HC Deb 25 March 2002 vol 382 c764W
Mrs. Humble

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children stayed in hospital for four weeks or more in(a) Blackpool Victoria Hospital and (b) hospitals nationwide in the last 12 months. [39526]

Yvette Cooper

The table below shows a count of episodes of care where the length of stay was longer than four weeks.

Finished provider spells for 0–18 year olds where length of stay was over 4 weeks—Blackpool Victoria NHS Trust and all other
Trusts in England, 2000–01
Age Total (0–18)
Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS Trust 55
Other NHS trusts 15,292
England 15,347

Notes:

A finished provider spell is defined as a period of in-patient care within one health care provider that commences with the patients' admission and ends on the date of discharge. It may comprise one or more FCEs (finished consultant episodes).

Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health