HC Deb 08 March 1978 vol 945 c702W
Mr. Newton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of all National Health Service beds occupied daily are occupied by those aged 65 years and over.

Mr. Moyle

The estimated proportions of beds occupied in NHS hospitals in 1975, the latest year for which they can be calculated, are as follows: non-psychiatric, 52 per cent.; psychiatric, 35 per cent.