HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 c689W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money was allocated in Greater London to general practitioner fundholders in 1991–92 and 1992–93; and what percentage this represented of the total allocation for general practitioner fundholders in England for each year.

In-patients in NHS hospitals in England 1990–91
Average duration of stay (days)
Region of treatment Hysterectomy Gall bladder excision1 Hernia repair2 Kidney transplant Angioplasty3
Northern 8.4 9.5 4.4 16.6 4.8
Yorkshire 9.0 9.2 4.3 11.0 3.8
Trent 8.4 8.4 3.5 17.2 3.7
East Anglia 8.0 9.3 3.9 14.1 3.6
North West Thames 9.2 9.7 3.7 18.0 4.4
North East Thames 8.4 9.3 3.8 11.4 4.7
South East Thames 8.6 9.3 3.9 25.2 4.7
South West Thames 8.8 8.9 3.8 0.64 3.8
Wessex 8.1 8.5 3.2 15.8 3.5
Oxford 7.9 8.2 3.4 8.1 2.9
South Western 9.0 10.0 3.9 19.7 4.9
West Midlands 8.4 8.8 3.5 15.4 4.6
Mersey 8.7 9.8 4.3 16.3 6.6
North Western 8.2 9.8 4.7 16.2 4.4
ENGLAND 8.5 9.2 3.9 16.0 4.3
1 May exclude some laparoscopic cholecystectomies, not otherwise identifiable.
2 Figures represent repairs of groin hernias. They exclude those of other less common hernias in other parts of the body.
3 Covers coronary artery angioplasty. The term "angioplasty" covers a very large range of operative procedures on blood vessels in different parts of the body.
4 It is believed that this extremely low figure reflects mis-coding at source.