§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Minister of Health how many geriatric patients were under the care of hospital authorities in each regional board area at the nearest convenient date; and how many are in the care of local health authorities in the same regions.
§ Sir B. StrossInformation is not available in this precise form. The figures available are as follows:
(a) Regional occupation Hospital Board Average daily occupation of geriatric and chronic sick beds in 1963 Newcastle 2,829 Leeds 4,930 Sheffield 5,091 East Anglia 2,320 North West Metropolitan 3,166 North East Metropolitan 3,748 South East Metropolitan 4,108 South West Metropolitan 2,914 Oxford 2,094 South Western 4,345 Birmingham 5,937 Manchester 5,551 Liverpool 2,243 Wessex 2,267 Wales 2,811 (b) old persons resident December, 1963 in accommodation provided under Section 21(1(a)of the National Assistance Act, 1948, including those accommodated in voluntary homes on behalf of local authorities
Hospital Region* Newcastle … 4,923 Leeds … 6,290 Sheffield … 6,611 East Anglia … 3,184 Metropolitan Regions … 26,028 Oxford … 3,825 South Western … 5,482 Birmingham … 6,854 Manchester … 9,148 Liverpool … 2,510 Wessex … 3,737 Wales … 4,217 *Hospital Regions and Local Authority ares in many cases not coterminous. Figures for Country and Country Borough areas have been attributed the Hospital Region.