§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the level of sickness absence among employees in Wales by broad industrial sector expressed as(a) the average number of days lost and (b) the percentage of employee sickness absence.
Regular day attenders at NHS day care facilities Number of patients treated1 Day cases In-patient cases In the community2 1987–88 12,241 78,471 456,420 — 1988–89 — 85,012 456,858 — 1989–90 11,927 86,486 475,515 — 1990–91 12,152 101,191 482,473 222,869 1991–92 13,275 132,945 500,336 219,548 1 This does not relate to the number of people treated as one person may have been discharged more than once during the year. 2 Patients treated by district nurses, community psychiatric nurses, community mental handicap nurses and other community nurses (excluding health visitors and midwives). It should be noted that an individual may be included more than once if they had been treated by more than one category of staff. Comparable information is not available prior to 1990–91.