§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list health authorities in England in order of the highest number of patients aged 75 years and over admitted for emergency treatment. [5810]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Emergency admissions of patients 75 and over to hospital, at quarter 4 2000–01 Health authority Number of emergency admissions Rate of emergency admissions per emergency 1,000 population 75 and over Birmingham 5,522 82.6 Dorset 4,946 62.1 Avon 4,924 61.9 East Sussex Brighton and Hove 4,921 60.1 Leicestershire 4,915 76.4 East Kent 4,492 76.2 Leeds 4,140 79.9 Norfolk 4,121 56.1 Lincolnshire 4,072 71.6 North Essex 4,008 56.6 West Kent 3.900 58.1 Nottingham 3.858 82.9 North Yorkshire 3,855 60.3 South Essex 3,850 70.9 737W
Emergency admissions of patients 75 and over to hospital, at quarter 4 2000–01 Health authority Number of emergency admissions Rate of emergency admissions per emergency 1,000 population 75 and over Suffolk 3,731 62.1 Berkshire 3,700 78.0 South Cheshire 3.689 72.6 East Riding 3,605 81.9 Durham 3,481 79.3 North and East Devon 3,418 67.8 Newcastle and North Tyneside 3.321 92.0 Cambridgeshire 3,250 64.7 South and West Devon 3,222 55.3 Somerset 3,182 67.1 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,148 72.7 Sheffield 3,002 70.9 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,988 62.9 South Derbyshire 2,987 70.4 Calderdale and Kirklees 2,954 72.2 Wigan and Bolton 2,933 77.4 Gloucestershire 2.884 61.2 North West Lancashire 2,881 67.5 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 2,846 75.0 Tees 2,740 77.1 Southampton and South West Hampshire 2,733 58.6 Liverpool 2,700 90.8 South Staffordshire 2,698 73.9 West Surrey 2,642 54.9 Bradford 2,633 82.0 Wiltshire 2,623 58.8 East Lancashire 2,558 70.8 East and North Hertfordshire 2,488 70.9 West Hertfordshire 2,415 62.0 Oxfordshire 2,378 56.3 Northamptonshire 2,336 61.1 Buckinghamshire 2,291 56.4 Warwickshire 2.275 61.2 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 2,251 58.3 Worcestershire 2,231 54.3 Wirral 2,228 83.3 Gateshead and South Tyneside 2,227 82.1 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 2,222 61.2 West Pennine 2,212 73.0 Salford and Trafford 2,200 66.1 North Nottinghamshire 2,185 76.2 North Staffordshire 2,178 61.7 North and Mid Hampshire 2,158 62.7 Bedfordshire 2,130 63.8 Shropshire 2,123 66.1 West Sussex 2,073 26.4 East London and City 2,052 73.4 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 2,039 71.4 Barking and Havering 2,029 68.3 Northumberland 2.021 84.2 North Derbyshire 1,980 67.0 Morecambe Bay 1,960 71.5 Bury and Rochdale 1,904 75.6 East Surrey 1.841 51.5 North Cumbria 1,800 72.2 South Humber 1.789 74.8 Wakefield 1,786 82.9 Enfield and Haringey 1,754 63.8 Bexley and Greenwich 1,753 61.8 St Helens and Knowsley 1.723 81.9 Manchester 1.676 59.8 Sandwell 1.647 71.6 Camden and Islington 1,629 82.8 Doncaster 1,577 75.7 Kingston and Richmond 1,552 65.7 Sunderland 1,552 84.9 Sefton 1.551 60.5 Coventry 1,539 65.8 South Lancashire 1.493 75.1 North Cheshire 1.482 79.8 Stockport 1,349 60.8 Rotherham 1,337 78.4 Wolverhampton 1.323 74.2 Barnsley 1,315 78.2 Dudley 1,229 54.7 Bromley 1,216 49.8
Emergency admissions of patients 75 and over to hospital, at quarter 4 2000–01 Health authority Number of emergency admissions Rate of emergency admissions per emergency 1,000 population 75 and over Walsall 1,187 69.6 Croydon 1,161 61.1 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1,138 52.5 Barnet 1,109 48.0 Solihull 1,105 69.1 Hillingdon 1,069 66.7 Herefordshire 832 54.2 Isle of Wight 797 53.1 Brent and Harrow 621 23.8 Source:
Quarterly returns at Quarter 4 2000–01