§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list county by county the number of National Health Service geriatric beds per 10,000 population and per 10,000 population over 65 years of age.
§ Mr. MoyleHospital data are not collected by county. Following are the numbers of available geriatric beds in National Health Service hospitals, expressed as ratios per 10,000 population and per 10,000 population aged over 65, in each area health authority in England.
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No. of beds per 10,000 pop. No. of beds per 10,000 pop. age 65 and over Northern Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Cleveland … 11.33 102.60 Cumbria … 16.29 106.09 Durham … 15.14 112.26 Northumberland … 11.31 76.24 Gateshead … 8.72 64.97 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … 9.13 65.30 North Tyneside … 10.41 79.58 South Tyneside … 9.65 68.51 Sunderland … 13.11 104.78 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Humberside … 13.40 98.09 North Yorkshire … 14.75 90.32 Bradford … 16.21 109.21 Calderdale … 10.65 129.54 Kirklees … 17.68 121.53 Leeds … 13.68 94.86 Wakefield … 16.26 129.82 Trent Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Derbyshire … 11.10 78.04 Leicestershire … 10.16 77.64 Lincolnshire … 11.43 77.54 Nottinghamshire … 9.96 75.01 Barnsley … 11.33 87.96 Doncaster … 10.27 87.27 Rotherham … 13.95 124.29 Sheffield … 14.81 97.01 East Anglia Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Cambridgeshire … 12.57 99.42 Norfolk … 11.16 67.22 Suffolk … 17.27 113.60 North West Thames Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Bedfordshire … 8.66 79.70 Hertfordshire … 11.35 98.80 Barnet … 9.38 62.74 Brent/Harrow … 9.59 65.70 Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow Hillingdon … 5.65 9.20 Kensington & Chelsea/Westminster … 11.00 72.69 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Essex … 10.05 74.59 Barking/Havering … 12.98 99.80 Camden/Islington … 11.51 77.12 City and East London … 12.08 81.05 Enfield/Haringey … 12.23. 83.81 Redbridge/Waltham Forest … 17.98 112.91 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority East Sussex … 16.78 68.24 Kent … 12.05 78.81 Greenwich/Bexley … 11.69 86.72 Bromley … 11.80 83.65 Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham … 9.07 60.38 South West Thames Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Surrey … 10.91 81.51 West Sussex … 6.46 31.39 Croydon … 12.55 94.94 Kingston/Richmond … 10.26 63.32 Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth … 1206 76.92 Wessex Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Dorset … 16.39 79.31 Hampshire … 9.70 68.95 Wiltshire … 17.44 124.96 Isle of Wight … 15.49 71.54
No. of beds per 10,000 pop. No. of beds per 10,000 pop. age 65 and over Oxford Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Berkshire … 8.26 73.05 Buckinghamshire … 7.13 62.94 Northamptonshire … 15.12 112.62 Oxfordshire … 8.91 73.40 South Western Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Avon … 11.08 74.93 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly … 10.35 57.31 Devon … 15.21 77.86 Gloucestershire … 12.31 85.35 Somerset … 14.28 84.97 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Hereford and Worcester … 12.78 92.82 Salop … 18.06 136.77 Staffordshire … 11.83 100.43 Warwickshire … 806 69.41 Birmingham … 17.97 132.66 Coventry … 9.42 81.73 Dudley … 9.36 68.74 Sandwell … 5.97 44.39 Solihull … 1.85 19.07 Walsall … 6.31 59.23 Wolverhampton … 7.81 63.22 Mersey Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Cheshire … 13.94 111.37 Liverpool … 17.04 115.18 St. Helens with Knowsley … 4.55 42.71 Sefton … 12.88 85.61 Wirral … 11.52 84.84 North Western Regional Health Authority Area Health Authority Lancashire … 11.51 69.46 Bolton … 14.89 106.49 Bury … 10.75 81.46 Manchester … 16.48 110.59 Oldham … 12.21 88.44 Rochdale … 11.31 87.75 Salford … 11.21 80.16 Stockport … 11.0 82.62 Tameside … 10.86 78.36 Trafford … 8.68 63.27 Wigan … 13.22 105.04