§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital and ward closures there have been in(a) Wales and (b) Clwyd between 1979 and 1995. [5557]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe available information is given in the following table:
1979 1994–95 Clwyd In-patient cases 47,741 73,906 Day cases 7,966 34,446 In-patient and day cases 55,707 108,352 New out-patients 57,182 83,165 Hospitals1 28 20 Wards2 — — Wales In-patient cases 349,695 513,417 Day cases 31,179 239,980 In-patient and day cases 380,874 753,397 New out-patients 428,739 638,275 Hospitals1 173 143 Wards2 — — 1 Hospitals are not directly comparable. 1994–95 figures include NHS trusts which comprise one or more hospitals that was previously counted separately. 2 Information on wards is not collected centrally.