HC Deb 26 October 1987 vol 121 c188W
Mr. Wray

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were hospitalised for more than seven days in National Health Service hospitals during 1986.

Mrs. Currie

There were 1.95 million discharges following an in-patient spell of more than seven days during 1985, the latest year for which information is available centrally.