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Written question asked by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 June 2007. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Thursday, 21 June 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Strokes: Wimbledon

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Wimbledon residents are in receipt of treatment for strokes.
Answer

Information is not collected in the format requested. The following table shows the number of all diagnoses count of finished consultant episodes with Sutton and Merton PCT as primary care trusts of residence for strokes (which covers the Wimbledon area).

PCT description Finished consultant episodes (FCE)
Sutton and Merton PCT 1,241
Notes:
All Diagnoses count of episodes
These figures represent a count of all FCEs where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 (7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in a HES record.
FCE
An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
143008; 461 c2198W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Strokes Wimbledon Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust
Link
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