HC Deb 25 January 1972 vol 829 cc368-9W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many geriatric patients in hospitals of the Cornwall Hospital Management Committee area could be classified as abandoned as at 31st December, 1971, or the most recent date.

Mr. Alison

Information in this form is not available. It was estimated on 12th January, 1972, that about 20 patients in geriatric beds in the area had no known relatives or friends.

Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the bed/day total of bed occupation in hospitals of the Cornwall Hospital Management Committee area in each of the months of March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October, 1971, in respect of patients normally resident in the County of Cornwall; and what was the bed/day occupation over each of the same months in respect of non-Cornish residents.

Mr. Alison

Information in the form requested is not available. During the period 1st March to 31st October, 1971, there were 25,452 patients discharged from hospitals in this area and of these 1,453 were not normally resident in Cornwall.

Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average age of patients in 1971 in 1 to 6-day, 7 to 13-day, and in excess of 14-day stays in hospitals of the Cornwall Hospital Management Committee area for 1971.

Mr. Alison

The information is as follows:

Length of Stay in 1971
1–6 days 7–13 days in excess of 14 days
Average age of patients in
1971 31 44 58

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