§ Baroness Barkerasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will make publicly available the rates of hospital readmission within (a) 14 days and (b) 28 days of discharge from each primary care trust area. [HL 1494]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathNational quarterly monitoring information within 28 days for all ages is routinely placed in the Library when available. The most recently collected information is for Quarter 2 (July to September) 2002–03. For brevity, information by primary care trust is not included, but we have today placed in the Library the PCT breakdown for Quarter 2 2002–03.