HC Deb 15 May 1978 vol 950 c51W
Mr. Newton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services why, before

ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL (TRELISKE)
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Average daily number of available beds … … 276.9 262.7 268.1 269.7 269.9 277.0 276.6 277.0
Discharges and deaths … 10,133 10,479 11,086 10,622 11,130 11,136 11,523 11,400
Average duration of stay in days of patients discharged and died … … … 8.67 8.22 8.03 8.02 7.46 7.26 7.25 7.12
Nursing staff including Mid-wifery … … … 94 165 161 167 195 217 223 225
Nurses in training including pupil midwives … … … 176 197 173 174 198 208 181 188
Ancillary staff … … 152 184 195 198 208 236 239 228
Professional and technical staff 48 53 66 65 65 74 100 101
Administrative and clerical staff … … … … 40 41 48 50 52 58 60 68
Junior medical staff … … 17 16 19 21 36 35 41 43
Senior medical staff … … 36 37 41 43 44 47 47 47
Note: All staffing figures except those relating to senior medical staff are expressed in whole-time equivalent terms at 31st December in each year.