HC Deb 03 December 1996 vol 286 cc639-40W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of liver disease among children were diagnosed in each year since 1992, indicating the figure as the year on year percentage change. [6961]

Mr. Horam

The information up to 1994–95 (the latest available) is as follows:

Total number of finished consultant episodes1 in NHS hospitals in England for children aged under 15 at the end of the episode of care—primary diagnosis of liver disease
Year Number of cases Percentage change on previous year
1991–92 383 n/a
1992–93 454 18.5
1993–94 401 -11.7
1994–95 458 14.2

Source:

Hospital episode statistics, Department of Health—copies available in the Library.

Note:

1A consultant episode is the period that a patient spends under the continuous care of a specific consultant in a specific health care provider.

Mr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has given to liver disease research in each year since 1992 indicating the year-on-year percentage change in total funding in real terms; and what plans he has for the future funding of liver disease research. [6963]

Mr. Horam

Funding related to liver disease from the Department's policy research programme from 1992 onwards appears in the table.

£000
1992–93 60
1993–94 99
1994–95 127
1995–96 134
1996–97 1317
1997–98 1686
1Estimates, which include planned expenditure.

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