifiable. 2 810–811. 3 812. 4 170–179. 1994–95 (OPCS4R). 1 K40–K46. 2 W37–W39, W46–W48. 3 W40–W42. 4 C71–C72, C74–C75.
§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out by the national health service in the latest year for which figures are available; and what was the equivalent figure in 1979. [11261]
§ Mr. HoramThe number of finished consultant episodes where an operation was performed was 5,110,182 in 1994–95. In 1979 the estimated number of spells on a comparable basis where an operation was performed was 2,458,720.