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Mr. Dobson
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the post surgical infection rate in National Health Service hospitals in each year since 1979.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
[pursuant to his reply, 13 June 1985, c. 557.] The available information is given in the table.
| *NHS hospitals | |
| Year | Estimated number of inpatient cases with a diagnosis of post-operative infection as percentage of all in-patient cases who undergo operations |
| England and Wales | |
| 1979 | 0·7 |
| 1980 | 0·7 |
| 1981 | 0·7 |
| England | |
| 1982 | 0·8 |
| 1983 (provisional) | 0·8 |
| * Excluding psychiatric and maternity hospitals and units | |