HC Deb 23 July 1996 vol 282 c218W
Mr. Congdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many procedures were carried out per 100,000 children aged up to 16 years old for each of the last 10 years for(a) myringotomy, (b) adenoidectomy and (c) tonsillectomy. [38270]

Mr. Horam

The information available for national health service hospitals in England is shown in the table. The latest year for which information is available is 1994–95; prior to 1989–90, data to the level of detail requested were not held centrally.

Myringotomy Adenoidectomy Tonsillectomy
1989–90 51 173 449
1990–91 51 162 466
1991–92 68 173 501
1992–93 61 169 510
1993–94 38 155 522
1994–95 35 162 534

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics—as related to Child population.