§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated by the Mid Essex hospital trust at(a) Broomfield hospital and (b) St. John's hospital in its first year as a trust; and what were the numbers treated in those hospitals each of the two previous years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe figures, which relate to finished consultant episodes in the general and acute specialities, are as follows:
Number 1990–91 31,661 1991–92 32,567 1992–93 32,538 All figures are aggregates relating to the same grouping of hospitals in the trust; it is not possible to give separate figures for Broomfield and St. John's because data on the individual hospitals are not available centrally.