HC Deb 24 November 1986 vol 106 cc112-9W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will give for each year since 1979 and for each district health authority the total number of National Health Service hospitals.

Mrs. Currie

The information requested is given in the table.

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
South Tees 18 16 15 14 13 13 13
East Cumbria * * * 11 11 11 11
South Cumbria * * * 10 10 10 8
West Cumbria 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Darlington 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Durham 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
North West Durham 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
South West Durham 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Northumberland 16 16 16 16 16 16 17
Gateshead 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
Newcastle upon Tyne 14 14 13 14 14 14 13
North Tyneside 7 7 6 6 6 7 7
South Tyneside 6 6 7 7 7 6 6
Sunderland 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Hull 13 13 11 10 9 10 10
East Yorkshire 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Grimsby 7 7 7 7 8 5 4
Scunthorpe 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
Northallerton 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
York 16 16 16 16 14 12 12
Scarborough 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Harrogate 10 9 9 9 11 10 10
Bradford 21 20 20 20 20 20 20
Airedale 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Calderdale 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Huddersfield 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
Dewsbury 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Leeds Western * * * 11 12 10 10
Leeds Eastern * * * 7 7 7 7
Wakefield 8 8 8 8 7 8 8
Pontefract 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Trent Regional Health Authority
North Derbyshire 20 19 19 19 19 19 16
South Derbyshire 31 28 27 28 28 29 27
Leicestershire 37 37 38 37 37 38 35
North Lincolnshire 17 16 15 14 14 13 9
South Lincolnshire 12 12 12 12 13 13 13
Bassetlaw 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Central Nottinghamshire 13 13 13 13 13 13 12
Nottingham 17 16 16 14 14 13 10
Barnsley 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Doncaster * * * 7 7 7 7
Rotherham * * * 10 10 10 8
Sheffield 27 28 26 25 24 25 26
East Anglian Regional Health Authority
Cambridge * * * 7 8 7 7
Peterborough 12 13 14 12 13 12 12
West Suffolk * * * 5 5 5 5
East Suffolk * * * 18 18 17 17
Norwich 25 25 25 25 25 25 21
Great Yarmouth 9 9 9 10 10 10 9
West Norfolk & Wisbech 12 12 8 7 7 7 7
Huntingdon * * * 4 4 2 2
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
South Bedfordshire 6 6 6 6 6 5 7
North Hertfordshire 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
East Hertfordshire 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
North West Hertfordshire 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
South West Hertfordshire 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
Barnet 15 15 13 13 13 13 12
Harrow 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hillingdon 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
Hounslow & Spelthorne * * * 6 6 6 5
Ealing 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
Brent 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
Paddington 10 9 9 10 10 10 10
Riverside** 12 11 11 11 10 10 11
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon and Thurrock 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Mid Essex 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
North East Essex 15 15 15 15 15 14 13
West Essex 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
Southend 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 10 10 10 10 10 9 9
Hampstead * * * 4 4 4 4
Bloomsbury * * * 15 15 16 17
Islington * * * 5 5 4 4
City and Hackney 8 8 9 10 10 10 10
Newham 9 8 8 8 8 5 6
Tower Hamlets 8 7 6 5 5 4 4
Enfield 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
Haringey 5 5 5 5 4 4 3
Redbridge 6 5 5 4 4 4 4
Waltham Forest 11 11 11 11 11 10 9
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 15 15 14 15 14 15 14
Eastbourne 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
Hastings 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
South East Kent 12 10 9 9 10 10 9
Canterbury and Thanet 20 20 19 19 19 19 19
Dartford and Gravesham 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
Maidstone 7 7 7 7 8 6 6
Medway 10 10 10 10 10 11 11
Tunbridge Wells 15 15 16 16 16 15 14
Bexley 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Greenwich 9 9 7 7 7 7 6
Bromley 9 9 9 9 9 9 8
West Lambeth * * * 4 4 4 4
Camberwell 5 5 5 5 5 5 3
Lewisham and North Southwark 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 13 13 12 12 12 12 11
West Surrey and North East Hants 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
South West Surrey 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
Mid Surrey 11 11 9 10 10 10 9
East Surrey 13 13 13 13 14 13 10
Chichester 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
Mid Downs 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
Worthing 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Croydon 10 9 9 9 9 8 7
Kingston and Esher * * * 6 6 6 6
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton * * * 6 6 6 6
Wandsworth 12 10 8 8 9 8 7
Merton and Sutton 17 16 16 16 16 15 16
Wessex Regional Health Authority
East Dorset 17 17 15 15 18 18 20
West Dorset 17 17 17 17 17 18 20
Portsmouth 19 18 18 19 19 21 29
South West Hants & Southampton 25 25 26 26 27 27 27
Winchester 12 12 12 13 14 14 16
Basingstoke 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
Salisbury 5 5 6 6 6 8 8
Swindon 9 9 9 9 9 10 10
West Wiltshire & Bath 27 27 27 27 27 30 32
Isle of Wight 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Oxford Regional Health Authority
East Berkshire 11 11 12 12 12 12 12
West Berkshire 19 18 18 18 18 16 15
Aylesbury * * * 6 6 6 6
Wycombe 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
Milton Keynes * * * 4 4 4 3
Kettering 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Northampton 10 8 8 8 8 8 7
Oxfordshire 29 28 27 27 27 30 29
South Western Regional Health Authority
Bristol & Weston 18 18 20 20 19 18 18
Frenchay 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Southmead 14 14 13 13 13 12 11
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 30 30 30 30 30 29 28

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Exeter 30 30 30 29 28 28 30
North Devon * * * 10 10 10 10
Plymouth * * * 27 26 26 26
Torbay 16 17 17 18 19 19 20
Cheltenham * * * 15 15 15 13
Gloucester * * * 19 20 21 23
Somerset 31 30 31 31 31 31 30
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Bromsgrove & Redditch 8 8 8 9 9 8 9
Herefordshire 15 15 15 15 15 13 14
Kidderminster & District 7 7 7 7 7 7 10
Worcester & District 11 11 11 11 11 10 11
Shropshire 23 23 23 23 23 21 22
Mid Staffordshire 10 11 11 11 12 9 9
North Staffordshire 19 19 19 19 19 21 21
South East Staffordshire 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Rugby 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
North Warwickshire * * * 6 6 6 7
South Warwickshire * * * 12 12 12 12
Central Birmingham * * * 9 10 11 11
East Birmingham 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
North Birmingham 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
South Birmingham * * * 9 9 8 8
West Birmingham * * * 8 8 8 8
Coventry 6 6 6 7 7 7 8
Dudley 10 10 10 10 10 11 9
Sandwell 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
Solihull * * * 7 7 7 7
Walsall 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wolverhampton 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
Mersey Regional Health Authority
Chester 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
Crewe 13 12 10 9 9 8 8
Halton 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Macclesfield 10 10 10 11 12 9 7
Warrington 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
Liverpool 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
St Helens & Knowsley 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Southport & Formby 8 8 8 7 7 7 6
South Sefton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wirral 13 11 10 11 7 5 5
Northern Western Regional Health Authority
Lancaster 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Preston * * * 6 6 6 5
Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Vly 11 11 11 11 12 12 12
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
West Lancashire 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Chorley & South Ribble * * * 3 3 3 3
Bolton 8 7 6 7 7 6 6
Bury 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
North Manchester 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Central Manchester 4 4 4 4 4 6 7
South Manchester 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Oldham 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Rochdale 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Salford 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Stockport 10 10 9 10 10 9 9
Tameside & Glossop 5 5 6 6 6 5 5
Trafford 9 9 9 8 8 9 9
Wigan 9 9 9 9 9 6 6
Special Health Authorities
The Hospital For Sick Children 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
National Hospitals For Nervous Diseases 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Moorfields Eye Hospital 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
National Heart & Chest Hospitals 5 4 4 4 4 4 3
The Royal Marsden Hospital 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's * * * 5 5 5 4

†Figures are based on a count of hospitals which provided residential facilities during the year. Day hospitals and clinics are therefore not included.

*Comparable figures are not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.

**Hammersmith and Fulham D H A and Victoria D H A prior to 1985