HC Deb 12 December 1989 vol 163 c615W
89. Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated by the Rugby health authority in(a) 1988–89 and (b) 1978–79.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The available information is given in the table.

Patients treated, NHS hospitals, Rugby district health authority 1978, 1988–89
11978 1988–89
In-patient cases treated 7,658 11,160
Day case admissions 407 910
New out-patients 11,501 13,773
Source: 1978 SH3, 1988–89 SH3a, KP70, KHO9 returns.
1 In 1978, the area covered by the current Rugby DHA was a district within Warwickshire area health authority.