§ Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state for each year since 1978 the number of in-patients and out-patients treated in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe table shows the numbers of patients discharged from in-patient treatment and of new out-patients attending consultant clinics in National Health Service hospitals in each year to 30 September.
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Year Number of patients discharged* Number of new outpatients attending consultant clinics 1978 748,984 1,961,338 1979 735,583 1,960,952 1980 774,246 1,998,853 1981 792,572 2,032,589 1982 763,867 2,020,560 1983† 790,989 2,041,866 * Discharges includes deaths and transfers from one specialty to another within the NHS.
† Information is not yet available from 1984 and 1985.