§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Service if he will list the numbers of hospital beds available, by regional health authority, for the years 1970 until the latest available date.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe numbers are shown in the following table:
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Average available beds—all specialties—England, 1970–1980 Region 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Northern 28,154 28,001 27,653 27,237 27,752 27,409 26,992 26,254 25,746 25,305 25,283 Yorkshire 32,087 31,914 31,505 30,168 32,117 31,714 31,246 30,890 30,539 29,946 29,298 Trent 34,201 34,256 34,018 33,632 32,307 32,175 32,292 32,187 32,122 31,712 31,516 East Anglia 14,099 14,096 13,550 13,415 13,142 13,052 13,398 13,241 13,156 13,094 13,088 North West Thames 40,069 39,578 38,881 37,004 32,377 31,474 30,826 29,575 28,752 27,904 27,116 North East Thames 30,891 30,116 29,152 28,626 32,679 32,004 31,830 31,040 30,311 29,443 28,703 South East Thames 32,649 32,069 31,239 30,706 31,140 31,474 30,750 30,092 29,188 28,408 27,720 South West Thames 42,360 41,965 41,319 41,228 31,515 29,553 28,816 28,115 27,020 26,242 25,416 Wessex 17,129 16,990 16,739 16,414 21,258 20,146 19,869 19,634 19,271 19,021 18,844 Oxford 15,085 15,082 15,262 14,914 15,296 14,668 14,613 14,184 13,836 13,664 13,422 South Western 32,340 32,255 31,882 31,416 27,259 26,467 25,719 25,190 24,892 24,456 24,245 West Midlands 42,176 41,431 41,003 39,888 38,974 37,952 37,715 37,310 36,889 36,263 35,782 Mersey 22,431 22,187 21,557 20,757 23,962 23,613 23,486 27,964 22,732 21,982 21,332 North Western 39,929 39,673 38,907 38,121 32,827 32,344 32,053 31,681 31,310 30,812 30,839 London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals (Included in Regional totals) 3,630 3,587 3,607 3,569 3,470 3,419 3,376