§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the rate of patients receiving(a) hip replacements and (b) cataract operations (i) nationally and (ii) in Halton district health authority.
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§ Mr. FreemanThe estimated numbers of(a) total hip replacements and other arthroplasy of hip and (b) eye lens operations per 10,000 population in England in 1986 (the latest year for which the information is available centrally) were 8.7 and 13.5 respectively. We do not yet have available centrally the rates of these operations for individual authorities. Such operations for residents of the Halton district health authority are available only in proximate districts.
§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the elderly(a) nationally and (b) in Halton district health authority are seen by a district nurse on a regular basis.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not have the information precisely in the form requested. Information is available centrally on the proportion of the elderly treated at all by a district nurse and is given in the table. We do not have information centrally on what proportion are seen by a district nurse on a regular basis.
District nursing: 1987–88 Persons treated (first treatment) during the year Percentage of elderly population treated Percentage England Halton district health authority Persons aged 65 and over 22.1 31.0
§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on trends in death and discharges per bed in general medicine and general surgery and urology in the Halton district health authority area.
§ Mr. FreemanThe available information is given in the table.
Discharges and deaths per available bed, Halton district health authority Specialty 1985 1986 General medicine 25–0 35–6 General surgery 29–8 45–0 Neurology n/a n/a n/a = Not applicable.
§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on neonatal mortality and perinatal mortality rates in the area of Halton district health authority.
§ Mr. FreemanThe latest available annual rates are shown in the table.
Perinatal1 and neonatal2 mortality rates, Halton DHA, 1987 Persons Perinatal 10.7 Neonatal 5.4 1 Deaths in the first week of life plus stillbirths per 1,000 live and stillbirths 2 Deaths at ages 0.27 completed days of life per 1,000 livebirths.