§ Mr. Conwayasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give by health authority district within the West Midlands regional health authority the number of beds in 1978 and 1987;
(2) if he will list the number of patients given treatment, annually since 1978 in each health authority district within the West Midlands regional health authority.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 102]: I am sorry that I cannot give my hon. Friend all the
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information he seeks in precisely the form requested. The latest information centrally available is given in the tables. For more recent information my hon. Friend may wish to write to the chairman of the West Midlands regional health authority.
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Average daily available beds in national health service hospitals in West Midlands regional health authority District health authorities 1978 1985 Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,222.3 916.5 Herefordshire 1,198.3 976.0
District health authorities 1978 1985 Kidderminster and District 1,373.7 1,077.9 Worcester and District 1,682.7 1,460.7 Shropshire 26,32.0 2,448.4 Mid Staffordshire 1,399.4 1,301.0 North Staffordshire 3,622.2 3,335.8 South East Staffordshire 1,527.3 1,451.1 Rugby 320.5 326.2 North Warwickshire1 — 1,136.1 South Warwickshire1 — 17,55.1 Central Birmingham1 — 1,776.4 East Birmingham 998.1 960.5
Discharges from and deaths in NHS hospitals during the year in West Midlands RHA District Health Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Bromsgrove and Redditch 13,727 14,168 15,064 14,633 14,998 14,888 14,777 15,329 Herefordshire 16,149 16,779 17,289 17,332 17,175 18,378 18,893 19,454 Kidderminster and District 10,027 10,965 11,460 11,631 10,619 10,980 11,893 12,788 Worcester and District 22,289 24,304 24,967 24,586 24,826 25,729 26,854 27,950 Shropshire 39,929 40,679 42,357 43,649 44,376 47,188 49,544 51,690 Mid Staffordshire 17,029 16,784 17,691 18,404 19,398 21,521 24,197 26,141 North Staffordshire 49,863 48,195 53,210 52,164 51,911 55,699 58,673 59,280 South East Staffordshire 15,469 16,395 17,420 17,654 18,217 18,000 18,805 20,656 Rugby 7,658 7,812 7,955 8,136 8,440 8,982 9,244 9,571 North Warwickshire1 — — — — 16,382 16,785 17,758 17,982 South Warwickshire1 — — — — 20,989 21,648 22,484 22,693 Central Birmingham1 — — — — 48,893 55,430 55,139 53,828 East Birmingham 21,846 22,110 22,897 23,035 23,770 25,387 26,417 27,908 North Birmingham 24,294 23,395 22,657 24,283 24,597 24,517 25,236 26,711 South Birmingham1 — — — — 35,406 36,471 38,210 38,845 West Birmingham1 — — — — 35,040 34,973 36,419 36,818 Coventry 42,928 41,726 45,365 46,062 44,898 46,966 48,461 49,405 Dudley 26,120 26,362 28,180 29,697 31,891 32,453 33,054 37,144 Sandwell 13,256 13,812 15,955 17,234 19,545 21,200 21,872 23,310 Solihull1 — — — — 16,899 18,324 19,293 20,699 Walsall 18,455 19,008 19,726 20,996 22,278 23,386 25,434 25,678 Wolverhampton 36,670 37,736 37,886 39,030 40,513 40,838 41,545 42,337
Day case attendances in NHS hospitals in West Midlands RHA District Health Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Bromsgrove and Redditch 986 1,208 1,386 1,525 1,592 1,601 1,668 1,537 Herefordshire 2,148 2,209 2,336 2,190 2,004 2,994 3,296 3,571 Kidderminster and District 2,434 2,254 2,492 2,197 3,168 3,214 3,790 3,901 Worcester and District 1,438 2,256 2,621 2,801 2,716 2,955 2,583 2,403 Shropshire 1,329 1,315 1,432 1,565 1,410 1,670 1,832 2,184 Mid Staffordshire 1,455 1,375 1,957 1,951 1,988 2,173 2,148 2,027 North Staffordshire 6,068 5,252 6,200 6,210 5,578 5,910 5,556 5,938 South East Staffordshire 2,542 2,916 3,062 3,230 3,376 3,481 3,914 4,243 Rugby 407 426 477 581 635 749 827 964 North Warwickshire1 — — — — 1,448 1,713 1,946 1,960 South Warwickshire1 — — — — 3,325 4,079 4,909 4,450 Central Birmingham1 — — — — 4,453 5,341 5,266 3,925 East Birmingham 1,849 1,703 2,139 2,306 2,068 2,058 2,489 2,670 North Birmingham 1,703 1,675 1,862 2,258 2,499 2,680 3,701 2,947 South Birmingham1 — — — — 4,336 4,751 5,204 5,575 West Birmingham1 — — — — 4,123 4,333 4,498 5,208 Coventry 3,798 4,010 4,710 4,941 4,057 5,331 6,191 6,664 Dudley 6,555 5,969 7,184 7,368 7,892 8,769 8,753 10,399 Sandwell 1,087 982 1,181 2,017 2,995 3,799 4,201 4,731 Solihull1 — — — — 568 846 1,017 698 Walsall 1,133 1,433 1,918 2,172 1,912 2,491 2,554 2,981 Wolverhampton 2,205 2,267 2,848 2,919 2,830 3,277 3,754 4,275
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New out-patients during the year in NHS hospitals in West Midlands RHA District Health Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Bromsgrove and Redditch 13,183 13,434 14,724 14,902 15,673 15,965 16,555 18,304 Herefordshire 17,620 17,566 18,330 17,645 17,482 18,658 19,759 20,461 Kidderminster and District 13,382 13,571 13,554 13,823 14,353 14,883 14,931 15,741 Worcester and District 28,421 29,263 29,692 30,726 30,700 32,421 33,924 32,623 Shropshire 49,393 49,648 53,683 57,070 58,102 57,948 62,245 61,056 Mid Staffordshire 22,676 23,689 24,494 24,407 24,009 22,163 22,572 24,461
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District health authorities 1978 1985 North Birmingham 1,877.1 1,493.2 South Birmingham1 — 2,262.1 West Birmingham1 — 2,037.6 Coventry 1,935.9 1,885.9 Dudley 1,446.8 1,524.7 Sandwell 725.6 882.1 Solihull1 — 1,048.2 Walsall 1,864.3 1,567.5 Wolverhampton 1,543.4 1,485.0 1 Comparable figures for 1978 not readily available because of national health service restructuring on 1 April 1982.
District Health Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 North Staffordshire 68,061 72,728 74,958 76,440 75,636 86,369 89,200 88,262 South East Staffordshire 23,412 25,230 23,266 24,980 25,102 27,330 26,657 26,903 Rugby 11,501 11,922 11,904 11,629 12,136 12,774 12,732 13,172 North Warwickshire1 — — — — 19,615 19,813 20,109 20,497 South Warwickshire1 — — — — 27,982 28,603 29,746 30,907 Central Birmingham1 — — — — 97,767 96,930 98,542 95,535 East Birmingham 19,935 20,952 21,102 21,017 21,513 21,190 21,975 23,024 North Birmingham 34,211 34,456 32,668 31,911 33,101 34,176 34,228 37,859 South Birmingham1 — — — — 42,499 43,196 42,641 43,817 West Birmingham1 — — — — 48,657 49,559 48,849 48,465 Coventry 51,314 52,838 54,576 54,369 51,688 52,454 54,445 57,643 Dudley 33,066 32,756 34,171 35,065 35,909 38,795 40,772 42,287 Sandwell 20,606 21,065 21,599 22,023 24,138 27,105 28,882 29,054 Solihull1 — — — — 17,690 18,276 18,985 20,785 Walsall 23,301 25,620 25,610 27,461 26,254 27,960 31,893 32,597 Wolverhampton 35,674 40,838 40,996 41,236 43,423 44,472 47,473 48,060
Total out-patient attendances during the year in NHS hospitals in West Midlands RHA District Health Authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Bromsgrove and Redditch 57,125 58,431 61,967 63,475 69,424 72,515 78,240 84,740 Herefordshire 74,782 75,865 80,654 79,395 77,562 82,804 86,441 85,748 Kidderminster and District 54,201 52,565 55,075 55,257 56,553 59,753 61,670 63,640 Worcester and District 103,073 106,542 107,661 109,925 111,526 114,062 118,426 121,917 Shropshire 207,991 201,342 213,912 214,164 220,421 215,280 217,023 221,987 Mid Staffordshire 93,289 97,550 105,100 107,952 110,308 104,076 101,171 106,809 North Staffordshire 304,688 306,557 322,595 328,251 323,417 349,595 350,665 348,754 South East Staffordshire 86,161 92,999 93,287 101,920 105,911 110,314 110,211 112,325 Rugby 47,892 49,745 50,271 48,438 49,722 52,842 54,087 56,743 North Warwickshire1 — — — — 83,294 87,852 89,499 92,569 South Warwickshire1 — — — — 104,188 107,304 112,219 114,273 Central Birmingham1 — — — — 518,022 518,913 528,011 516,209 East Birmingham 110,571 112,187 116,807 120,359 120,204 121,536 127,238 134,335 North Birmingham 159,390 161,679 165,711 161,571 160,484 157,872 156,757 158,756 South Birmingham1 — — — — 196,847 198,884 200,844 204,415 West Birmingham1 — — — — 252,301 255,123 258,910 250,769 Coventry 239,975 241,076 250,597 244,199 234,540 242,457 246,181 250,532 Dudley 162,274 162,850 176,907 182,907 184,062 197,329 194,202 203,439 Sandwell 81,755 82,560 85,403 92,140 106,397 120,998 128,601 134,415 Solihull1 — — — — 83,630 86,260 86,645 88,235 Walsall 97,625 96,744 102,608 108,770 110,932 116,946 124,601 133,054 Wolverhampton 231,552 232,096 242,295 240,103 242,789 244,348 240,687 239,152 1 Comparable figures for 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.