Written question asked by George Stevenson (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 December 2003. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated at the North Staffordshire Hospital in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated at the North Staffordshire Hospital in each year since 1997. [143873] Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the number of finished in-year admissions at University Hospital of North Staffordshire National Health Service Trust (formerly North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust) each year from 1997-98 to 2002-03. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Admissions 1997-98 101,642 1998-99 106,355 1999-2000 122,241 2000-01 121,978 2001-02 113,621 2002-03 135,665 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Admissions Admissions are defined as 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. Grossing Figures have not (yet) been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 143873; 415 c886-7W;415 c887W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Admissions Hospitals Medical treatments Patients Stoke on Trent University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
Contains statistics: Yes
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