Written question asked by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2014. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Hospitals: Admissions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay in hospital was for people with (a) fractured neck of femur, (b) appendectomy, (c) drainage of abscess, (d) essential hypertension (diabetes related), (e) chronic ischaemic heart disease (diabetes related), (f) acute myocardial infarction (diabetes related), (g) stroke (diabetes related), (h) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (i) asthma, (k) congestive heart failure (diabetes related), (l) peripheral vascular disease (diabetes related), (m) chronic kidney failure (diabetes related), (n) lower limb amputation (but excluding patients with malignancies or injury/trauma) (diabetes related) in each NHS commissioner area in each of the last five years.

Answer: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is attached.

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