§ 12. Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were treated in National Health Service hospitals in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how this compares with the figure for 1978–79.
§ Mr. FowlerIn 1985, National Health Service hospitals in England treated some six and a third million in-patient cases, 960,000 day cases, and 37.4 million out-patient cases. That is nearly one million more in-patient cases, 400,000 more day cases, and almost three and a half million more out-patient cases than in 1978.