§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo 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. HoramThe information up to 1994–95 (the latest available) is as follows:640W
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. CunninghamTo 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. HoramFunding 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.