Macclesfield District Health Authority

HC Deb 03 February 1988 vol 126 cc656-9W

Mr. Neil Hamilton

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will tabulate the number of cases dealt with by the Macclesfield district health authority for the years 1981 to 1986, in(a) general medicine, (b) paediatrics, (c) geriatric medicine, (d) general surgery, (e) trauma and orthopaedics, (f) neurosurgery, (h) gynaecology, (i) obstetrics, (j) special care baby unit, (k) mental handicap, (l) mental illness, (m) general practice other and (n) other specialties.

Number of patients by selected specialty for Macclesfield District—District Health Authority
Specialty	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
General medicine
Discharges and deaths	1,782	1,820	1,901	2,072	2,535	2,400
Day case attendances	59	38	70	127	196	283
Out-patient attendances	9,498	9,620	10,218	9,914	10,586	10,488
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paediatrics
Discharges and deaths	650	687	693	797	968	950
Day case attendances	0	0	0	0	6	40
Out-patient attendances	4,752	4,679	4,961	4,694	5,048	4,398
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geriatrics
Discharges and deaths	777	799	652	604	413	603
Day case attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out-patient attendances	1,543	1,595	1,733	1,886	1,869	1,957
Regular day patients	6,333	6,829	7,515	7,999	6,986	7,151
General surgery
Discharges and deaths	2,471	2,230	2,322	2,484	2,737	3,026
Day case attendances	414	166	357	1,256	1,563	1,635
Out-patient attendances	9,155	9,041	8,859	10,521	11,597	11,144
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trauma and orthopaedics
Discharges and deaths	1,134	1,267	1,448	1,277	1,287	1,275
Day case attendances	408	208	397	385	518	566
Out-patient attendances	14,018	13,436	12,052	13,897	14,491	13,777
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neurosurgery
Discharges and deaths	43	40	65	98	63	53
Day case attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out-patient attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gynaecology
Discharges and deaths	924	819	1,027	1,119	1,265	1,421
Day case attendances	791	723	656	753	777	653
Out-patient attendances	5,092	5,393	5,413	5,308	5,819	5,550
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Obstetrics and GP Mat
Discharges and deaths	1,882	1,594	1,602	1,470	1,548	1,562
Day case attendances	91	98	77	56	83	47
Out-patient attendances	7,899	7,363	7,393	7,025	6,831	7,040
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
S.C.B.U.
Discharges and deaths	477	250	244	215	268	221
Day case attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out-patient attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mental handicap
Discharges and deaths	0	91	76	92	94	55
Day case attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out-patient attendances	18	61	61	66	89	91
Regular day patients	0	31	116	194	233	62
All mental illness
Discharges and deaths	789	736	767	773	917	1,048
Day case attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out-patient attendances	3,705	3,876	4,325	5,328	5,297	6,225
Regular day patients	6,827	13,070	14,921	17,078	23,985	55,101
GP other
Discharges and deaths	535	566	584	567	527	607
Day case attendances	4	7	3	0	0	0
Out-patient attendances	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mrs. Currie

The information requested is given in the table.

Specialty	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
All other specialties
Discharges and deaths	915	809	814	716	419	793
Day case attendances	86	75	77	107	102	231
Out-patient attendances	15,563	15,995	16,843	16,671	16,891	18,241
Regular day patients	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total
Discharges and deaths	12,379	11,708	12,195	12,284	13,041	14,014
Day case attendances	1,853	1,315	1,637	2,684	3,245	3,455
Out-patient attendances	71,243	71,059	71,858	75,310	78,518	78,911
Regular day patients	13,160	19,930	22,552	25,271	36,204	62,314