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Mr. Irving
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the total number of patients treated within the National Health Service in (a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) 1983 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. Whitney
Information on individual patients treated is not available centrally. The available information on the main hospital services is given in the table:
| NHS Hospitals, England | (Thousands) | |||
| 1974 | 1979 | 1983 | 1984 | |
| Inpatient cases | 5,172 | 5,400 | 6,019 | 6,178 |
| Day cases | 450 | 592 | 813 | 903 |
| Total outpatient attendances | 33,352 | 34,100 | 36,520 | 37,043 |
| Total Accident and emergency attendances | 12,921 | 13,219 | 13,603 | 13,769 |