§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency admissions to hospital there were by health service region in each month since January 1995; and if he will make a statement. [6751]
§ Mr. MilburnInformation in the form requested is available only between January and March 1995. However quarterly figures for non-elective finished consultant episodes are available from April 1995 to March 1997.
Emergency admissions to hospital by Region of treatment, NHS hospitals, England, January to March 1995 Region January 1995 February 1995 March 1995 Northern 21,698 20,244 22,324 Yorkshire 26,088 23,556 25,107 Trent 23,908 20,796 22,143 East Anglian 15,490 13,582 14,918 North-west Thames 15,881 14,582 16,111 North-east Thames 26,040 23,297 25,541 South-east Thames 21,938 19,823 21,870 South-west Thames 16,035 14,726 16,680 Wessex 17,340 16,404 17,930 Oxford 14,248 12,939 14,540 South Western 20,166 18,105 20,512 West Midlands 33,945 30,484 32,910 Mersey 18,958 16,503 18,120 North Western 30,181 27,323 29,200 England 301,917 272,364 297,906 Note:
The data are grossed for coverage. Figures are rounded and may not total.
Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics HES. 75W
Number of non-elective finished consultant episodes by region in each quarter in 1996–97 Thousands Region Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 (estimate) Northern and Yorkshire 152 147 157 164 Trent 120 122 130 133 Anglia and Oxford 99 98 106 108 North Thames 129 133 137 140 South Thames 128 128 133 137 South and West 135 133 139 144 West Midlands 112 114 114 131 NorthWest 166 172 178 178 England 1,040 1,048 1,094 1,134 1. All figures are derived from the NHS Executive's Quarterly Monitoring system. Figures for 1995–96 have been adjusted to estimate the effects of definitional and boundary changes to allow direct comparison with 1996–97 information.
2. The figures relate to activity commissioned using NHS funds by health commissions in 1995–96 and health authorities in 1996–97. This includes activity in private hospitals and NHS hospitals outside England, but excludes private patients and patients from outside England treated in English hospitals.
3. The figures are on a different basis to the long standing series published annually in "Ordinary and day case admissions for England". This annual series is based on activity reported by NHS hospital and community Trusts and includes private patients and patients from outside England.
4. Quarter 1 covers the three-month period of April. May and June. The subsequent quarters cover each three-month period thereafter.
5. Non-elective finished consultant episodes comprise largely of all episodes during a patient spell in hospital which began either with an emergency admission or with a transfer from another hospital.