§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the area health authority districts in England and Wales in which privately-owned hospitals or clinics have opened during the last 12 months or nearest 12-month period for which this information is available, giving the numbers of each area, together with figures showing the number of people on the waiting lists for treatment at the publicly-owned hospitals in those areas.
§ Mr. MoyleThe following information relates to premises registered under the362W Nursing Homes Act 1975 between 1st January and 31st December 1976, which is the latest period for which information is readily available. Information relating to health districts within each area health authority is not available.
Area Health Authority Number of Homes opened during 1976 Waiting List* at 31st December 1976 ENGLAND Avon 2 6,370 Bedfordshire 1 4,460 Berkshire 1 10,940 Bradford 1 3,984 Buckinghamshire 1 6,921 Calderdale 1 2,826 Cheshire 1 10,121 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly 1 4,093 Devon 1 14,195 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 1 8,857 East Sussex 1 9,076 Enfield and Haringey 1 4,628 Essex 1 14,379 Greenwich and Bexley 1 2,645 Hampshire 1 16,130 Kent† — 21,546 Norfolk 1 13,637 North Yorkshire 1 6,920 Nottingham 1 11,641 Rochdale 1 2,833 Sefton 1 5,797 Staffordshire 1 10,012 Suffolk 1 3,853 Surrey 1 11,092 Warwickshire 3 6,096 West Sussex 4 6,247 Wiltshire 2 9,020 WALES No homes were opened during this period. * The information on waiting lists relates to in-patient treatment only Information is not available for out-patient or day-care treatment. † It is likely that homes were opened in Kent during the period but a precise figures is not available.