§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) emergency patients the NHS plans to receive and (b) elective finished consultant episodes the NHS plans to complete between October 1997 and 31 March 1998. [13321]
§ Mr. MilburnPlans are only collected on an annual basis. The table gives the 1997–98 plans for elective finished consultant episodes (FCEs) and non-elective finished consultant episodes and first consultant episodes. Non-elective first finished consultant episodes have been collected for the first time this year as a measure of the number of non-elective hospital spells.
Elective and non-elective FCEs: 1997–98 plans, in thousands Regional office Elective plan—FCEs Non—elective plan —FCEs Non-elective plan—first FCEs Northern and Yorkshire 735 629 533 Trent 507 521 455 Anglia and Oxford 481 422 346 North Thames 648 540 469 South Thames 582 527 455 South and West 733 562 485 West Midlands 499 469 432 North West 845 710 589 England 5,030 4,380 3,764
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency patients the NHS planned to receive between 1 October 1996 and 31 March 1997; and how many were received. [13319]
§ Mr. MilburnPlans are only collected on an annual basis. The table gives the non elective activity plans for 1996–97 as a whole. The activity is the total number of finished consultant episodes.
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Non-elective FCEs: plans in 1996–97 and activity in last two quarters of 1996–97, in thousands Regional office Plan 1996–97 Activity 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1997 Northern and Yorkshire 597 322 Trent 492 263 Anglia and Oxford 397 215 North Thames 524 278 South Thames 504 268 South and West 540 284 West Midlands 449 238 North West 665 353 England 4,168 2,221
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many elective finished consultant episodes the NHS planned for between 1 October 1996 and 31 March 1997; and how many took place. [13320]
§ Mr. MilburnPlans are only collected on an annual basis. The table gives the elective activity plans for 1996–97 as a whole and the elective activity that took place during the period October 1996 to March 1997. The activity is the total number of elective finished consultant episodes and is expressed in thousands.
Regional office Plan 1996–97 Activity, 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1997 Northern and Yorkshire 734 356 Trent 498 249 Anglia and Oxford 474 243 North Thames 631 324 South Thames 633 295 South and West 707 350 West Midlands 503 251 North West 819 412 England 4,999 2,480