§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each district health authority in England the total number of beds in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984 for 1984 and 1985; and what percentage change this represents.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is given in the table.
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Total number of beds in institutions registered under section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 19841 Region and District Health Authorities Total beds Percentage change 1984 1985 Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 12 45 275.0 North Tees 36 44 22.2 South Tees 99 123 24.2 East Cumbria 102 98 -3.9 South Cumbria 151 172 13.9 West Cumbria 30 30 0.0 Darlington 264 322 22.0 Durham 39 35 -10.3 North West Durham 0 0 — South West Durham 0 20 — Northumberland 70 68 -2.9 Gateshead 40 40 0.0 Newcastle 79 118 49.4 North Tyneside 0 0 — South Tyneside 0 0 — Sunderland 0 0 — RHA Total 922 1,115 20.9 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 91 129 41.8 East Yorkshire 53 75 41.5 Grimsby 33 60 81.8 Scunthorpe 67 72 7.5 Northallerton 125 161 28.8 York 328 438 33.5 94W
Region and District Health Authorities Total beds Percentage change 1984 1985 Scarborough 176 306 73.9 Harrogate 655 807 23.2 Bradford 196 252 28.6 Airedale 302 462 53.0 Calderdale 168 272 61.9 Huddersfield 36 69 91.7 Dewsbury 23 28 21.7 Leeds Western 186 202 8.6 Leeds Eastern 375 391 4.3 Wakefield 0 25 — Pontefract 0 0 — RHA Total 2,814 3,749 33.2 Trent Regional Health Authority North Derbyshire 109 110 0.9 Southern Derbyshire 271 374 38.0 Leicestershire 507 599 18.1 North Lincolnshire 472 642 36.0 South Lincolnshire 112 158 41.1 Bassetlaw 0 23 — Central Nottinghamshire 88 166 88.6 Nottingham 636 857 34.7 Barnsley 0 0 — Doncaster 102 144 41.2 Rotherham 35 38 8.6 Sheffield 264 326 23.5 RHA Total 2,596 3,437 32.4 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge 150 234 56.0 Peterborough 55 85 54.5 West Suffolk 160 174 8.8 East Suffolk 162 203 25.3 Norwich 332 392 18.1 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 49 49 0.0 West Norfolk and Wisbech 80 115 43.8 Huntingdon 33 54 63.6 RHA Total 1,021 1,306 27.9 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 129 177 37.2 South Bedfordshire 22 22 0.0 North Hertfordshire 161 188 16.8 East Hertfordshire 174 174 0.0 North West Hertfordshire 97 131 35.1 South West Hertfordshire 153 153 0.0 Barnet 357 361 1.1 Harrow 122 122 0.0 Hillingdon 132 135 2.3 Hounslow and Spelthorne 136 136 0.0 Ealing 288 292 1.4 Brent 66 66 0.0 Paddington and North Kensington 45 42 -6.7 Riverside2 653 713 9.2 RHA Total 2,535 2,712 7.0 95W
Region and District Health Authorities Total beds Percentage change 1984 1985 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon and Thurrock 0 0 Mid Essex 169 182 7.7 North East Essex 243 325 33.7 West Essex 152 163 7.2 Southend 263 322 22.4 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 213 215 0.9 Hampstead 241 241 0.0 Bloomsbury 1,271 1,175 -7.6 Islington 0 30 — City and Hackney 112 108 -3.6 Newham 0 0 — Tower Hamlets 0 14 — Enfield 161 157 -2.5 Haringey 195 185 -5.1 Redbridge 107 120 12.1 Waltham Forest 0 0 — RHA Total 3,127 3,237 3.5 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton 1,233 1,352 9.7 Eastbourne 1,065 1,134 6.5 Hastings 951 965 1.5 South East Kent 386 454 17.6 Canterbury and Thanet 501 583 16.4 Dartford and Gravesham 50 76 52.0 Maidstone 253 256 1.2 Medway 65 65 0.0 Tunbridge Wells 681 739 8.5 Bexley 57 100 75.4 Greenwich 40 40 0.0 Bromley 491 501 2.0 West Lambeth 47 64 36.2 Camberwell 19 19 0.0 Lewisham and North Southwark 210 250 19.0 RHA Total 6,049 6,598 9.1 South West Thames Regional Health Authority North West Surrey 264 312 18.2 West Surrey and North East Hampshire 182 342 87.9 South West Surrey 697 717 2.9 Mid Surrey 234 399 70.5 East Surrey 434 504 16.1 Chichester 524 591 12.8 Mid Downs 499 594 19.0 Worthing 890 995 11.8 Croydon 467 561 20.1 Kingston and Esher 145 187 29.0 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 427 458 7.3 Wandsworth 0 302 — Merton and Sutton 530 561 5.8 RHA Total 5,293 6,523 23.2 Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorset 1,258 1,584 25.9 West Dorset 158 181 14.6 96W
Region and District Health Authorities Total beds Percentage change 1984 1985 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 575 652 13.4 Southampton and South West Hampshire 427 444 4.0 Winchester 248 319 28.6 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 115 120 4.3 Salisbury 253 266 5.1 Swindon 120 124 3.3 Bath 460 506 10.0 Isle of Wight 158 162 2.5 RHA Total 3,772 4,358 15.5 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 486 587 20.8 West Berkshire 177 304 71.8 Aylesbury Vale 116 171 47.4 Wycombe 304 299 -1.6 Milton Keynes 94 114 21.3 Kettering 0 12 — Northampton 694 642 -7.5 Oxfordshire 443 589 33.0 RHA Total 2,314 2,718 17.5 South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol and Weston 769 1,043 35.6 Frenchay 117 117 0.0 Southmead 299 460 53.8 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 592 680 14.9 Exeter 509 591 16.1 North Devon 259 286 10.4 Plymouth 522 777 48.9 Torbay 577 659 14.2 Cheltenham 293 336 14.7 Gloucester 215 309 43.7 Somerset 275 416 51.3 RHA Total 4,427 5,674 28.2 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Bromsgrove and Redditch 70 86 22.9 Herefordshire 132 161 22.0 Kidderminster and District 112 130 16.1 Worcester and District 498 638 28.1 Shropshire 93 134 44.1 Mid Staffordshire 208 294 41.3 North Staffordshire 126 145 15.1 South East Staffordshire 81 144 77.8 Rugby 18 28 55.6 North Warwickshire 82 113 37.8 South Warwickshire 462 472 2.2 Central Birmingham 287 270 -5.9 East Birmingham 86 106 23.3 North Birmingham 187 188 0.5 South Birmingham 79 109 38.0 West Birmingham 53 53 0.0 Coventry 22 22 0.0 Dudley 21 21 0.0 Sandwell 30 51 70.0
Region and District Health Authorities Total beds Percentage change 1984 1985 Solihull 84 84 0.0 Walsall 0 41 — Wolverhampton 145 153 5.5 RHA Total 2,876 3,443 19.7 Mersey Regional Health Authority Chester 91 146 60.4 Crewe 85 100 17.6 Halton 0 0 — Macclesfield 285 359 26.0 Warrington 0 8 — Liverpool 254 365 43.7 St. Helens and Knowsley 225 226 0.4 Southport and Formby 647 733 13.3 South Sefton 200 226 13.0 Wirral 662 838 26.6 RHA Total 2,449 3,001 22.5 North Western Regional Health Authority Lancaster 98 108 10.2 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 370 506 36.8 Preston 124 80 -35.5 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 147 147 0.0 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 87 108 24.1 West Lancashire 18 18 0.0 Chorley and South Ribble 252 321 27.4 Bolton 100 134 34.0 Bury 86 105 22.1 North Manchester 52 51 -1.9 Central Manchester 0 0 — South Manchester 170 214 25.9 Oldham 8 8 0.0 Rochdale 201 203 1.0 Salford 56 78 39.3 Stockport 756 821 8.6 Tameside and Glossop 0 0 — Trafford 168 188 11.9 Wigan 10 24 140.0 RHA Total 2,703 3,114 15.2 1 Formerly institutions registered under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975, as amended. 2 Formerly Hammersmith & Fulham and Victoria Health Authorities.