§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many in-patient cases and out-patient cases have been treated by Gloucester health authority in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe available information is given in the table.
Number of patients treated in NHS hospitals and clinics in Gloucester District Health Authority in the years 1982 to 1986 Year1 Deaths and discharges Day cases Out-patient attendances2 1982 33,624 3,169 186,154 1983 34,009 3,292 186,204 1984 34,341 3,178 189,039 1985 36,562 2,809 193,264 1986 38,175 3,194 186,836 1 Due to NHS re-structuring in April 1982 comparable data for earlier years is not available. 2 The reduction on out-patient attendances between 1986 and 1985 was due to the transfer of mental illness services from Gloucester to Cheltenham District Health Authority.
§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of patients waiting for operations with the Gloucester health authority, for the most recent month for which figures are available, for the same month for each of the last 10 years and May 1979.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is given in the table.
Number of cases on in-patient wailing list in Gloucester District Health Authority—NHS hospitals Month/Year1 Surgical specialties All specialties September 1982 4,886 4,959 March 1983 4,932 5,018 March 1984 4,416 4,482 March 1985 4,272 4,339 March 1986 4,324 4,346 March 1987 4,138 4,214 1 Due to NHS re-structuring in April 1982 comparable data for earlier years is not available.
§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how much capital spending the Gloucester health authority has undertaken in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will express the figures in actual and in constant 1987 prices;
(2) how much the Gloucester health authority has spent on revenue services for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will express the figures in actual and in constant 1987 prices.
§ Mrs. CurrieFollowing is the information requested derived from the annual accounts of the Gloucester health authority:
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Revenue expenditure Capital expenditure Per annual accounts £ million At 1986–87 prices £ million Per annual accounts £ million At 1986–87 prices £ million 1982–83 44.7 53.3 3.0 3.6 1983–84 47.6 54.2 2.2 2.5
Revenue expenditure Capital expenditure Per annual account £ million At 1986–87 prices £ million Per annual account £ million At 1986–87 prices £ million 1984–85 50.8 55.5 3.1 3.4 1985–86 53.0 54.6 2.8 2.9 1986–87 59.8 59.8 4.4 4.4 Notes:
1. The figures for the earlier years have been expressed at 1986–87 prices by the use of the Gross Domestic Product deflator.
2. The figures for capital expenditure include sums in respect of capital schemes within the district recorded in the accounts of the South Western Regional health authority. Revenue and capital expenditure incurred by the latter authority for the region as a whole is excluded.
3. Prior to 1 April 1985 the health district had an associated family practitioner committee and the relevant expenditure figures recorded in the table include small, not separately identifiable elements relating to family practitioner committees' administrative expenses.
4. Prior to I April 1982 the health district formed part of the Gloucestershire area health authority and district based figures were not collected centrally.