HC Deb 27 June 1985 vol 81 c480W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of outpatient attendances in National Health Service hospitals in 1983; and what was the comparable figure for 1978.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

In 1983 the total number of outpatient attendances in National Health Service hospitals in England was 36,519,550. The corresponding figure for 1978 was 33,950,339. This represents an increase of 2,569,211, or 7.6 per cent. over the period.