HC Deb 27 June 1955 vol 543 cc2-3W
46. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Minister of Health the number of convalescent homes, their total bed complement, the percentage of convalescent beds to hos-

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
NON-TEACHING CONVALESCENT HOMES (INCLUDING PRE-CONVALESCENT ANNEXES) IN THE HOSPITAL SERVICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Region Number of homes at 31st December, 1953 Total bed complement Percentage of convalescent beds to hospital beds (excluding mental and M.D.) Average weekly cost per patient 1953–54
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
£ s. d.
Newcastle … 5 153 0.93 8 16 0
Leeds … 11 558 2.9 7 12 11
Sheffield … 13 686 3.2 9 0 5
East Anglia … 4 222 2.6 7 15 11
N.W. Metropolitan … 11 518 2.5 8 8 2
N.E. Metropolitan … 4 135 0.62 6 18 1
S.E. Metropolitan … 15 1,125 4.3 6 19 1
S.W. Metropolitan … 8 422 1.5 8 0 4
Oxford … 6 324 4.1 9 3 8
Southwestern … 9 385 2.1 7 5 9
Wales … 2 84 0.52 8 4 2
Birmingham … 6 284 1.1 10 16 2
Manchester … 8 286 1.1 10 4 10
Liverpool … 7 435 2.9 8 15 4

NOTE: The figures in column (5) are adjusted to exclude out-patient expenditure. The homes to which the figures in that column relate do not in all cases correspond exactly with those included in column (2).