§ Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private patients in national health service hospitals within the Trent regional health authority received treatment in each medical discipline in 1991–92.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information requested is shown in the table. The figures are provisional estimates for 1991–92:
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Private patients treated in NHS hospitals in Trent region All causes: 1991–92 Specialty Finished consultant episodes General Surgery 672 Urology 41 Trauma and Orthopaedics 393
Specialty Finished consultant episodes ENT 167 Ophthalmology 502 Oral Surgery 74 Neurosurgery 58 Cardiothoracic Surgery 57 Paediatric Surgery 37 Anaesthetics 30 General Medicine 274 Clinical Haematology 29 Cardiology 112 Dermatology 4 Genitourinary Medicine 4 Neurology 9 Rheumatology 12 Paediatrics 16 Geriatric Medicine 12 Obs and Gyn (Obstetrics) 139 Obs and Gyn (Gynaecology) 277 Radiotherapy 12 Radiology 15 Clincal Pathology 3 Total 2,949 Source:Hospital Episode System 1991–92—provisional estimate.
Episodes may not total, due to rounding.