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Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the United Kingdom aged over 60 years have been admitted to hospital for one or more nights in each of the last three years. [5479]
Mr. Boateng
The information available is for the number of hospital spells for people age 60 and over in England. Information relating to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Wales and for Northern Ireland, respectively.
| Number of hospital spells by duration of stay: age group—over 60 years | |||
| NHS hospitals, England | |||
| Duration of hospital spell | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 |
| 1 night | 245,596 | 278,257 | 308,225 |
| More than 1 night | 2,128,588 | 2,171,518 | 2,162,919 |
| Total | 2,374,184 | 2,449,775 | 2,471,144 |
Note:
Data in this table are grossed for coverage.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).
Region
| 1992–93
| 1993–94
| 1994–95
| 1995–96
| 1996–97
|
| Northern and Yorkshire | 48 | 141 | 717 | 223 | 279 |
| Trent | 33 | 133 | 163 | 114 | 150 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 29 | 306 | 387 | 141 | 133 |
| North Thames | 57 | 602 | 583 | 153 | 160 |
| South Thames | 45 | 502 | 567 | 118 | 196 |
| South and West | 38 | 396 | 407 | 137 | 145 |
| West Midlands | 29 | 369 | 525 | 185 | 212 |