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Mortality Rates

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out for each NHS (a) region, (b) health authority and (c) trust the mortality rate (i) in hospital and (ii) within 30 days of discharge of people aged 75 and over in each quarter in the last four years, giving (A) the actual number and (B) the proportion of the total of those aged 75 and over admitted in each case. [31876]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 31 January 2002]: The information requested is shown in the tables.

The mortality rate in hospital for patients aged over 75 is only available at national, regional and health authority level. (Table 1—regional rate and table 2—health authority rate).

The mortality rate within 30 days of discharge for patients aged 75 and over is available only at national level (table 3).

Hospital episode statistics: Discharge episodes aged 75 and over with death rates by regional office of treatment: NHS hospital trusts in England 2000–01

	Discharged		Total	Death rate
Regional office	Live	Death	number discharged	(percentage)
Northern and Yorkshire regional	247,466	21,057	268,523	7.8
Trent regional office	198,438	17,330	215,768	8.0
West midlands regional office	185,538	17,812	203,350	8.8
North-west regional office	266,002	22,366	288,368	7.8
Eastern regional office	201,050	17,659	218,709	8.1
London regional office	213,809	21,605	235,414	9.2
South-east regional office	278,148	26,701	304,849	8.8
South-west regional office	225,356	18,159	243,515	7.5
Total	1,815,807	162,689	1,978,496	8.2

Note:

Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

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Hospital episode statistics: Discharge episodes aged 75 and over with death rates by health authority of treatment, England 2000–01

		Discharged		Total	Death rate
	Health authority	Live	Death	number discharged	(percentage)
QA2	Hillingdon HA	5,602	710	6,312	11
QA3	Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	17,696	1,170	18,866	6
QA4	Enfield and Haringey HA	6,199	976	7,175	14
QA5	Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	16,522	1,972	18,494	11
QA6	Bedfordshire HA	14,509	1,296	15,805	8
QA7	Berkshire HA	21,828	2,370	24,198	10
QA8	Buckinghamshire HA	16,144	1,577	17,721	9
QAA	Bexley and Greenwich HA	11,626	1,412	13,038	11
QAC	Bromley HA	9,755	881	10,636	8
QAD	Croydon HA	7,141	841	7,982	11
QAE	East Kent HA	24,630	2,526	27,156	9
QAF	West Kent HA	27,773	3,191	30,964	10
QAG	Kingston and Richmond HA	10,261	1,120	11,381	10
QAH	Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	20,026	1,888	21,914	9
QAJ	Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	20,732	2,226	22,958	10
QAK	East Surrey HA	210	18	228	8
QAL	West Surrey HA	21,790	2,156	23,946	9
QAM	East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA	31,561	2,789	34,350	8
QAN	West Sussex HA	37,532	3,412	40,944	8
QAP	Barking and Havering HA	13,197	1,515	14,712	10
QAQ	Barnet HA	12,654	1,438	14,092	10
QAR	Brent and Harrow HA	9,329	722	10,051	7
QAT	Camden and Islington HAS	24,016	1,483	25,499	6
QAV	Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	15,234	1,757	16,991	10
QAW	East London and The City HA	13,819	1,494	15,313	10
QAX	North Essex HA	28,385	3,138	31,523	10
QAY	South Essex HA	23,575	2,426	26,001	9
QC1	South Lancashire HA	5,312	462	5,774	8
QC2	Liverpool HA	16,559	1,140	17,699	6
QC3	Manchester HA	29,300	1,974	31,274	6
QC4	Morcambe Bay HA	14,022	1,287	15,309	8
QC5	St. Helens and Knowsley HA	10,171	1,041	11,212	9
QC6	Salford and Trafford HA	13,526	1,259	14,785	9
QC7	Sefton HA	20,779	1,776	22,555	8
QC8	QC8 Stockport HA	11,801	1,006	12,807	8
QC9	West Pennine HA	16,935	1,546	18,481	8
QCC	Northamptonshire HA	17,419	1,615	19,034	8
QCE	Oxfordshire HA	18,907	4,659	20,566	8
QCF	Suffolk HA	23,106	2,189	25,295	9
QCG	Barnsley HA	8,086	778	8,864	9
QCH	North Derbyshire HA	13,020	1,105	14,125	/
QCJ	Southern Derbyshire HA	20,738	1,550	22,288	7
QCK	Doncaster HA	13,781	1,071	14,852	7
QCL	Leicestershire HA	27,738	2,383	30,121	8
QCM	Lincolnshire HA	21,548	2,236	23,784	9
QCN	North Nottinghamshire HA	17,233	1,650	18,883	9
QCP	Nottingham HA	27,675	2,450	30,125	8
QCQ	Rotherham HA	8,323	821	9,144	9
QCR	Sheffield HA	26,214	2,130	28,344	8
QCT	Bury and Rochdale HA	11,143	1,127	12,270	9
QCV	North Cheshire HA	11,273	1,034	12,307	8
QCW	South Cheshire HA	20,213	1,884	22,097	9
QCX	East Lancashire HA	18,782	1,450	20,232	7
QCY	North West Lancashire HA	31,735	1,914	33,649	6
QD1	North and Mid Hampshire HA	13,281	1,119	14,400	8
QD2	Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA	23,407	2,039	25,446	8
QD3	Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	19,487	1,681	21,168	8
QD4	Isle of Wight HA	4,179	549	4,728	12
QD5	Somerset HA	18,688	1,556	20,244	8
QD6	South and West Devon HA	28,871	2,227	31,098	7
QD7	Wiltshire HA	17,097	1,770	18,867	9
QD8	Avon HA	47,221	3,899	51,120	8
QD9	Birmingham HA	45,941	4,288	50,229	9
QD1	Wigan and Bolton HA	19,071	1,988	21,059	9
QDC	Wirral HA	15,380	1,478	16,858	9
QDD	Bradford HA	20,381	1,563	21,944	7
QDE	County Durham HA	17,109	1,498	18,607	8
QDF	East Riding HA	17,181	1,461	18,642	8
QDG	Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	12,451	1,323	13,774	10
QDH	Leeds HA	28,376	2,284	30,660	7
QDK	Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	24,365	1,430	25,795	6
QDK	North Cumbria HA	11,960	1,086	13,046	8
QDL	South Humber HA	14,082	1,156	15,238	8
QDM	Northumberland HA	17,031	1,638	18,669	9
QDN	Sunderland HA	13,949	1,192	15,141	8
QDP	Tees HA	22,906	1,916	24,822	8
QDQ	Wakefield HA	12,655	1,111	13,766	8
QDR	North Yorkshire HA	29,737	2,762	32,499	8
QDT	Calderdale and Kirklees HA	19,365	1,793	21,158	8
QDV	Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	19,636	1,506	21,142	7
QDW	Dorset HA	44,830	3,358	48,188	7
QDX	North and East Devon HA	26,547	1,888	28,435	7
QDY	Gloucestershire HA	22,466	1,955	24,421	8
QEA	Coventry HA	13,579	1,440	15,019	10
QEC	Dudley HA	10,272	1,115	11,387	10
QED	Herefordshire HA	7,598	596	8,194	7
QEE	Sandwell HA	7,852	856	8,438	10
QEF	Shropshire HA	16,038	1,242	17,280	7
QEG	Solihull HA	155	12	167	7
QEH	North Staffordshire HA	20,646	1,710	22,356	8
QEJ	South Staffordshire HA	15,019	1,411	16,430	9
QEK	Walsall HA	6,123	989	7,112	14
QEL	Warwickshire HA	14,326	1,446	15,772	9
QEM	Wolverhampton HA	11,986	1,040	13,026	8
QEN	Worcestershire HA	16,273	1,667	17,940	9
QEP	East and North Hertfordshire HA	14,465	1,393	15,858	9
QEQ	West Hertfordshire HA	14,095	1,254	15,349	8
QER	Cambridge HA	27,959	2,384	30,343	8
QET	Norfolk HA	54,956	3,579	58,535	6
Total		1,815,807	162,689	1,978,496	8

Note:

Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

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Deaths in hospital within 30 days of surgery

England	Number of patients(36) with operations	Number of deaths	Percentage who died
	Emergency admissions:
1997–98	120,500	12,400	10.26
1998–99	136,000	14,600	10.71
	Non-emergency admissions:
1997–98	204,200	2,800	1.38
1998–99	224,400	3,200	1.41

⁽³⁶⁾ Aged 75 and over

Notes:

1. Rounded to the nearest 100.

2. "Surgery" includes many medical interventions and is consistent with definitions used in Clinical Indicators.

Source:

NHS Performance Indicators, Department of Health, July 2000, ad hoc analysis

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Lister Hospital

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of the accident and emergency department at the Lister hospital. [32298]

Jacqui Smith: [holding answer 1 February 2002]: The Hertfordshire and south Bedfordshire acute services review aims to explore the best way to provide local

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people with much better acute services and to meet NHS plan targets for modernising and improving patient services over the next 10 years.

The proposals have not progressed as far as to put forward specific recommendations for accident and emergency departments and the review will continue with ongoing work.

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