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Worthing Hospital

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the most common reason for (a) out-patient and (b) in-patient admission to Worthing Hospital was in the most recent period for which figures are available. (93274)

The information requested is available only at trust level. The table details the top 10 finished admission episodes by primary diagnosis for Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust for 2004-05.

Primary diagnosis

Finished admission episodes

N18

Chronic renal failure

5,797

O26

Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancy

2,485

Z38

Live born infants according to place of birth

1,929

H25

Senile cataract

1,814

R10

Abdominal and pelvic pain

1,584

C50

Malignant neoplasm of breast

1,415

R07

Pain in throat and chest

1,151

O36

Maternal care for other known or suspected foetal problems

907

O70

Perineal laceration during delivery

784

C67

Malignant neoplasm of bladder

781

Notes:

1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, i.e. the data are ungrossed.

4. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England. The Health and Social Care Information Centre liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. Whilst this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to Worthing Hospital Accident and Emergency Department in each of the last three years. (93350)

The information requested is only collected at trust level. The information in the table details the number of attendances at, and admissions through, the accident and emergency (A and E) department at Worthing and Southlands National Health Service Trust, 2003-04 to 2005-06.

Organisation

Number of admissions via A and E

Total A and E attendances

2003-04

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

12,168

56,842

2004-05

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

13,688

61,333

2005-06

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

14,124

62,026

Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the most common reason for admission to Worthing hospital Accident and Emergency Department was in the most recent period for which figures are available. (93355)

The information requested is only available at trust level. The following table details the top 10 finished admission episodes by primary diagnosis via accident and emergency departments for Worthing and Southlands hospitals national health service trust for 2004-05:

Primary diagnosis

Finished admission episodes

R07

Pain in throat and chest

694

S72

Fracture of femur

537

R10

Abdominal and pelvic pain

520

J44

Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

342

J22

Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

323

120

Angina pectoris

296

S09

Other and unspecified injuries of head

291

150

Heart failure

286

121

Acute myocardial infarction

279

148

Atrial fibrillation and flutter

262

R55

Syncope and collapse

262

Notes:

1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

4. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England. The Health and Social Care Information Centre liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care