§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest figure per year for the number of hospital admissions that are due to post-operative infections.
§ Mr. FreemanI regret that the information requested is not available. The latest available data on hospital infections are for 1985, when the total number of cases of post-operative infection was estimated at 15,540. However it is not possible to identify the proportion of those that resulted in readmissions, or the number of readmissions after surgery which were due solely to post operative infection.