HC Deb 16 July 1993 vol 228 cc700-1W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the specialist centres in Wales in neurology and the treatment of epilepsy, indicating the number of patients treated by each centre in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The hospitals listed in the table treated patients in the speciality of neurology during the financial year 1991–92. It is not known centrally how many patients treated for epilepsy are included with the figures. It should be noted that patients with a diagnosis relating to neurological problems may sometimes be treated by consultants in other specialties.

Number of patients treated
Hospital In-patients Day cases New out-patients
Clwyd
Ysbyty Glan Clwyd 333
Ysbyty Maelor 200
East Dyfed
West Wales General 233
Bronglais 18
Gwent
Nevill Hall 29
Monmouth 34
Royal Gwent1 —, 153
Mount Pleasant 67
Gwynedd
Ysbyty Gwynedd 249
Mid Glamorgan
Prince Charles 4
Mountain Ash 1
Bridgend General 109
East Glamorgan 38
Powys
Breconshire War Memorial 45

Number of patients treated
Hospital In-patients Day cases New out-patients
South Glamorgan
University Hospital of Wales1 772 32 1,575
Rookwood 309 23 61
Llandough 1 84
West Glamorgan
Singleton 100 1 488
Fairwood 8
Morriston 767 1 752
Clydach War Memorial 26
Neath General 228
1 Includes paediatric neurology.

Health authority Consultant neurologists1 Patients per consultant2
In-patient Day cases New out-patients
Clwyd 0.46 1,159
East Dyfed 0.09 2,789
Gwent 0.09 3,144
Gwynedd 0.36 692
Mid Glamorgan 0.52 2 290
Pembrokeshire
Powys 0.03 1,500
South Glamorgan 3.67 294 15 469
West Glamorgan 1.55 581 1 947
1 Whole time equivalent staff in post as at 30 September 1991. Includes consultants in the specialty of paediatric neurology.
2 Patients treated in the specialties of neurology and paediatric neurology during 1991–92.