Speeches

Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had gastrointestinal operations in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the form requested.

For England, a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary or secondary procedure of gastrointestinal operation from 2010-11 to 2014-15 is below.

Year

FAEs

2010-11

1,375,343

2011-12

1,472,621

2012-13

1,567,615

2013-14

1,603,365

2014-15

1,699,845

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre

Note: An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.