§ Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of operations for breast cancer in 1993–94 was performed in hospitals where more than 150 such operations took place.
Lord James Douglas HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the table: 637W
Estimated number of discharges from Scottish NHS hospitals following an operation for breast cancer (year ending March 1994) Frequency Per cent. of total cases Female breast cancer Hospitals with frequency over 150 cases 3,743 71 male breast cancer Hospitals with frequency over 150 cases 0 0 1 Data for 1994 are provisional