§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the(a) elective and (b) non-elective activity that took place in the NHS by year for the last five years in the period between 1 October and 31 March. [15673]
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§ Mr. BoatengThe number of general and acute elective and non-elective finished consultant episodes commissioned by health authorities is available for each year from 1992–93, and is given in the table. The information is from the quarterly monitoring of health authorities and has been converted to 1996–97 definitions to aid direct comparison.
The number of general and acute elective and non-elective finished consultant episodes commissioned by health aithorities in England in the period between 1 October and 31 March each yaer since1992–93, in millions, converted to 1996–97 definitions Year Elective FCEs Non-Elective FCEs 1992–93 2.0 1.8 1993–94 2.2 2.0 1994–95 2.4 2.0 1995–96 2.5 2.1 1996–97 2.5 2.2