§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of patients admitted to hospital in each of the past five years who had suffered a stroke.
§ Mr. John MacKayThere are no nationally available statistics on the number of admissions to hospital by 23W condition, but the number of patients discharged with a principal diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease is as follows:
Number 1980 14,557 1981 15,151 1982 14,711 1983 15,678 11984 15,874 1 latest available date These figures relate to episodes of care in hospital, so a patient with more than one such episode will be counted on each occasion.