§ 28. Mr. KnapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of in-patients treated by the National Health Service in 1979 and in the latest available year.
§ Mr. FreemanThere were 6.62 million in-patient cases treated in National Health Service hospitals in England during the 1987–88 financial year. Earlier figures were for calendar years and in 1979 5.4 million in-patient cases were treated. The figures for 1987–88 represents a rise of over 1 million, or more than 22 per cent. compared with 1979.