HC Deb 19 November 1997 vol 301 cc184-5W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many elective finished consultant episodes took place in the NHS in 1996–97;[15672]

(2) how many emergency patients the NHS received in 1996–97.[15670]

Mr. Boateng

The number of general and acute elective finished consultant episodes commissioned by health authorities in England in 1996–97 was 5.0 million. The number of non-elective finished consultant episodes was 4.3 million. These data are drawn from the quarterly monitoring of health authorities.

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