HC Deb 04 April 1985 vol 76 cc768-9W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what were the total numbers of (a) private hospitals, homes and clinics registered on 31 December 1983 under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 and (b) beds they contain; and if he will give the figures for each region;

(2) what were the total numbers of (a) private hospitals, homes and clinics registered on 31 December 1983 under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 which contain operating theatres and (b) beds they contain; and if he will give the figures for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1985, c. 327]: The available information is given in the table.

both operating theatres and (a) pathology departments and (b) radiology departments; and if he will give the figures for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1985, c. 327]: The available information is given in the table.

Private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975, as amended by the Health Service Act 1980 Position at 31 December 1983
Region Number of institutions with operating theatres and pathology departments Number of institutions with operating theatres and radiology departments
Northern 2 2
Yorkshire 5 9
Trent 6 7
East Anglian 2 5
North West Thames 8 11
North East Thames 6 16
South East Thames 6 11
South West Thames 6 11
Wessex 4 7
Oxford 3 11
South Western Nil 7
West Midlands 5 9
Mersey 3 5
North Western 4 7
ENGLAND 60 118

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total number of (a) nursing staff and (b) medical practitioners employed (i) by all the private hospitals, homes and clinics registered on 31 December 1983 under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 and (ii) by those private hospitals, homes and clinics which contain operating theatres; and if he will give the figures for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1985, c. 327]: The available information is given in the table.

Private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975, as amended by the Health Service Act 1980
Position at 31 December 1983
Number of nursing staff* Number of institutions with resident medical practitioners
Region All institutions Those with operating theatres All institutions Those with operating theatres
Northern 395.6 86.5 0 0
Yorkshire 1,524.4 435.9 4 2
Trent 1,510.9 393.7 0 0
East Anglian 692.6 260.6 2 2
North West Thames 1,806.6 1,053.2 12 11
North East Thames 2,503.4 1,644.8 16 13
South East Thames 3,588.1 762.2 8 0
South West Thames 2,854.0 610.3 6 3
Wessex 2,188.4 350.6 5 3
Oxford 1,445.4 482.8 5 3
South Western 2,321.8 408.1 8 4
West Midlands 1,840.9 545.2 2 2
Mersey 1,336.5 303.5 5 1
North Western 1,660.8 460.4 3 3
England 25,669.4 7,797.8 76 53
* Whole time equivalent.

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