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Hospitals: Admissions

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were admitted to NHS hospitals in (a) Essex and (b) England in each of the last five years. (264948)

The number of patients admitted to national health service hospitals in Essex and England in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.

Count of finished admission episodes in Essex and England, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Essex

England

2003-04

342,596

11,809,017

2004-05

350,506

12,101,986

2005-06

371,713

12,678,628

2006-07

374,850

12,976,273

2007-08

399,921

13,479,828

Notes:

1. The data provided are the number of finished admission episodes for primary care trusts in Essex and for England for the years 2003-04 to 2007-08.

2. The data provided include activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

3. The number of finished admission episodes is not the same as the number of patients admitted as a patient may be admitted more than once.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), the NHS information centre for health and social care.