HC Deb 07 December 1995 vol 268 c380W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 27 November,Official Report, column 522, on hospital discharges if he will provide comparable figures for (a) 1990–91, (b) 1991–92 and (c) 1992–93. [4287]

Mr. Bowis

The information requested is shown in the table.

Destination of discharge of patients treated by consultants in geriatric medicine in NHS hospitals in England
Percentage
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Usual residence 68.79 67.60 68.78
Deaths 19.35 17.69 17.52
NHS hospital outside district— general ward/younger physically disabled 1.36 4.90 5.20
Non-NHS institution 4.29 4.66 4.57
Local authority residential home 1.85 1.68 1.59
Temporary residence e.g. hotels, residential educational institutions 1.73 1.56 1.43
NHS hospital outside district—mentally ill/handicapped ward 0.06 0.26 0.30
NHS nursing home 0.00 0.05 0.22
Not known 2.47 1.42 0.25
Special hospital 0.09 0.15 0.12

Figures do not total 100 due to rounding.