HC Deb 28 March 1994 vol 240 c596W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to her answer of 8 March,Official Report, column 168, how many of the non-elective hospital admissions were from general practitioners fundholding practices in each region in each year;

(2) pursuant to her answer of 8 March, Official Report, column 168, how many of the non-elective hospital admissions were (a) readmissions and (b) self-referrals in each year in each region.

Mr. Sackville

The information available centrally on in-patient activity does not separately identify non-elective readmission rates, the level of self-referrals or whether individual patients are registered with fundholding or non-fundholding general practitioners.