§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of Wales when he proposes to publish health statistics to bring his provisional 1994–95 hospital activity figures for 1992–93 and 1993–94 new patients equivalent to those published for 1990–91 and 1991–92 and provisionally for 1994–95. [38607]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesI hope that final information on hospital in-patient day case activity for 1994–95 will be published during September 1996. Figures on new out-patients for 1992–93 and 1993–94 have not been published due to inconsistencies in data definitions at NHS trusts in the former health authority area of Dyfed. These problems have now been rectified. In future, data for new out-patients will be published at the same time as in-patient and day case data, but it is not possible to amend past data.