§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for 1985 for each health authority and for Wales as a whole the number of deaths and discharges among, and the number of beds occupied on 31 December by, patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements with institutions outside the National Health Service breaking the figures down by category of patients treated.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe required information is given in the following table:
Patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements: 1985 Discharges and deaths Average daily bed occupancy during year1 Clwyd: Geriatrics 119 5.0 East Dyfed — — Gwent: Rehabilitation — 1.0 Gwynedd: Terminal Care 3 2— Mid Glamorgan Powys — — South Glamorgan: Terminal Care — 1.0 West Glamorgan — — Pembrokeshire: Mental Handicap — 0.5 Wales: Geriatrics 119 5.0 Mental Handicap — 0.5 Rehabilitation — 1.0 Terminal Care 3 21.0 Total 122 27.5 1Information on bed usage is now obtained in the form of average daily bed occupancy and not as occupancy at 31 December. 2Average daily bed occupancy for Gwynedd is not available; average occupancy figure for Wales excludes Gwynedd component.