§ Mr. Denis Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of pay beds in the National Health Service, excluding those for geriatric, chronically sick and mentally ill patients, the percentage of the whole that this number represents, and the identical information in respect of beds in the control of both the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board and the United Birmingham Hospitals, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonPay beds are authorised for hospitals not specialties. Excluding hospitals classified as Mainly long-stay, Long-stay, Chronic sick, Mental illness and Mental subnormality the figures at 31st December, 1969, were:—
Number of pay beds Percentage England and Wales 4,253 1.84 Birmingham Regional Hospital Board 312 1.65 United Birmingham Hospitals 106 6.67