§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds there were in hospitals in the Leicestershire district health authority on 1 January in each of the years 1978 to 1988 inclusive.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information available centrally is the average daily number of available beds. These are shown in the table. In Leicestershire health authority the number of in-patient cases treated per available bed rose from 14.4 to 19.9 between 1978 and 1986.
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Average daily number of available beds Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Catmose Vale Hospital 44 44 44 44 44 42 42 38 42 Ashby-de-la-Zouch and District Hospital 28 28 28 28 27 28 29 29 25 Loughborough General Hospital 76 76 73 70 76 71 71 70 74 Groby Road Hospital 241 241 235 243 243 243 221 175 180 Markfield Hospital 188 162 133 119 102 2 — — — Zachary Merton Home 79 84 84 83 83 84 45 — — Ellen Towle Memorial Home 19 19 19 19 15 19 14 — — Glenfrith Hospital-Leicester Frith 785 773 385 347 308 297 288 279 278 Hastings House 78 77 — — — — — — — Glengate Hospital — — 56 56 55 54 54 49 48 Mount Sorrell Hospital — — 89 89 88 87 86 79 78 Stretton Hall Hospital — — 153 141 136 128 125 122 122 Kibworth Hall Hospital — — 34 34 34 33 33 32 32 Stoneygate Hospital — — 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Billesdon Hostel — — 18 2 — — — — — Regent Hospital — — 75 74 74 74 72 72 72 Glenfield Community Hospital 168 168 168 168 168 168 167 167 168 Montrose Court 16 16 16 16 20 24 30 32 32 Gorse Hill Hospital — — — 48 96 96 96 96 96 Glenfield General Hospital — — — — — — 22 163 192 The Leicester Royal Infirmary 518 677 802 819 830 830 805 803 795 Fielding Johnson Hospital 52 49 53 54 52 53 54 54 53 Hinckley and District Hospital 34 36 37 31 35 37 37 36 33 Bosworth Park Infirmary 124 124 121 114 121 118 115 117 118 Higham Grange Rehabilitation Centre 36 37 37 36 37 37 36 36 37 Leicester Royal Infirmary Maternity Hospital 177 178 178 178 178 178 178 178 178 Westcotes Hospital 8 15 20 23 23 21 10 — — Roundhill Maternity Home 30 30 30 30 30 30 28 30 30 Carlton Hayes Hospital 700 693 692 692 671 685 631 598 565 Hinckley Sunnyside Hospital 38 38 38 37 38 38 38 38 38 Blaby Hospital 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 19 Hinckley Cottages — — — — — — 3 9 9 TOTAL 5,101 5,140 5,221 5,221 5,225 5,149 5,070 5,045 5,001