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Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 27 November, Official Report, column 522, on hospital discharges if he will provide comparable figures for (a) 1990–91, (b) 1991–92 and (c) 1992–93. [4287]
Mr. Bowis
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Destination of discharge of patients treated by consultants in geriatric medicine in NHS hospitals in England | |||
| Percentage | |||
| 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | |
| Usual residence | 68.79 | 67.60 | 68.78 |
| Deaths | 19.35 | 17.69 | 17.52 |
| NHS hospital outside district— general ward/younger physically disabled | 1.36 | 4.90 | 5.20 |
| Non-NHS institution | 4.29 | 4.66 | 4.57 |
| Local authority residential home | 1.85 | 1.68 | 1.59 |
| Temporary residence e.g. hotels, residential educational institutions | 1.73 | 1.56 | 1.43 |
| NHS hospital outside district—mentally ill/handicapped ward | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.30 |
| NHS nursing home | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
| Not known | 2.47 | 1.42 | 0.25 |
| Special hospital | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.12 |