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Dept of Health

Answer

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many English NHS patients were treated in Scotland in each of the last five years. [24572] Mr. Hutton: Information on English residents treated in Scotland is collected by the information and statistics division of National Health Service Scotland. Information on the number of English residents receiving treatment in NHS hospitals in Scotland as either outpatients or as inpatients and day cases is shown in the table. Information on English residents treated in a primary care setting in Scotland is limited. Over the past five years, on average, there have been around 2,200 patients who reside in England on the lists of Scottish general practitioners. These patients may or may not have attended their GP for a consultation in that time. The average number of face to face consultations per head of population per annum in Scotland is 3.2. English residents{ 1} treated in NHS hospitals in Scotland _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year ending 31 March First outpatient appointments{ 2,4} Inpatients and day cases{ 3,4} 1998 2,049 7,048 1999 2,428 7,432 2000 2,185 6,991 2001 2,141 6,578 2002 (to date){5} 1,319 3,750 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes a small number of residents in Wales and Northern Ireland. {2} First outpatient appointments in consultant-led clinics (SMR00). Excludes A&E and genito-urinary medicine. Information on return outpatient appointments is not collected centrally by area of residence. {3} Discharges from acute specialties (SMR01), maternity specialties (SMR02), mental health specialties (SMR04), neonatal care for sick babies (SMR11) and long stay facilities in the specialty of geriatric medicine (SMR50). The majority (92 per cent.) of discharges are from acute specialties. {4} All information shown is based on "episodes" of care rather than individual patients. A patient with more than one episode of care in any year or across years will be counted every time they receive an episode of care. {5} Records held centrally at 20 December 2001. It is estimated that available figures for year ending March 2002 represent approximately 60 per cent. of total activity for the year. Source: ISD Scotland, Scottish Morbidity Records (SMRs) 00, 01, 02, 04, 11 and 50. Reference: Acute Care Information Group, 20011414.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

377 c997-8W;377 c1001-2W; 24572

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Hospitals Health services General practitioners NHS Patients Primary care Scotland

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