§ Baroness Cumberlegeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the number of general and acute ordinary admissions in the NHS in each year since 1970.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe information is shown in the following table.
Table: Number of general and acute ordinary admission FCEs in NHS hospitals (000's) Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly Total 1970 -1 563 254 — 817 1971 -1 573 259 — 832 1972 -1 593 266 — 859 1973 -1 576 260 — 836 1974 4,351 592 271 — 5,214 1975 4,178 572 264 — 5,014 1976 4,464 605 283 — 5,352 1977 4,560 617 288 — 5,465 1978 4,552 613 292 — 5,457 1979 4,529 604 290 — 5,423 1980 4,755 630 303 — 5,688 1981 4,875 647 313 204 6,039 1982 4,830 657 308 — 5,795 1983 5,113 614 336 213 6,276 1984 5,246 675 350 214 6,485 1985 5,385 686 362 227 6,660 1986 5,429 698 368 222 6,717 1987–88 5,608 704 387 220 6,919 1988–89 5,572 728 388 215 6,903 1989–90 5,677 743 404 220 7,044 1990–91 5,685 756 410 221 7,072 1991–92 5,913 768 427 225 7,333 1992–93 5,987 775 431 230 7,423 1993–94 6,127 797 434 235 7,593 1994–95 6,210 813 440 238 7,701 1995–96 6,396 822 441 241 7,900 Notes:
Finished consultant episodes (FCE's) are not the same as the number of patients treated because a hospital spell can consist of more than one FCE, and patients discharged too early who are subsequently readmitted as emergencies count as another FCE. Further more, an FCE count cannot by itself serve as a valid measure of productivity
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General Dental Service: Number of courses of treatments from 1970 to 1996–97 United Kingdom England and Wales1 Scotland2 Northern Ireland2,3 United Kingdom Year 18 and over Year 18 and over Year 18 and over Year 18 and over 1970 13,150,440 1970 1,060,272 1970 387,348 1970 14,598,060 1971 14,137,750 1971 1,168,328 1971 397,197 1971 15,703,275 1972 14,652,250 1972 1,211,172 1972 411,056 1972 16,274,478 1973 15,519,720 1973 1,263,014 1973 409,564 1973 17,192,298 1974 16,219,270 1974 1,261,789 1974 416,699 1974 17,897,758 1975 17,159,960 1975 1,384,967 1975 427,667 1975 18,972,594 1976 17,371,290 1976 1,391,732 1976 425,995 1976 19,189,017 1977 17,888,780 1977 1,441,538 1977 419,286 1977 19,749,604 1978 17,805,290 1978 1,415,729 1978 420,545 1978 19,641,564 1979 18,184,780 1979 1,479,553 1979 426,407 1979 20,090,740 1980 19,493,030 1980 1,563,046 1980 459,004 1980 21,515,080 1981 19,883,030 1981 1,673,365 1981 479,709 1981 22,036,104 1982 20,689,000 1982 1,769,044 1982 489,265 1982 22,947,309 1983 21,318,000 1983 1,827,990 1983 515,407 1983 23,661,397 1984 21,912,720 1984 1,887,305 1984 540,633 1984 24,340,658 1985 22,413,410 1985 1,827,375 1985 553,979 1985 24,794,764 1986–87 23,097,970 1986 1,925,730 1986 567,162 1986–874 25,590,862 1987–88 23,560,890 1987 1,971,598 1987 555,688 1987–884 26,088,176 1988–89 25,292,450 1988 2,059,874 1988 604,927 1988–894 27,957,251 1989–90 24,001,190 1989 2,126,915 1989 593,257 1989–904 26,721,362 1990–91 23,748,634 1990 2,078,513 1990 586,970 1990–9l4 26,414,117 1991–92 25,600,269 1991–92 2,325,243 1991–92 669,072 1991–92 28,594,584 since it is not standardised over the time for any changes in the quality of treatment.
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987–88.
1Figures for FCEs in these years are available only at disproportionate cost.
Scotland:
Figures for 1970–75 are year ending 30 September.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983–84.
Northern Ireland:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1989–89. Complete information is not available for 1982 due to an industrial dispute. Information before 1981, if available, can only he provided at disproportionate cost.