HC Deb 10 February 1987 vol 110 cc202-3W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in England for each year since 1979 expressed as totals and by specialist.

Mrs. Currie

The information is given in the table. Between 1979 and 1985 the number of in-patient cases treated increased by 17.7 per cent., from 5,400,120 to 6,353,812 in England.

Specialty 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Cardiology 1,180 1,206 1,228 1,177 1,188 1,291 1,306
Rehabilitation 1,127 1,036 1,003 1,130 1,129 1,054 1,068
Genito-urinary medicine 34 28 22 23 19 21 18
Rheumatology 1,954 1,987 1,968 1,896 1,917 1,945 1,887
Geriatrics 55,139 54,947 55,550 55,646 55,801 55,571 55,320
Units for Younger disabled 1,681 1,647 1,620 1,694 1,692 1,656 1,624
General surgery 27,268 26,913 26,690 25,931 25,682 24,786 24,007
Ear, Nose and Throat 4,932 4,925 4,820 4,650 4,658 4,491 4,275
Trau and orthopaedic 20,814 20,595 20,677 20,482 20,323 20,075 19,792
Ophthalmology 3,878 3,936 3,826 3,791 3,787 3,605 3,518
Radiotherapy 2,253 2,247 2,245 2,242 2,255 2,200 2,165
Urology 2,832 2,952 3,016 3,129 3,274 3,287 3,279
Plastic surgery 1,537 1,533 1,548 1,535 1,555 1,541 1,502
Thoracic surgery 1,816 1,650 1,576 1,574 1,589 1,581 1,504
Oral surgery 947 969 990 963 980 1,009 1,019
Orthodontics 25 24 24 23 18 9 6
Neurosurgery 1,294 1,248 1,274 1,269 1,276 1,279 1,359
Gynaecology 9,836 9,781 9,702 9,463 9,500 9,407 9,168
Obstetrics 15,541 15,490 15,463 15,434 15,238 14,902 14,574
Special Care Baby Unit 3,945 3,959 3,940 3,902 3,898 3,872 3,756
Psychiatry children 652 659 721 713 706 659 599
Mental handicap 50,122 48,863 47,255 46,983 45,631 43,985 41,561
Mental illness 85,401 82,411 79,735 76,288 73,435 69,405 63,979
Adolescent psychiatry 506 560 480 486 479 497 517
G.P. Maternity 3,099 2,916 2,713 2,675 2,562 2,296 2,074
GP other 6,370 6,383 6,385 6,655 6,555 6,532 6,429
GP dental 8 7 7 7 8 5 4
Pre-convalescent 2,759 2,280 2,013 1,846 1,657 1,309 934
Convalescent 721 534 432 302 313 283 206
Staff Wards 290 236 196 162 138 82 73
Unclassified 1,974 1,846 1,666 1,569 1,357 1,388 1,317
Other special units 6,476 8,192 9,147 11,171 12,250 13,819 16,578
Total 361,670 355,979 351,505 348,103 343,091 334,513 325,487
1 Chest diseases prior to 1984

Total may not due to rounding