Use of childcare by families with babies, while main carer is employed or a full-time student, 2001-02, UK
• In 2003/04, two thirds of full-time employees in Great Britain were members of an active pension scheme. (Table 8.6)
• The average length of stay of acute patients in UK NHS hospitals fell by nearly three and a half days between 1981 and 2002/03, to 5.1 days. (Table 8.11)
• The proportion of NHS GP consultations in Great Britain that took place in the home in the 14 days before interview fell from 22 per cent in 1971 to just 4 per cent in 2003/04. (Table 8.12) Latest information on GP consultations
• In 2002/03 two thirds of 60 to 74 year old men in England, and three fifths of women of the same age, who reported that they had difficulties with daily activities or mobility, said that they received no help from any source, paid or unpaid. (Table 8.17)
• In 2001-02, 64 per cent of parents in the United Kingdom with babies aged 9 to 10 months had used grandparents to look after their babies while the main carer was at work or college. (Figure 8.21)
• Over 26,000 children were on child protection registers in England in March 2003; two fifths were under the age of five. (Table 8.24)
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