§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients were treated in Wales in National Health Service hospitals in the years 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is given in the following table:
Inpatients discharges and deaths Outpatients* Year New Outpatients Total attendances 1979 349,695 962,109 2,602,622 1980 365,861 981,993 2,698,472 1981 375,173 1,000,066 2,777,242 1982 370,232 1,017,815 2,817,057 * Including accident and emergency patients.