Acute Patients (Hansard, 4 February 1992)

HC Deb 04 February 1992 vol 203 c146W 146W

§ Mr. Morley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average number of days patients in acute wards spent in hospital in each year from 1987 to the present in(a) Yorkshire health authority and (b) Scunthorpe district health authority.

§ Mr. Dorrell
The information available centrally is given in the table.

Mean duration of stay in days of ordinary admissions to acute sector beds in NHS hospitals

Year Yorkshire region Scunthorpe district

1987–88 6.3 4.7

1988–89 5.8 4.4

1989–90 5.0 4.3

Mean duration of stay in days of ordinary admissions to acute sector beds in NHS hospitals
Year	Yorkshire region	Scunthorpe district
1987–88	6.3	4.7
1988–89	5.8	4.4
1989–90	5.0	4.3