Dr. Reginald Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what part of the additional £40 million she has allocated recently to the National Health Service will be allocated to the Wessex Regional Hospital Board to avert the
1965 1970 1973 In-patients* … … … … 147,910 171,117 187,094 New out-patient attendances … … … … 15,688 24,181 29,439 New day-patient attendances … … … … 6,110 15,270 25,008 * The number of in-patients is derived from the number of discharges and deaths during each year. These figures also cover the younger disabled amongst whom there were, in 1973, 1,256 in-patients, 175 new outpatient attendances and 124 new day-patient attendances. Separate figures for the younger disabled were not maintained prior to 1973.