§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated in each of the last five years per regional health authority(a) as national health service patients and (b) as private patients within the national health service.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information that is available is set out in the table. The latest information on private patients is for 1989–90. Information for earlier years is not available.
Source: Hospital Episode System.