Written question asked by John Gorst (Independent Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 November 1996. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 November 1996 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: How many hospital admissions in the last 12 months there were in the borough of Barnet; and of these, how many were (a) minor and (b) acute. - Inc table.

Answer: Sir John Gorst: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions in the last 12 months there were in the borough of Barnet; and of these, how many were (a) minor and (b) acute. [4678] Mr. Horam: The information collected centrally is on a national health service trust basis. Figures for the two trusts for Barnet health authority for 1995-96, the latest year for which data are available, are shown in the following table: Number of inpatient and day case admissions in Wellhouse NHS trust and Barnet Healthcare NHS trust, 1995-96 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Trust In-patients Day cases Wellhouse trusts Total activity of which acute 37,617 24,736 11,563 11,558 Barnet Healthcare Total activity of which acute 3,267 552 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health KP72 returns. Admissions are recorded by speciality types, ie. acute specialties, maternity, geriatric, mental illness and learning disabilities.

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