Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich

HC Deb 28 April 1988 vol 132 cc242-3W

Mr. Cartwright

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the number of National Health Service patients treated as(a) in-patients and (b) outpatients at Queen Elizabeth military hospital, Woolwich, during the last 12 months for which figures are available together with comparative figures for the preceding five years.

Mr. Freeman

The numbers of NHS patients, including dependants, treated at the Queen Elizabeth military hospital, Woolwich, in 1987 and the preceding four years are as follows:

	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Inpatients	4,788	5,693	6,500	6,070	6,042
Day Patients	220	833	991	781	1,287
Outpatients	4,725	4,787	5,953	4,977	4,767

Notes:

1. The out-patient numbers represent individual new cases and do not include follow up appointments.

2. The comparable figures for 1982 and the preceding years are not yet readily available.