HC Deb 22 October 1991 vol 196 cc591-2W
Mr. Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) in-patients and (b) out-patients have been treated by South East Staffordshire health authority in each year since 1979.

Mr. Dorrell

Number of in-patients and out-patients treated by South East Staffordshire since 1979:

Year In-patients Out-patients
Discharges and deaths Finished consultant episodes1
1979 16,395 — 92,999
1980 17,420 — 93,287
1981 17,654 — 101,920
1982 18,217 — 105,911
1983 18,000 — 110,314
1984 18,805 — 110,221
1985 20,656 — 112,325
1986 25,676 — 156,166
1987–88 28,769 — 157,872
1988–89 27,135 29,957 152,793
1989–90 — 30,871 159,757
1990–91 — 232,378 2160,351
1 Includes well babies.
2 Provisional.

Mr. Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) hospital doctors and (b) nurses have been employed by the South East Staffordshire health authority in each year since 1979.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

I shall write to my hon. Friend.

Mr. Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultants have been employed by South East Staffordshire health authority in each year since 1979.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

This information is not available centrally. My hon. Friend may wish to contact Sir James Ackers, the chairman of West Midlands regional health authority, for details.