§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since 1978–79 the number of(a) in-patients and (b) out-patients treated in Scotland's hospitals. [22392]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe information requested is given in the following table.
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Year ending 31 March In-patient discharges Day case discharges New out-patients attendances1 1979 737,816 80,271 1,039,326 1980 764,301 87,223 1,035,655 1981 785,080 98,044 1,056,458 1982 793,171 104,729 1,056,364 1983 744,436 98,592 1,022,218 1984 809,010 126,721 1,070,042 1985 821,588 132,615 1,086,687 1986 837,044 147,132 1,121,911 1987 842,524 154,701 1,145,258 1988 871,287 159,763 1,169,512 1989 882,347 175,970 1,184,200 1990 895,790 185,974 1,195,467 1991 912,370 203,633 1,204,850 1992 920,144 213,846 1,232,966 1993 941,740 242,712 1,264,859 1994 952,256 284,996 1,281,914
Year ending 31 March In-patient discharges Day case discharges New out-patients attendances1 1995 959,921 326,756 1,312,480 1996 973,404 354,410 1,326,600 19972 975,846 362,799 1,331,992 Notes:
1 Excludes accident and emergency attendances.
2 Provisional.
Source:
ISD(S)1.