§ 13. Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pay beds in National Health Service hospitals are authorised; and how many are made actually available by hospital authorities.
BEDS IN REGISTERED PRIVATE NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS Region Beds (31 December 1974) England … … … … Northern … … … … … 536 Yorkshire … … … … … 1,614 Trent … … … … … … 1,581 East Anglia … … … … … 747 North West Thames … … … 2,706 North East Thames … … … … 4,118 South East Thames … … … … 4,017 South West Thames … … … 4,017 Wessex … … … … … 2,215 Oxford … … … … … 1,165 South West … … … … … 2,082 West Midlands … … … … 1,351 Mersey … … … … … 1,351 North West … … … … … 2,001 Total … … … … … 26,965 Wales … … … … … … … … … … … … 966 Northern Ireland … … … … … … … … … … 220 Health Board Beds (from returns made during 1975) Scotland … … … … Argyll and Clyde … … … … 255 Ayrshire and Arran … … … … 147 Borders … … … … … 21 Dumfries and Galloway … … … 28 Fife … … … … … … 31 Forth Valley … … … … … 8 Grampian … … … … … 62 Greater Glasgow … … … … 388 Highland … … … … … 23 Lanarkshire … … … … … 44 Lothian … … … … … 141 Tayside … … … … … 90 Total … … … … … 1,238
§ 27. Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when she expects the last pay bed to be removed from within the National Health Service.
§ Mrs. CastleI must ask my hon. Friend to await the implementation of the Government's policy in accordance with the Gracious Speech.
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§ Mrs. Castle4,157 in England; during 1974 when the number of pay beds was slightly greater—4,574—average daily occupancy by paying patients was 2,245.
§ 17. Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many private beds there are in each health region of the United Kingdom at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CastleFollowing is the information: