HC Deb 20 November 1987 vol 122 cc713-4W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services which are the 10 most common illnesses suffered by patients admitted to National Health Service hospitals for more than seven days.

£ million (1986–87 prices)
1981–82 outturn 1982–83 outturn 1983–84 outturn 1984–85 outturn 1985–86 outturn 1986–87 estimated outturn 1987–88 plans 1988–89 plans 1989–90 plans
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY
Health services
Hospital, community health and related services
Current expenditure
gross 9,830 9,840 9,901 10,032 9,950 10,430 10,661 10,765 10,859
charges -82 -80 -84 -85 -89 -86 -86 -84 -90
net 9,748 9,760 9,817 9,946 9,861 10,344 10,575 10,672 10,768
Capital expenditure
gross 858 825 815 881 911 893 889 885 895
receipts -26 -23 -38 -56 -88 -131 -131 -130 -136
net 833 802 777 825 822 762 758 754 759
Family practitioner services
Current expenditure
gross 3,202 3,451 3,550 3,741 3,709 3,895 4,070 4,125 4,277
charges -299 -336 -353 -368 -346 -381 -374 -391 -398
net 2,903 3,116 3,197 3,373 3,363 3,514 3,696 3,744 3,879

Mrs. Currie

[holding answer 26 October 1987]: The table shows the 10 most common conditions and groups of conditions for which patients were hospitalised for more than seven days, in order of the greatest numbers of discharge following a stay of seven days or more.

Principal conditions requiring in-patient duration of stay in excess of 7 days, NHS hospitals, England, 1985.
Diagnosis Codes1 Condition
1. D29/31 (Part) Mental Illness.2
2. D34/33 Diseases of the digestive system.
3. D43 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue.
4. D32/39 Diseases of the respiratory system.
5. D27 Ischaemic heart disease.
6. D47 Fractures
7. D29 Cerebrovascular disease.
8. D28 Disease of pulmonary circulation and other forms of heart disease.
9. D37 Diseases of female genital organs includ-ing disorders of breast.
10. D09 Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs and peritoneum.
1 Based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases 1975–9th revision.
2 Includes depressive disorders, affective psychoses, schizophrenic psychoses, senile and pre-senile dementia, neurotic disorders.