Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 December 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Spinal Injuries

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many serious spinal cord injuries have occurred in each of the last five years.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

Count of finished consultant episodes where primary diagnosis is spinal cord injury in national health service hospitals England 1999–2000 to 2003–04
	Finished consultant episodes
1999–2000	698
2000–01	679
2001–02	675
2002–03	825
2003–04	962
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre

Secondary information