§ Mr. Ken HargreavesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases were dealt with by Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley district health authority from 1979 to 1989 in(a) general medicine, (b) paediatrics, (c) geriatric medicine and (d) general surgery.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is given in the table:
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Cases treated, Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley District Health Authority, 1979–1988–89 General surgery General medicine Paediatrics1 Geriatric medicine In-patient case. 1979 6,088 5,634 1,916 1,015 1980 6,259 5,854 2,038 1,328
General surgery General medicine Paediatrics1 Geriatric medicine 1981 6,160 6,385 2,710 1,636 1982 6,136 6,145 2,904 2,013 1983 6,577 6,563 2,974 2,439 1984 6,740 7,035 2,919 2,255 1985 6,772 7,352 3,060 2,385 1986 6,487 7,064 2,806 2,267 1987–88 6,473 8,319 3,224 2,509 1988–89 6,181 8,026 3,523 2,396 Day case admissions 1979 397 553 2 0 1980 560 553 9 0 1981 650 920 1 0 1982 570 1,154 1 0 1983 553 1,037 5 0 1984 698 1,266 4 0 1985 708 1,365 6 0 1986 715 1,314 3 0 1987–88 986 1,108 4 0 1988–89 1,096 964 38 0 New out-patients 1979 4,356 2,238 739 94 1980 4,547 2,200 688 123 1981 5,059 3,388 1,058 131 1982 4,989 4,050 946 119 1983 4,738 3,904 989 91 1984 4,855 3,968 1,085 114 1985 5,011 4,857 1,102 95 1986 5,034 4,951 1,147 100 1987–88 5,376 5,432 1,165 105 1988–89 5,458 5,289 1,065 115 Total out-patient attendances 1979 13,731 15,428 5,327 345 1980 14,217 15,341 5,385 508 1981 14,806 20,001 6,976 773 1982 14,848 21,453 7,708 1,054 1983 14,004 23,382 8,168 1,089 1984 14,546 23,797 7,668 1,382 1985 14,338 25,402 7,218 1,745 1986 13,753 26,708 6,723 1,812 1987–88 15,029 26,253 6,216 2,159 1988–89 15,314 27,335 6,495 2,262 Source: 1979–1986 SH3 return.
1987–88 onwards, sH3a, KHO9 and KP70 returns.
1Including special care baby unit(s).