§ Ian LucasTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many finished consultant episodes there were in the NHS in Wales in each year since 1999, broken down by the local authority in which the patient resided. [184889]
§ Mr. TouhigThe information is in the following table:
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Finished consultant episodes (inpatients and daycases)1 Unitary authority 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Denbighshire 25,984 26,252 28,641 27,087 27,963 Flintshire 34,011 35,231 36,321 35,134 35,475 Wrexham 29,775 31,832 32,757 31,591 30,914 Powys 27,428 28,479 28,223 26,609 26,026 Ceredigion 15,398 16,428 15,926 15,408 15,400 Pembrokeshire 29,269 30,454 31,908 28,803 28,640 Carmarthenshire 44,282 44,687 44,764 40,015 42,973 Swansea 56,049 57,792 56,306 55,372 59,141 Neath Port Talbot 37,270 37,624 36,678 35,619 40,043 Bridgend 35,593 35,776 35,908 35,486 34,677 Vale of Glamorgan 27,453 28,135 26,664 25,564 28,333 Cardiff 64,680 67,327 62,679 60,031 65,994 Rhondda Cynon Taf 68,227 67,473 69,351 63,251 64,126 Merthyr Tydfil 18,344 18,046 17,012 15,258 16,610 Caerphilly 38,065 41,193 41,198 40,898 41,825 Blaenau Gwent 19.724 20,085 18,769 17,938 17,845 Torfaen 20.355 22,051 22,056 23,292 22,110 Monmouthshire 18.210 19,457 19,106 18,712 18,736 Newport 30.326 30,927 31,142 32,355 30,992 Wales 720.977 739,786 737,437 706,407 728,679 1 Welsh resident treated in England and Wales. Updates are sometimes received a considerable time after the period to which data refers and this can result in revisions to previously published figures. Source: Patient Episode Database for Wales