§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient transfers there were from(a) the private sector to the NHS and (b) the NHS to the private sector in each year for the last 20 years. [108164]
§ Ms StuartThe information in the table covers the period 1989–90 until 1997–98. Figures were not collected for earlier years.
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Admission from non-NHS institution1 Discharge destination to non-NHS institution Admission from non-NHS run hospital2 Discharge destination to non-NHS run hospital 1989–90 37,873 42,048 — — 1990–91 38,102 56,466 — — 1991–92 35,375 63,439 — — 1992–93 31,207 64,785 — — 1993–94 29,141 61,851 — — 1994–95 24,575 59,703 — — 1995–96 21,160 42,229 — — 1996–97 — — 5,153 6,978 1997–983 — — 20,096 24,867 1 Up to 1995–96 the code for "non-NHS institution" included non-NHS hospitals, nursing homes, health care and residential institutions. In 1996–97 the category was sub-divided so that admissions from non-NHS hospitals formed a single classification. 2 The definition of "non-NHS run hospital" includes hospices. We cannot disaggregate these data, but it seems probable that a high proportion of the discharges are to hospices. 3 Figures for 1997–98 are provisional and no adjustments have been made for shortfalls in data.