HC Deb 18 July 1994 vol 247 cc11-2W
Mrs. Wise

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each of the 14 former NHS regions and for special health authorities for each financial year from 1992–93 onwards(a) the total number of maternities, (b) the total number of birth episodes in the maternity hospital episode system and (c) the total number of birth episodes in the maternity hospital episode system which had a maternity tail.

Mr. Sackville

The data are contained in the tables, the latest available being those for the year 1992–93. Maternities occurring in hospitals are shown for calendar year 1992; financial year data are not available.

Table 1 Maternities in hospitals, 1992 Regional health authority of occurrence
Number
Northern 39,450
Yorkshire 49,051
Trent 57,461
East Anglian 27,572
North West Thames 41,282
North East Thames 59,574
South East Thames 49,738
South West Thames 37,994
Wessex 36,609
Oxford 35,328
South Western 38,720
West Midlands 72,370
Mersey 30,729
North Western 56,890
Special Health Authorities 5,130
ENGLAND 637,898

Source: Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys.

Table 2 Maternity hospital episode statistics, 1992–93 Estimated numbers of birth records and birth records with maternity tails containing data
RHA of treatment Birth records Birth records with maternity tails containing data
Northern 39,168 35,960
Yorkshire 49,768 25,852
Trent 52,652 52,552
East Anglian 27,680 21,308
North West Thames 31,460 25,252
North East Thames 51,736 51,736
South East Thames 49,528 17,084
South West Thames 34,920 34,732
Wessex 36,620 36,620
Oxford 34,624 32,484
South Western 38,556 24,872
West Midlands 57,956 57,956
Mersey 19,264 15,752
North Western 53,900 53,900
Special Health Authorities 5,132 5,132
ENGLAND 582,964 491,192

Source: DH 25 per cent. births file.