§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of hospital patients treated per hospital bed for (a) the Northampton district, (b) the 10 districts of highest turnover and (c) the 10 districts of lowest turnover.
§ Sir George YoungThe number of patients treated in hospital per available bed at 31 December 1978, the latest date for which figures are available, are as follows:
Northampton District 15.4 Districts with the highest turnover 1. Central Manchester 34.7 2. Central Sheffield 34.0 3. Central Birmingham 31.7 4. South Bedfordshire 28.7 5. Medway 27.4 6. High Wycombe 26.7 7. Scarborough 26.2 8. Harrow 26.0 9. South Camden 25.8 10. North Hammersmith 25.8 Districts with the lowest turnover 1. Holton 3.5 2. Northumberland 5.8 3. Mid Surrey 5.9 4. Ealing 6.0 5. South Sheffield 6.0 6. South West Hertfordshire 6.2 7. Warrington 6.4 8. South West Durham 6.5 9. East Surrey 6.7 10. Frenchay 6.7 These figures are significantly affected by the different mixture of cases treated in different districts. Those with lower turnover have a larger proportion of long-stay cases, including long-stay psychiatric cases.