§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of patients admitted for day case surgery in(a) England, (b) each regional health authority and (c) each hospital or trust between January and March for (i) inguinal hernia repair, (ii) arthroscopy of the knee, (iii) cataract extraction and (iv) laparoscopy with sterilisation had their condition successfully treated by that surgical intervention;
(2) what proportion of patients admitted for surgery in (a) England, (b) each regional health authority and (c) each hospital or trust between January and March in (i) general surgery, (ii) urology, (iii) trauma and orthopaedics, (iv) ear, nose and throat, (v) ophthalmology, (vi) oral surgery, (vii) plastic surgery and (viii) gynaecology whose condition was successfully treated by that intervention.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is not available centrally. General practitioners and local health authorities are encouraged to collect information on outcomes at local level to judge the quality of service provided. The Department has a range of initiatives aimed at developing and promoting methods to support this function. These are described in a leaflet on the work of the central health outcomes unit, copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of patients admitted to hospital in(a) England, (b) each regional health authority and (c) each hospital or trust between January and March for surgery 808W subsequently died before discharge in (i) general surgery, (ii) urology, (iii) trauma and orthopaedics, (iv) ear, nose and throat, (v) ophthalmology, (vi) oral surgery, (vii) plastic surgery and (viii) gynaecology;
(2) what percentage of patients admitted to hospital in (i) England, (ii) each regional health authority and (iii) each hospital or trust between January and March for (a) acute myocardial infarction, (b) congestive heart failure, (c) pneumonia/influenza, (d) stroke, (e) sepsis, blood poisoning, (f) hip replacement/recontruction, (g) prostatectomy, (h) gall bladder removal, (i) initial pacemaker insertion, (j) maternity, (k) angioplasty, (l) coronary artery bypass graft and (m) all admissions, subsequently died before discharge;
(3) what percentage of patients were admitted to hospital in (a) England, (b) each regional health authority and (c) each hospital or trust between January and March 1993 for surgery who lived for not less than (A) 90 days, (B) 180 days and (C) one year after their operation in (i) general surgery, (ii) urology, (iii) trauma and orthopaedics, (iv) ear, nose and throat, (v) ophthalmology, (vi) oral surgery, (vii) plastic surgery and (viii) gynaecology;
(4) what percentage of patients admitted to NHS hospitals between January and March subsequently died before discharge in hospitals with (a) 1 to 49, (b) 50 to 99, (c) 100 to 299, (d) 300 to 499, (e) 500 to 999 and (f) 1,000 plus beds.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is not available in the form requested. Information by regional health authority in England on the percentage of patients in the acute sector who died in hospital was published in table 17 of the Department of Health statistical bulletin entitled "NHS Hospital Activity Statistics: England 1981 to 1991–92". A copy is available in the Library. Post-operative deaths which occur after patients have been discharged from hospital are not linked to the hospital records.