§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people received treatment from (i) general practitioners and (ii) NHS hospitals in Scotland for(a) bronchitis, (b) influenza, (c) pneumonia, (d) hypothermia and (e) asthma for each month in the last five years. [25823]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 27 January 1998]: Information on the number of patients with a main diagnosis of bronchitis, influenza, pneumonia, hypothermia and asthma who were discharged from hospital in-patient and day case care in the 5 years to 1996–97 is provided in the table. Data on the numbers of patients who received treatment from general practitioners for these conditions are not available centrally. 671W
NHSiS—In-patient day case discharges from non-obstetric or non-psychiatric specialties. Selected diseases of the respiratory system. Years ended 31 March 1993–97 by month of discharge Year Month of discharge Bronchitis Influenza Pneumonia Hypothermia Asthma December 257 11 821 24 843 January 293 12 886 30 664 February 241 25 782 14 726 March 296 81 1,020 28 859 1993–94 April 222 44 918 25 761 May 211 17 750 9 851 June 233 17 728 6 826 July 226 19 676 4 689 August 199 4 604 13 852 September 193 8 656 8 1,140 October 273 39 807 16 1,093 November 391 243 1,266 28 1,148 December 289 84 1,175 40 975 January 267 44 1,099 34 792 February 190 12 816 37 756 March 193 9 867 26 852 1994–95 April 213 5 789 24 703 May 211 5 755 14 857 June 184 13 795 12 729 July 146 11 654 3 617 August 169 5 660 7 641 September 189 14 639 11 947 October 194 10 750 9 883 November 204 11 718 13 962 December 231 8 986 26 887 January 241 9 1,074 31 704 February 222 15 930 36 769 March 204 33 964 17 813 1995–96 April 183 19 852 16 671 May 222 13 837 12 700 June 219 18 787 6 744 July 187 9 701 11 655 August 163 7 617 9 654 September 177 5 618 8 1,052 October 189 9 770 15 944 November 230 36 890 13 1,227 December 329 137 1,359 32 1,084 January 312 91 1,518 43 834 February 213 25 948 21 786 March 203 24 929 27 787 1996–971 April 176 19 844 22 621 May 140 19 783 12 763 June 134 16 780 12 697 July 125 14 681 16 641 August 59 12 642 8 703 September 69 8 651 12 897 October 115 10 695 17 696 November 116 12 708 23 817 December 117 65 1,204 33 885 January 195 184 1,778 28 781 February 135 74 1,112 17 671 March 134 24 921 24 743 1 The figures for 1996–97 are not directly comparable with those for previous years, due to changes in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) codings from 1 April 1996. Source:
SMRI/SMR01