§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) in-patients and (b) out-patients were treated in Leicestershire in each year between 1992–93 and the most recent year for which figures are available. [149979]
§ Yvette CooperThe tables show the total number of finished consultant in-patient episodes (FCEs) for patients treated in Leicestershire health authority for each year between 1992–93 and 1999–2000 and also the total 111W number of outpatient attendances and first outpatient attendances for patients in Leicestershire health authority for each of the same years.
Table 1 Year Total 1992–93 161,824 1993–94 177,035 1994–95 191,032 1995–96 192,566 1996–97 200,726 1997–98 205,196 1998–99 225,384 1999–2000 233,159 Notes:
1. Figures for 1992–93 to 1996–97 are grossed for coverage.
2. 1997–98 to 1999–2000 figures are ungrossed.
An FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health
Table 2 Year Total attendances Total first attendances 1992–93 584,426 138,136 1993–94 600,394 152,938 1994–95 616,252 164,717 1995–96 627,634 173,060 1996–97 662,124 185,073 1997–98 686,184 189,419 1998–99 690,263 195,052 1999–2000 684,304 192,227 Source:
Figures are taken from the annual Körner return KHO9 'Consultant outpatient attendance activity'
"Outpatients and ward attenders for England", a copy of which is placed in the Library, contains information for individual NHS trusts along with summary tables for England. The returns are made on a financial year basis and the latest year for which data are available is 1999–2000.