HC Deb 05 May 2004 vol 420 cc1612-3W
Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Manchester, Gorton in the past five years. [167389]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information is not collected on a constituency basis, but at National Health Service trust level. Data for NHS trusts are shown in the table.

In year elective admission Episodes for Manchester NHS trusts, 1998–99 to 2002–03
NHS Trusts 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 49,071 47,969 46,217 n/a n/a
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospital NHS Trust n/a n/a n/a 55,824 58,663
Notes:
1. N/A—not available.
2. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
3. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Department of Health