HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 cc844-5W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of(a) finished consultant episodes and (b) private patient finished consultant episodes in each year since 1989–90.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Information in Wales is collected on the basis of in-patient cases treated in NHS hospitals and is given in the following table.

Total number of in-patient cases of which private patients
1989–90 475,515 1,994
1990–91 482,473 1,760
1991–92 500,336 1,558
1992–93 503,657 1,257