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NHS Hospitals: General and Acute Cases
Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What was the total number of general and acute cases for each year since 1970.
Baroness Jay of Paddington: The information is shown in the following table.
| Year | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | Yearly total |
| 1970 | --(41) | 563 | 254 | -- | 817 |
| 1971 | --(41) | 573 | 259 | -- | 832 |
| 1972 | --(41) | 593 | 275 | -- | 868 |
| 1973 | --(41) | 577 | 273 | -- | 850 |
| 1974 | 4,768 | 592 | 289 | -- | 5,649 |
| 1975 | 4,569 | 572 | 280 | -- | 5,421 |
| 1976 | 4,924 | 660 | 302 | -- | 5,886 |
| 1977 | 5,077 | 684 | 311 | -- | 6,072 |
| 1978 | 5,095 | 686 | 319 | -- | 6,100 |
| 1979 | 5,099 | 681 | 321 | -- | 6,101 |
| 1980 | 5,404 | 714 | 338 | -- | 6,456 |
| 1981 | 5,565 | 739 | 350 | 213 | 6,867 |
| 1982 | 5,515 | 755 | 342 | -- | 6,612 |
| 1983 | 5,900 | 706 | 372 | 225 | 7,203 |
| 1984 | 6,118 | 790 | 386 | 229 | 7,523 |
| 1985 | 6,323 | 804 | 411 | 243 | 7,781 |
| 1986 | 6,449 | 830 | 435 | 243 | 7,957 |
| 1987-88 | 6,469 | 839 | 464 | 247 | 8,019 |
| 1988-89 | 6,577 | 867 | 470 | 258 | 8,172 |
| 1989-90 | 6,829 | 691 | 488 | 264 | 8,272 |
| 1990-91 | 6,936 | 911 | 508 | 269 | 8,624 |
| 1991-92 | 7,448 | 939 | 556 | 283 | 9,226 |
| 1992-93 | 7,772 | 953 | 591 | 295 | 9,611 |
| 1993-94 | 8,207 | 1,009 | 631 | 311 | 10,158 |
| 1994-95 | 8,649 | 1,088 | 675 | 328 | 10,740 |
| 1995-96 | 9,209 | 1,115 | 697 | 336 | 11,357 |
Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987-88.
(41)Figures for these years are available only at disproportionate costs.
Scotland:
Due to the changes in coding classifications, certain year-on-year comparisons may not be strictly comparable.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983-84.
Northern Ireland:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1988-89.
Complete information is not available for 1982 due to an industrial dispute.
Information before 1981, if available, can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Lord Lucas asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Jay of Paddington: The information is shown in the following table.
Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987-88.
(42) Information prior to 1974 can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Scotland:
Due to the changes in coding classifications, certain year-on-year comparisons may not be strictly comparable.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983-84.
Northern Ireland:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1988-89.
Complete information is not available for 1982 due to an industrial dispute.
Information before 1981, if available, can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Jay of Paddington: The information is shown in the following table.
Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987-88.
Scotland:
Figures for 1970-75 are year ending 30 September.
Attendances at consultant outpatient clinics. Excludes Accident and Emergency attendance.
Figure for 1971 based on data for six months ending 31 March 1971.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983-84.
Northern Ireland:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1988-89.
Complete information is not available for 1982 due to an industrial dispute.
Information before 1981, if available, can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Jay of Paddington: Estimates for National Health Service staff, comprising hospital and community health services and general medical services as a whole, are not available before 1990. Figures showing the proportion of staff employed by the hospital and community health services classified as direct care staff from 1970 to 1996 are shown in the following table. This includes some staff not directly involved in patient care, for example some technical staff, and excludes some staff who were directly involved in patient care, for example ambulance paramedics. The figures are not comparable over time because of, in particular: changes to nurses' standard working hours in 1980-81; the exclusion of staff working in contracted out services; the changes resulting from the transition from traditional pre-registration nurse training to Project 2000 nurse training; and changes to the classification of non-medical staff from 1995.
Notes:
1. Figures before 1981 are not comparable with those for later years due to a reduction in nurses standard working hours in 1980-81 from 40 to 37.5 hours per week.
2. Figures for Project 2000 students and staff employed by independent contractors are excluded.
3. A new classification for non-medical NHS staff was introduced in 1995; information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.
4. Figures are based on staff numbers expressed as whole-time equivalents.
-- not available.
How many admissions per available bed there have been each year in the general and acute sector since 1970.
Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly Total
1970 --(42) 17 17 -- 34
1971 --(42) 18 18 -- 36
1972 --(42) 18 18 -- 36
1973 --(42) 18 18 -- 36
1974 20 18 19 -- 57
1975 20 18 18 -- 56
1976 21 19 20 -- 60
1977 22 19 20 -- 61
1978 22 19 20 -- 61
1979 22 19 20 -- 61
1980 24 20 21 -- 65
1981 24 20 22 22 88
1982 24 21 22 -- 67
1983 26 20 24 23 93
1984 27 21 25 24 97
1985 28 22 26 25 101
1986 29 22 27 26 104
1987-88 31 23 28 27 109
1988-89 32 24 29 30 115
1989-90 33 24 31 32 120
1990-91 35 25 32 33 125
1991-92 38 26 34 37 135
1992-93 39 27 35 41 142
1993-94 42 28 36 46 152
1994-95 43 30 37 50 160
1995-96 45 31 38 53 167
What was the number of outpatients (all specialties) in the NHS in each year since 1970.
Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly Total
1970 32,355 3,633 1,655 -- 37,643
1971 33,129 3,582 1,690 -- 38,401
1972 33,243 3,557 1,699 -- 38,499
1973 33,318 3,540 1,694 -- 38,552
1974 33,352 3,877 1,743 -- 38,972
1975 30,947 3,825 1,647 -- 36,419
1976 32,396 3,866 1,728 -- 37,990
1977 32,282 3,914 1,740 -- 38,936
1978 33,950 3,905 1,762 -- 39,617
1979 34,100 3,957 1,803 -- 39,860
1980 35,243 4,023 1,900 -- 41,166
1981 35,571 4,131 1,962 213 41,877
1982 35,651 4,150 1,959 -- 41,760
1983 36,520 4,025 2,083 225 42,853
1984 37,043 4,240 2,128 229 43,640
1985 37,440 4,289 2,203 243 44,175
1986 37,728 4,364 2,268 243 44,603
1987-88 36,846 4,383 2,315 247 43,791
1988-89 36,118 4,445 2,295 258 43,116
1989-90 36,305 4,443 2,315 264 43,327
1990-91 36,112 4,494 2,320 269 43,195
1991-92 36,894 4,546 2,369 283 44,092
1992-93 37,527 4,598 2,440 295 44,860
1993-94 38,202 4,680 2,546 311 45,739
1994-95 39,306 4,720 2,588 328 46,942
1995-96 40,118 4,773 2,570 336 47,797
What proportion of staff have provided direct patient care in each year since 1970.
Year United Kingdom Great Britain
Per cent. Per cent.
1970 -- --
1971 -- 57
1972 -- 57
1973 -- 58
1974 -- 58
1975 -- 58
1976 -- 58
1977 57 58
1978 -- --
1979 58 59
1980 59 59
1981 60 60
1982 60 61
1983 60 61
1984 62 62
1985 63 63
1986 64 65
1987 64 65
1988 65 66
1989 64 65
1990 66 67
1991 66 67
1992 65 66
1993 65 66
1994 65 66
1995 65 66
1996 66 67
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