§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the sample information on post-operative infections held by his Department for 1979 and each year since.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 15 January 1986, c. 604]: The available information is given in the table. Over the period 1979 to 1983, the latest year for which sample information is available centrally, the estimated numbers of in-patient cases undergoing operations increased from 1,901,010 to 2,135,890.
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Regional health authorities Estimated number of in-patient cases with a diagnosis of post-operative infection 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 East Anglian 480 870 610 530 740 North West Thames 570 750 980 1,100 1,050 North East Thames 990 840 1,110 1,230 1,590 South East Thames 870 1,200 1,230 1,290 1,160 South West Thames 900 950 1,130 1,110 910 Wessex 640 720 740 630 700 Oxford 450 450 450 500 460 South Western 1,550 1,960 1,650 1,830 2,090 West Midlands 990 930 1,020 1,150 1,260 Mersey 420 520 950 670 780 North Western 1,570 1,820 1,570 1,760 1,730 RHA Total 12,260 14,090 14,480 15,160 16,310