HC Deb 10 February 1994 vol 237 cc419-20W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been treated in national health service hospitals private facilities in each year since 1987–88.

Mr. Sackville

The available information is shown in the table. Data from the hospital episode statistics for earlier years are incomplete and do not provide sufficient coverage to make reliable estimates.

England: Private Patients—1989–92
Year Number
1989–90 83,478
1990–91 81,366
11991–92 89,863
1Provisional estimates.

Source:SD2A, Hospital Episode Statistics.