§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Eccles on 3 December, Official Report, column 211, if he will now indicate what research is being funded by his Department into the effects of trauma on patients who have surgery performed upon them in National Health Service hospitals; if he will give his estimate of the number of people who suffer from trauma following industrial injuries, accidents in the home, as well as road accidents; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 12 December 1985, c. 766]The Department looks to the Medical Research Council, which is the main Government-funded agency carrying out biomedical research from its grant-in-aid from the Department of Education and Science, to support research in this field.
Information available centrally on the number of people who suffer from trauma following industrial injuries, accidents in the home and road accidents relates to inpatients only and is given in the table.
Inpatient discharges (including deaths) of injury cases treated in National Health Service non-psychiatric hospitals in 1983, England Place of accident Estimated number Road traffic 59,710 Home 81,140 Work 14,620 Other or unspecified 371,310 TOTAL 526,780