HC Deb 29 March 1990 vol 170 c306W
29. Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients were treated in hospitals in Northern Ireland in 1987 and 1989; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Needham

The total numbers of in-patients treated in 1987 and 1989 were as follows:

1987 1988–89
Ordinary admissions 266,622 266,530
Day cases 27,707 42,423
TOTAL 294,329 308,953