HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 c932W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which postcodes are included in the catchment area for Epsom hospital's maternity unit; and how many patients came from each of those postcode areas in the last year for which information is available. [33706]

Mr. Hutton

For the year 2000–01 the following information was collected:

Postcodes within catchment area Delivery episodes
CR5 20
KT11 85
KT17 199
KT18 171
KT19 329
KT20 172
KT21 107
KT22 208
KT23 60
KT4 103
SM2 46
SM7 142
Other postcodes (outside defined catchment) 249
Total 1,891

Note:

Postcodes listed fall wholly or partly within the catchment area, which is defined as that area for which Epsom general hospital was the designated district hospital prior to becoming a trust hospital in 1991.