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Sir George Young
The latest figures, for 1978, are as follows:
| Area Health Authority |
Number of available geriatric beds |
Beds per 1000 population over 70 |
| 1. Northern Regional Health Authority |
| Cleveland |
660.7 |
15.8 |
| Cumbria |
731.5 |
14.9 |
| Durham |
869.7 |
16.2 |
| Northumberland |
290.0 |
10.4 |
| Gateshead |
200.5 |
10.2 |
| Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
328.7 |
10.8 |
| North Tyneside |
227.0 |
12.3 |
| South Tyneside |
153.4 |
9.6 |
| Sunderland |
375.2 |
15.3 |
| 2. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority |
| Humberside |
1,155.2 |
15.1 |
| North Yorkshire |
907.9 |
13.9 |
| Bradford |
800.6 |
15.8 |
| Calderdale |
382.5 |
18.0 |
| Kirklees |
646.8 |
17.9 |
| Leeds |
1,008.6 |
14.1 |
| Wakefield |
502.7 |
19.5 |
| 3. Trent Regional Health Authority |
| Derbyshire |
968.2 |
11.9 |
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| Area Health Authority |
Number of available geriatric beds |
Beds per 1000 population over 70 |
| Leicestershire |
900.9 |
12.4 |
| Lincolnshire |
685.4 |
13.7 |
| Nottinghamshire |
982.4 |
11.3 |
| Barnsley |
246.4 |
12.8 |
| Doncaster |
292.9 |
12.8 |
| Rotherham |
277.7 |
14.3 |
| Sheffield |
818.1 |
14.4 |
| 4. East Anglia Regional Health Authority |
| Cambridgeshire |
591.8 |
13.3 |
| Norfolk |
845.9 |
10.0 |
| Suffolk |
856.6 |
17.6 |
| 5. North West Thames Regional Health Authority |
| Bedfordshire |
414.6 |
11.8 |
| Hertfordshire |
944.5 |
13.6 |
| Barnet |
376.5 |
9.1 |
| Brent/Harrow |
443.2 |
10.6 |
| Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow |
391.7 |
5.5 |
| Hillingdon |
213.0 |
10.4 |
| Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster |
466.7 |
10.7 |
| 6. North East Thames Regional Health Authority |
| Essex |
1,442.6 |
11.2 |
| Barking/Havering |
524.5 |
14.8 |
| Camden/Islington |
466.6 |
12.2 |
| City and East London |
730.1 |
12.5 |
| Enfield/Haringey |
492.6 |
9.7 |
| Redbridge/Waltham Forest |
796.0 |
16.1 |
| 7. South East Thames Regional Health Authority |
| East Sussex |
1,048.7 |
9.8 |
| Kent |
1,698.7 |
11.4 |
| Bexley/Greenwich |
515.4 |
12.9 |
| Bromley |
365.2 |
12.6 |
| Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham |
682.8 |
8.7 |
| 8. South West Thames Regional Health Authority |
| Surrey |
1,196.6 |
12.1 |
| West Sussex |
530.8 |
6.1 |
| Croydon |
425.0 |
14.6 |
| Kingston/Richmond |
252.9 |
9.0 |
| Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth |
814.6 |
11.5 |
| 9. Wessex Regional Health Authority |
| Dorset |
959.5 |
11.6 |
| Hampshire |
1,229.4 |
10.6 |
| Wiltshire |
1,163.0 |
17.6 |
| Isle of Wight |
190.4 |
11.5 |
| 10. Oxford Regional Health Authority |
| Berkshire |
605.8 |
10.9 |
| Buchingamshire |
490.2 |
13.6 |
| Northamptonshire |
637.2 |
14.0 |
| Oxfordshire |
398.3 |
10.4 |
| 11. South Western Regional Health Authority |
| Avon |
811.4 |
10.5 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
515.9 |
10.9 |
| Devon |
1,356.6 |
11.1 |
| Gloucestershire |
659.9 |
13.8 |
| Somerset |
514.7 |
13.0 |
| 12. West Midlands Regional Health Authority |
| Hereford and Worcester |
758.3 |
14.0 |
| Salop |
649.5 |
18.6 |
| Staffordshire |
1,129.3 |
14.6 |
| Warwickshire |
382.2 |
10.4 |
| Birmingham |
1,958.1 |
20.5 |
| Coventry |
439.0 |
16.7 |
| Dudley |
268.7 |
11.1 |
| Sandwell |
192.4 |
6.7 |
| Solihull |
38.0 |
3.1 |
| Walsall |
170.0 |
8.7 |
| Wolverhampton |
245.0 |
11.1 |
520W
| Area Health Authority |
Number of available geriatric beds |
Beds per 1000 population over 70 |
| 13. Mersey Regional Health Authority |
| Cheshire |
1,260.9 |
17.2 |
| Liverpool |
763.0 |
14.0 |
| St. Helens with Knowsley |
235.2 |
9.1 |
| Sefton |
570.1 |
19.5 |
| Wirral |
434.1 |
12.3 |
| 14. North Western Regional Health Authority |
| Lancashire |
1,577.1 |
10.4 |
| Bolton |
424.7 |
17.3 |
| Bury |
214.3 |
13.7 |
| Manchester |
790.3 |
16.3 |
| Oldham |
253.8 |
12.1 |
| Rochdale |
218.5 |
12.0 |
| Salford |
291.9 |
12.1 |
| Stockport |
325.3 |
12.4 |
| Tameside |
271.0 |
12.0 |
| Trafford |
162.6 |
8.0 |
| Wigan |
433.9 |
17.2 |