§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total number of patients in each of the Welsh area health authorities that have had national health service operations in the past three years(a) outside their own area health authority area and (b) in London hospitals.
§ Mr. GristThe table shows, for each Welsh district health authority, the number of patient discharges and deaths having operations, including non-operative procedures, in NHS hospitals in Wales outside their own district health authority.
Information on Welsh residents having operations outside Wales, including London hospitals, is not collected centrally.
Patient discharges and deaths having operations in NHS hospitals in Wales outside their own district health authority1 2 District health authority of residence 1986 1987 1988 Clwyd 184 199 189 East Dyfed 4,708 4,926 4,850 Pembrokeshire 2,294 2,566 2,606 Gwent 2,810 2,720 2,752 Gwynedd 2,216 2,170 2,267 Mid Glamorgan 9,756 9,517 9,970 Powys 2,731 3,140 2,959 South Glamorgan 1,770 2,029 1,672 West Glamorgan 1,336 1,312 1,231 1 The information may understate the true position in that not all hospitals provide complete clinical details relating to patient discharges and deaths. 2 The information is based on cases where details of the patient's district of residence has been supplied.