§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many private in-patients and out-patients were treated in NHS hospitals; and what was the total income earned from private patients in each of the last five years, and by health authority.
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 13 January 1995]: Information on the number of private in-patient cases, out-patient attendances and day case attendances is given in the table. Individual patients may appear more than once in the table.
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Health authority area1 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–942 In-patient cases3 Clwyd 388 419 394 365 370 East Dyfed 637 348 195 154 106 Gwent 48 106 109 99 140 Gwynedd 229 244 272 171 110 Mid Glamorgan 297 173 230 146 144 Pembrokeshire 135 159 79 44 64 Powys — — — — — South Glamorgan 111 118 118 119 97 West Glamorgan 149 193 161 159 173 Wales 1,994 1,760 1,558 1,257 1,204 Out-patient attendances3 Clwyd 2,267 3,167 2,511 2,343 2,187 East Dyfed 2,441 1,839 1,779 1,809 1,254 Gwent 70 78 65 90 130 Gwynedd 290 367 235 289 266 Mid Glamorgan 672 692 881 491 239 Pembrokeshire 1,534 1,489 1,673 1,225 1,259 Powys — — — 5 — South Glamorgan 1,058 1,163 1,008 733 752 West Glamorgan 624 917 863 963 1,029 Wales 8,956 9,712 9,015 7,948 7,116 Day case attendances3 Clwyd 513 129 103 103 145 East Dyfed 452 151 92 114 135 Gwent 47 105 116 126 106 Gwynedd 182 117 258 126 132 Mid Glamorgan 139 126 168 151 174 Pembrokeshire 149 85 60 46 81 Powys — — — — — South Glamorgan 5 8 4 1 2 West Glamorgan 364 504 346 357 251 Wales 1,851 1,225 1,147 1,024 1,026 Income (£ thousands)4 Clwyd 433 543 605 651 775 East Dyfed 355 259 250 215 242 Gwent 77 141 167 220 374 Gwynedd 238 260 270 181 155 Mid Glamorgan 99 147 231 282 339 Pembrokeshire 129 130 133 155 96 Powys — — — 2 1 South Glamorgan 136 152 253 246 450 West Glamorgan 171 222 264 302 478 Wales 1,638 1,854 2,173 2,254 2,910 1 Figures for NHS trusts have been allocated to the health authority area in which they are situated. 2 Provisional. 3 The number of patients refer to those treated privately i.e. accommodation and treatment were paid for by the patient. 4 Income figures include all fees from privately treated patients as well as money received from NHS patients paying for accommodation in single rooms or small wards.