§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many bed days of finished episodes there were in each of the last 10 years; [25883]
(2) how many people were treated as a hospital in-patient or day-care patient without going on to a waiting list in each of the last 10 years. [25885]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information for the years 1988–89 to 1993–94 has been published in the annual volumes of Hospital Episode Statistics. Information for the years 1986 and 1987–88 is not available. For 1984 and 1985 information was published in the relevant volumes of Hospital In-Patient Enquiry, but because of changes to information systems in the NHS after 1985, figures are not directly comparable with HES. Copies of the publications are available in the Library.
The latest available information for patients admitted immediately is shown in the table. Comparable figures are not available for earlier years.
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Year Patients admitted immediately 1988–89 3,597,501 1989–90 3,748,774 1990–91 3,786,756 1991–92 3,829,414 1992–93 4,037,827 1993–94 4,291,304 SourceHospital Episode Statistics.