§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1970 the number of deaths and discharges among, and the number of beds occupied on 31 December by, patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements with institutions outside the National Health Service; and if he will break down these figures into the categories of (a) medical, (b) surgical, (c) pre-convalescent and post-operative, (d) convalescent, (e) geriatric, diseases of the chest, (g) maternity, (h) mental illness, (i) mental handicap, (j) rehabilitation, (k) terminal care and (l) others.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[pursuant to his reply, 13 April 1984, c. 409]: The available information is given in the tables. Information prior to 1973 is not available centrally on a comparable basis.
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Discharges and deaths of patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements England Specialty 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Medical* 2,408 2,856 2,483 2,559 1,851 1,789 1,872 1,047 1,048 1,740 Surgical* 4,721 5,333 6,117 6,827 4,405 4,808 5,586 4,210 5,574 9,284 Pre-convalescent and post-operative 2,007 1,798 1,239 1,078 1,696 1,300 1,212 1,154 696 285 Convalescent 6,502 7,572 6,625 6,369 6,428 6,570 6,736 6,672 6,835 6,594 Geriatrics 1,809 1,825 1,612 1,999 1,331 1,409 1,317 1,235 1,357 1,253 Diseases of chest (including TB) 790 687 1,054 1,220 1,139 1,140 1,255 1,204 1,370 845 Maternity 163 687 535 615 337 375 470 615 586 653 Mental illness 385 523 567 1,035 934 584 656 617 361 474 Mental handicap and severe mental handicap 156 104 56 88 46 111 160 253 296 278 Rehabilitation 519 348 361 254 344 412 455 489 463 293 Terminal care 1,783 1,580 2,339 2,379 2,056 1,745 2,240 2,661 2,662 2,942 Others* 42 1,043 2,010 1,485 3,280 3,064 2,620 3,574 2,815 167 Total 21,285 24,356 24,998 25,908 23,847 23,307 24,579 23,731 24,063 24,808 Note: * 1982 figures for "medical" and "surgical" specialties include some specialties recorded as "others" in earlier years. This should be borne in mind when examining trends in these three categories.
Beds* occupied on 31 December by patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements England Specialty 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Medical† 124 110 273 211 149 218 202 116 108 200 Surgical† 160 172 210 151 78 97 81 61 82 83 Pre-convalescent and post-operative 81 61 42 29 57 41 10 31 5 9 Convalescent 180 127 219 210 100 130 143 130 115 143 Geriatrics 1,260 1,150 1,048 1,076 933 1,060 1,028 924 858 871 Diseases of chest (including TB) 50 40 67 48 51 59 49 57 50 48 Maternity 2 10 14 17 15 15 20 13 12 8 Mental illness 152 187 131 149 177 115 133 111 115 136 Mental handicap and severe mental handicap 983 686 731 760 735 774 777 774 722 652 Rehabilitation 67 59 117 107 137 145 104 106 106 23 Terminal care 196 184 335 176 207 151 192 307 276 304 Others† 146 204 132 199 357 318 330 344 294 288 Total 3,401 2,990 3,319 3,133 2,996 3,123 3,069 2,974 2,743 2,765 Notes: * Bed occupation at 31 December may not be typical of the year as a whole. The recording of this item of information is currently under review. † 1982 figures for "medical" and "surgical" specialties include some specialties recorded as "others" in earlier years. This should be borne in mind when examining trends in these three categories.