HC Deb 11 December 2000 vol 359 c19W
Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were awaiting discharge from acute hospitals in Worcestershire at the end of(a) October, (b) September, (c) August, (d) July and (e) June. [141405]

Yvette Cooper

The information is not available in the format requested.

A one-day census undertaken by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust found that of the 808 patients in trust hospitals on 14 June, 88 patients were awaiting discharge. On 5 November the figure was 80.