HC Deb 16 June 1975 vol 893 cc375-6W
Mr. George Gardiner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many surgical accident cases were taken at Redhill General Hospital over the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this figure compares with those for other hospitals in the South-West Thames Regional Health Area.

Dr. Owen

Figures in the form requested are not available, but there were 27,404 attendances at Redhill's accident and emergency department in the calendar year ending 31st December 1974. Figures for other hospitals in the Surrey area for that year are as follows:

HOSPITALS NOW IN THE EAST SURREY DISTRICT
Dorking General 2,747
Royal Earlswood 15*
Oxted and Limpsfield 2,767
Horley and District Cottage 2,832
East Surrey 499
Caterham and District 2,367

HOSPITALS NOW IN THE MID-SURREY DISTRICT
Epsom District 28,757
Epsom and Ewell Cottage 18*
Cobham and District Cottage 1,915
Leatherhead 9*

HOSPITALS NOW IN THE SOUTH-WEST SURREY DISTRICT
Haslemere and District 3,468
Royal Surrey County 26,246
St. Luke's 12*

HOSPITALS NOW IN WEST SURREY AND NORTH EAST HANTS
Farnham 14,953
Frimley and Camberley 5,161
Frimley Park (A and E Dept. opened 1.8.74) 4,368
Farnborough and Cove(Hospital closed 16.9.74) 3,801
Fleet and District 1,334
Yateley and District (Hospital closed 31.1.74) 914

HOSPITALS NOW IN THE NORTH-WEST SURREY DISTRICT
Woking Victoria 14,930
St. Peter's, Chertsey 29,021
Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic 5,818
Egham 4,254
Weybridge 3,673
Walton General 8,703

HOSPITALS NOW IN THE NORTH SURREY DISTRICT
Ashford 34,925
*No accident department.