§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency admissions(a) to the Royal 563W Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) in total for Shropshire Health Authority there were in each year from 1992 to date; and if he will make a statement. [100723]
§ Ms StuartThe table shows the number of emergency admissions(a) to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital National Health Service Trust and (b) to NHS trusts within Shropshire Health Authority for the financial years 1992–93 to 1997–98.
Ordinary admissions and day cases combined: number of emergency admissions shown by selected health authority and hospital provider, NHS hospitals, England Shropshire HA Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust1 1992–93 23,262 12,143 1993–94 29,705 15,192 1994–95 29,882 15,088 1995–96 33,210 17,448 1996–97 33,860 17,005 1997–982 34,794 17,261 1 Figures for 1992–93 and 1993–94 are for the Royal Shrewsbury Acute Unit and Shrewsbury Acute Hospital Unit respectively 2 Figures for 1997–98 are provisional, no adjustments have yet been made for shortfalls in data (ie the date is ungrossed) Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the full patient satisfaction survey results for(a) Shropshire Health Authority and (b) all the NHS trusts in Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. [100594]
§ Ms StuartThe report of the first part of the national surveys programme—on general practitioner services—was placed in the Library in October ("National Surveys of NHS Patients: General Practice 1998"). A breakdown of the data to health authority level can be found on the internet at: http://doh.gov.uk/public/nhssurvey.htm.
The second part of the programme—on coronary heart disease—will include data at National Health Service trust level and will be published in 2000.