HC Deb 22 December 1976 vol 923 cc237-9W
Mr. Stanley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio

AVAILABLE BEDS* IN ACUTE, MAINLY ACUTE AND PARTLY ACUTE HOSPITALS PER 1,000 POPULATION† 1975
Beds per 1,000 population Available beds Population('000s)
Northern RHA … … 3.78 11,805.5 3,126.1
Cleveland AHA … … 4.48 2,531.3 565.4
Cumbria AHA … … 3.56 1,686.6 473.8
Durham AHA … … 3.45 2,096.7 607.6
Northumberland AHA … … 3.37 967.2 286.7
Gateshead AHA … … 3.00 664.1 221.4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne AHA … … 6.29 1,859.5 295.7
North Tyneside AHA … … 2.48 510.6 205.7
South Tyneside AHA … … 4.26 732.0 171.8
Sunderland AHA … … 2.54 757.5 298.0
Yorkshire RHA … … 3.94 14,085.7 3,576.9
Humberside AHA … … 3.22 2,741.7 851.4
North Yorkshire AHA … … 3.82 2,275.7 596.5
Bradford AHA … … 5.36 2,718.4 507.0
Calderdale AHA … … 4.19 806.0 192.4
Kirklees AHA … … 2.86 1,074.1 375.1
Leeds AHA … … 4.17 3,127.0 749.0
Wakefield AHA … … 4.40 1,342.8 305.5
Trent RHA … … 2.53 11,448.2 4,517.3
Derbyshire AHA … … 1.44 1,236.4 859.3
Leicestershire AHA … … 1.95 1,631.3 836.5
Lincolnshire AHA … … 3.17 1,652.4 521.3
Nottinghamshire AHA … … 2.51 2,468.3 982.7
Barnsley AHA … … 2.97 665.1 224.0
Doncaster AHA … … 2.95 840.4 285.0
Rotherham AHA … … 2.35 584.3 248.7
Sheffield AHA … … 4.23 2,370.0 559.8
East Anglia RHA … … 2.66 4,739.2 1,780.4
Cambridgeshire AHA … … 2.70 1,405.0 520.9
Norfolk AHA … … 2.10 1,609.8 767.7
Suffolk AHA … … 3.51 1,724.4 491.8
North West Thames RHA … … 4.37 15,125.8 3,460.2
Bedfordshire AHA … … 4.19 2,049.1 489.5
Hertfordshire AHA … … 3.07 2,580.5 839.8
Barnet AHA … … 2.90 1,164.3 400.9
Brent/Harrow AHA … … 4.22 1,770.4 419.6
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow AHA … 4.46 3,023.8 677.3
Hillingdon AHA … … 6.62 1,536.9 232.2
Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster AHA 7.49 3,000.8 400.9
North-East Thames RHA … … 4.54 17,078.2 3,764.4
Essex AHA … … 3.00 4,235.8 1,410.9
Barking/Havering AHA … … 3.76 1,471.9 391.4
Camden/Islington AHA … … 7.38 3,239.6 439.2
City and East London AHA … … 6.96 4,134.1 594.2
Enfield/Haringey AHA … … 4.55 2,133.5 469.1
Redbridge/Waltham Forest AHA … … 4.05 1,863.3 459.6

of general hospital beds to population in each area health authority and in each regional health authority in England.

Mr. Moyle,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2nd December 1976; Vol. 921, c. 256], circulated the following information:

Following are the average numbers of beds available in hospitals classified as acute, mainly acute and partly acute per 1,000 population for each regional and area health authority in England in 1975:

Beds per 1,000 population Available beds Population ('000s)
South-East Thames RHA … … 3.89 14,033.0 3,603.2
East Sussex AHA … … 3.25 2,135.7 657.3
Kent AHA … … 3.00 4,330.0 1,445.4
Greenwich/Bexley AHA … … 4.92 2,097.5 426.7
Bromley AHA … … 4.97 1,466.7 294.9
Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham AHA … 5.14 4,003.1 778.9
South-West Thames RHA … … 3.42 10,201.0 2982.0
Surrey AHA … … 3.37 3,798.1 1126.8
West Sussex AHA … … 3.16 1,966.9 623.1
Croydon AHA … … 2.74 890.1 324.9
Kingston/Richmond AHA … … 2.98 727.2 243.9
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth AHA … … 4.25 2,818.7 663.3
Wessex RHA … … 3.17 8,502.7 2,684.8
Dorset AHA … … 2.94 1,686.6 572.9
Hampshire AHA … … 2.99 3,876.9 1,295.2
Wiltshire AHA … … 3.90 2,755.5 706.0
Isle of Wight AHA … … 1.66 183.7 110.7
Oxford RHA … … 2.56 5,620.2 2199.3
Berkshire AHA … … 3.43 2,544.6 741.5
Buckinghamshire AHA … … 1.67 779.6 465.5
Northamptonshire AHA … … 1.98 990.2 500.1
Oxfordshire AHA … … 2.65 1,305.8 492.2
South Western RHA … … 2.86 8,501.7 2,975.5
Avon AHA … … 3.41 2,704.5 792.3
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AHA … … 2.28 920.6 403.5
Devon AHA … … 2.99 2,800.9 936.3
Gloucestershire AHA … … 2.35 1,144.5 487.6
Somerset AHA … … 2.62 931.2 355.8
West Midlands RHA … … 2.78 14,370.8 5178.1
Hereford and Worcester AHA … … 3.09 1,811.2 585.6
Salop AHA … … 2.81 995.4 354.8
Staffordshire AHA … … 1.90 1,881.2 988.4
Warwickshire AHA … … 2.68 1,263.1 471.8
Birmingham AHA … … 3.60 3,905.3 1084.6
Coventry AHA … … 3.78 1,275.5 337.0
Dudley AHA … … 2.50 751.3 300.7
Sandwell AHA … … 1.41 446.4 315.5
Solihull AHA … … 1.47 293.3 199.7
Walsall AHA … … 2.27 614.9 271.0
Wolverhampton AHA … … 4.21 1,133.2 269.0
Mersey RHA … … 4.16 10,388.4 2499.3
Cheshire AHA … … 3.00 2,672.3 892.2
Liverpool AHA … … 4.94 2,124.2 430.2
St. Helens with Knowsley AHA … … 3.15 1,216.4 386.1
Sefton AHA … … 4.91 2,081.6 423.9
Wirral AHA … … 6.25 2,293.9 366.9
North Western RHA … … 4.10 16,854.6 4,106.2
Lancashire AHA … … 3.90 5,335.9 1,369.2
Bolton AHA … … 2.96 780.3 263.3
Bury AHA … … 3.01 543.2 180.4
Manchester AHA … … 9.07 4,594.2 506.3
Oldham AHA … … 4.44 1,013.8 228.4
Rochdale AHA … … 3.73 787.9 211.5
Salford AHA … … 2.99 795.6 266.5
Stockport AHA … … 2.66 781.5 293.4
Tameside AHA … … 2.60 652.3 250.9
Trafford AHA … … 2.25 510.9 226.7
Wigan AHA … … 3.42 1,059.0 309.6
* The population figures used are those relating to areas of management.
† The numbers of beds used are taken from a provisional analysis.