HC Deb 28 February 2002 vol 380 cc1556-7W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for each NHS trust in Lancashire, what was the(a) number and (b) percentage change in emergency admissions between April and October in (i) 2001 and (ii) 000. [15471]

Ms Blears

The latest available data for acute trusts are set out in the table:

Finished first episodes April—August 2000 April—August 2001 provisional Per cent. change
Blackpool
Victoria 10,912 11,330 +3.8
Blackburn 10,327 10,519 + 1.9
Burnley 7,912 7,995 + 1.0
Chorley 4,149 4,036 - 2.7
Morecambe
Bay 11,056 11,811 +6.8
Preston 8,955 9,235 +3.1

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics.

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