§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will state, by regional health authority and area health authority, for the years since 1980, the number of hospital maternity beds available, by year; and what the birth rates were by year in these two respective areas;
(2) why the number of hospital maternity beds available has been falling since 1980; and what has been the trend in the birth rate during the same period;
(3) if he will state, by year and for each regional health authority and district area health authority, since 1980, the number of special care baby unit cots available.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is given in the tables; 1980 birth rates are given by RHA only, since birth rates were not published by DHA in that year.
With women returning home earlier following birth the number of maternity beds required has been reduced. There is now a more efficient use of the available beds. The turnover interval, that is the interval of time the beds are vacant between cases, has fallen from 2.6 days in 1980 to 2.4 in 1986; the average length of stay has fallen from 5.7 days in 1980 to 4.4 in 1986; and in the same period the death rate for babies under one week including stillbirths fell from 13.4 to 9.5; and the death rate for mothers in childbirth fell from 11 per 100,000 births to six.
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 South Tees n/a 14.5 14.4 15.2 14.6 15.4 15.4 East Cumbria n/a 11.9 11.1 11.6 11.2 11.8 10.8 South Cumbria n/a 10.6 10.7 10.7 10.9 11.7 11.0 West Cumbria n/a 13.3 12.8 12.8 13.2 13.0 13.0 Darlington n/a 12.8 11.7 12.0 11.9 12.4 11.9 Durham n/a 13.0 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.7 12.3 North West Durham n/a 11.5 12.4 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.2 South West Durham n/a 12.7 13.1 12.6 12.0 13.0 13.4 Northumberland n/a 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.9 12.1 11.8 Gateshead n/a 12.2 12.3 11.6 12.3 12.8 12.5 Newcastle n/a 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 13.2 13.3 North Tyneside n/a 12.1 11.6 11.5 11.8 12.7 12.4 South Tyneside n/a 11.7 11.8 11.5 12.1 13.6 14.5 Sunderland n/a 13.9 14.1 14.1 13.7 14.6 14.1 Yorkshire RHA 13.3 12.9 12.7 12.9 13.0 13.3 13.4 Hull n/a 13.8 13.5 14.1 13.9 15.0 15.3 East Yorks n/a 9.7 9.8 9.6 9.6 10.3 10.0 Grimsby n/a 13.6 13.0 13.9 14.1 15.0 14.6 Scunthorpe n/a 12.7 12.4 12.6 13.1 12.9 13.1 Northallerton n/a 12.4 11.9 11.5 11.2 11.4 11.3 York n/a 11.5 11.0 11.4 11.4 11.6 11.8 Scarborough n/a 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.7 11.0 10.7 Harrogate n/a 10.5 10.7 10.4 10.6 10.5 11.2 Bradford n/a 17.0 16.8 16.9 17.2 17.5 17.0 Airedale n/a 12.4 12.0 12.1 12.0 12.6 12.2 Calderdale n/a 13.1 12.7 12.9 13.6 13.8 13.4 Huddersfield n/a 13.2 12.9 13.2 13.1 12.5 13.1 Dewsbury n/a 14.2 14.6 15.1 14.9 15.5 15.7 Leeds Western n/a 12.4 12.0 12.2 11.9 12.7 12.9 Leeds Eastern n/a 12.4 12.6 12.9 12.8 12.8 13.9 Wakefield n/a 13.5 12.9 12.9 12.6 13.5 13.2 Pontefract n/a 13.1 13.0 13.6 13.5 14.0 13.9 Trent RHA 13.2 12.6 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.7 12.8 North Derbyshire n/a 11.8 11.3 11.3 11.6 11.5 11.8 Southern Derbyshire n/a 13.1 12.6 12.8 12.6 13.0 12.9 Leicestershire n/a 13.6 13.4 13.3 13.5 13.6 13.4 North Lincolnshire n/a 12.3 12.0 12.0 11.7 11.9 12.2 South Lincolnshire n/a 11.7 10.7 10.8 11.3 11.3 10.9 Bassetlaw n/a 11.8 11.2 11.0 11.9 11.9 12.0 Central Nottinghamshire n/a 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.4 13.3 13.2 Nottingham n/a 11.3 12.1 12.5 12.5 12.8 12.9 Barnsley n/a 13.0 12.6 12.7 13.0 12.6 13.1 Doncaster n/a 13.8 13.4 13.8 13.7 14.1 14.3 Rotherham n/a 13.7 13.1 13.5 13.2 13.8 13.6 Sheffield n/a 10.5 10.6 11.1 11.3 11.4 12.2 East Anglia RHA 13.2 12.5 11.9 12.0 12.2 12.5 12.3 Cambridge n/a 12.2 11.6 11.7 11.9 12.3 11.9 Peterborough n/a 15.1 14.0 13.7 14.0 14.6 14.2 West Suffolk n/a 13.5 12.6 12.4 12.9 12.4 13.0 East Suffolk n/a 12.7 12.5 12.3 12.7 13.0 12.7 Norwich n/a 11.3 10.6 10.9 10.8 11.3 11.2 Great Yarmouth and Waveney n/a 11.4 11.1 11.8 12.1 11.9 12.2 West Norfolk and Wisbech n/a 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.8 11.5 Huntingdon n/a 14.7 13.6 13.7 14.2 14.4 13.9 North West Thames RHA 13.9 13.5 13.2 13.2 13.3 13.6 13.8 North Bedfordshire n/a 14.6 13.9 13.5 13.7 14.0 13.4 South Bedfordshire n/a 16.5 16.1 15.9 16.3 16.3 17.3 North Hertfordshire n/a 13.9 13.1 13.1 13.6 13.6 14.2 East Hertfordshire n/a 11.9 11.2 11.8 11.2 11.8 12.1 North West Hertfordshire n/a 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.0 12.1 12.5 South West Hertfordshire n/a 12.1 11.7 11.4 11.6 11.7 12.3 Barnet n/a 13.0 12.8 12.5 12.5 12.5 13.1 Harrow n/a 12.9 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.0 13.7 Hillingdon n/a 12.8 12.8 12.6 13.1 13.5 13.5 Hounslow and Spelthorne n/a 13.4 13.1 13.1 13.8 14.8 14.3 Ealing n/a 15.2 15.1 15.0 14.7 14.7 14.3 Brent n/a 15.3 15.2 15.0 14.8 15.7 15.2 Paddington and Kensington n/a 13.5 13.5 14.4 14.8 15.4 15.8 Riverside n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.7 12.7 Hammersmith and Fulham n/a 13.2 13.4 12.6 13.2 n/a n/a Victoria n/a 10.0 10.5 11.4 11.0 n/a n/a North East Thames RHA 14.0 13.5 13.3 13.4 13.7 13.9 14.1 Basildon and Thurrock n/a 14.4 13.6 13.9 14.2 14.8 14.4
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Mid Essex n/a 14.0 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 13.3 North East Essex n/a 11.8 11.1 11.3 11.4 11.3 11.4 West Essex n/a 12.5 12.2 11.9 12.6 12.2 12.6 Southend n/a 12.4 11.7 11.8 12.1 12.2 12.6 Barking Havering and B'Wood n/a 12.0 11.4 11.2 11.7 12.4 12.1 Hampstead n/a 11.0 12.3 12.3 10.6 11.8 11.2 Bloomsbury n/a 10.6 10.7 11.2 12.3 11.5 12.8 Islington n/a 14.1 13.9 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 City and Hackney n/a 17.1 17.1 17.0 17.5 17.4 17.7 Newham n/a 17.2 17.7 18.0 18.9 19.1 19.8 Tower Hamlet n/a 18.0 19.0 19.5 20.5 19.4 19.6 Enfield n/a 12.6 12.1 12.4 13.0 13.2 13.3 Haringey n/a 14.6 14.6 14.7 15.0 16.1 16.2 Redbridge n/a 12.1 11.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.6 Waltham Forest n/a 14.0 14.6 14.7 14.8 15.2 16.0 South East Thames RHA 12.9 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.0 13.1 Brighton n/a 10.2 10.3 10.5 11.1 11.5 12.0 Eastbourne n/a 9.6 9.3 9.6 9.4 9.7 9.4 Hastings n/a 10.0 9.8 10.2 10.4 11.0 10.6 South East Kent n/a 11.6 11.7 11.5 11.4 12.1 12.5 Canterbury and Thanet n/a 10.8 10.4 10.9 10.8 11.2 11.7 Dartford and Gravesham n/a 13.5 12.6 12.5 12.7 13.6 13.6 Maidstone n/a 12.9 12.5 11.5 12.3 12.2 12.4 Medway n/a 15.5 14.7 14.9 15.0 15.5 15.2 Tunbridge Wells n/a 10.5 9.7 10.7 10.2 11.2 11.0 Bexley n/a 12.0 12.0 12.1 12.7 13.1 13.2 Greenwich n/a 14.5 14.2 14.4 14.3 15.5 15.2 Bromley n/a 10.9 10.0 10.5 10.7 11.3 11.5 West Lambeth n/a 14.6 15.2 15.0 15.6 15.6 15.8 Camberwell n/a 15.5 15.6 16.1 16.2 17.2 17.4 Lewisham and North Southwark n/a 13.4 14.3 13.6 13.8 14.7 15.3 South West Thames RHA 12.3 12.1 11.7 11.8 11.8 12.3 12.4 North West Surrey n/a 12.3 12.0 11.0 12.0 12.2 12.5 West Surrey and North East Hampshire n/a 13.7 13.1 13.3 12.5 13.0 13.2 South West Surrey n/a 11.2 10.0 10.2 10.8 11.0 11.2 Mid Surrey n/a 9.3 9.0 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.5 East Sutton n/a 11.1 10.4 10.3 10.8 11.4 11.5 Chichester n/a 9.8 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.3 Mid Downs n/a 13.2 12.8 13.1 12.2 13.0 12.6 Worthing n/a 10.0 9.5 9.4 9.8 9.5 10.0 Croydon n/a 14.0 13.5 13.3 13.5 14.3 14.4 Kingston and Esher n/a 11.3 11.2 11.8 11.8 12.2 12.6 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton n/a 11.2 11.4 11.5 11.4 12.2 12.1 Wandsworth n/a 15.0 14.7 15.2 14.9 15.7 15.5 Merton and Sutton n/a 12.2 12.2 12.4 12.7 13.4 13.9 Wessex RHA 12.7 12.0 11.8 11.8 12.0 12.2 12.4 East Dorset n/a 9.9 9.6 9.8 10.1 10.6 10.6 West Dorset n/a 10.8 10.4 10.0 10.6 10.7 11.0 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire n/a 12.9 10.5 12.9 13.0 13.5 13.8 Southampton and South West Hampshire n/a 12.7 12.4 12.3 12.3 12.5 12.6 Winchester n/a 11.9 11.6 11.7 11.4 12.1 11.3 Basingstoke and North Hampshire n/a 13.7 13.2 13.1 13.3 13.0 13.7 Salisbury n/a 12.4 12.0 12.4 11.4 12.2 11.9 Swindon n/a 14.3 14.8 14.4 14.7 14.9 15.4 Bath n/a 11.5 11.7 11.1 11.9 11.8 12.1 Isle of wight n/a 9.7 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.4 10.8 Oxford RHA 14.3 13.6 13.2 13.0 13.2 13.6 13.4 East Berkshire n/a 14.3 13.5 13.2 13.6 14.1 13.9 West Berkshire n/a 13.1 12.6 12.7 13.1 13.4 13.5 Aylesbury Vale n/a 13.5 13.6 13.0 13.3 13.7 13.4 Wycombe n/a 12.2 11.6 11.8 11.4 11.7 11.7 Milton Keynes n/a 18.6 17.7 17.5 17.9 17.9 17.0 Kettering n/a 13.2 13.3 12.9 12.7 13.8 13.6 Northampton n/a 13.8 13.2 13.1 13.5 13.6 13.6 Oxfordshire n/a 13.2 12.9 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.5 South Western RHA 12.1 11.6 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.9 12.0 Bristol and Weston n/a 12.1 11.9 11.5 12.4 12.9 12.8 Frenchay n/a 12.5 12.2 12.5 13.2 13.5 13.5 Southmead n/a 12.0 11.9 11.8 11.3 11.9 12.1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly n/a 11.4 11.0 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.7 Exeter n/a 10.7 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.7 11.3 North Devon n/a 10.8 11.0 10.1 10.7 11.0 11.3 Plymouth n/a 12.8 12.9 12.8 12.8 13.3 12.8
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Torbay n/a 9.8 9.0 9.5 9.2 10.1 10.7 Cheltenham and District n/a 11.3 11.1 11.3 11.2 11.4 11.5 Gloucester n/a 12.2 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.9 12.6 Somerset n/a 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.4 West Midlands RHA 13.8 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.6 13.6 Bromsgrove and Redditch n/a 14.6 14.6 14.4 13.9 13.6 14.0 Herefordshire n/a 11.6 11.6 11.9 11.3 12.0 11.6 Kidderminster and District n/a 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.0 Worcester and District n/a 11.3 10.9 11.2 11.2 11.6 11.5 Shropshire n/a 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.7 12.8 Mid Staffordshire n/a 13.0 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.4 13.1 North Staffordshire n/a 12.4 12.6 12.4 12.7 12.7 12.8 South East Staffordshire n/a 14.4 13.9 13.9 14.1 13.8 13.5 Rugby n/a 12.2 11.4 11.7 11.7 12.0 13.0 North Warwickshire n/a 13.1 13.1 13.1 12.8 13.6 13.3 South Warwickshire n/a 11.3 11.0 11.0 11.0 10.9 11.2 Central Birmingham n/a 14.8 15.2 16.1 16.1 16.3 16.6 East Birmingham n/a 15.7 16.0 15.8 16.0 16.9 17.1 North Birmingham n/a 10.8 11.0 11.3 12.0 12.0 12.4 South Birmingham n/a 13.8 13.3 13.3 14.3 14.4 14.4 West Birmingham n/a 17.5 18.8 18.8 18.6 18.9 18.5 Coventry n/a 13.9 13.9 14.0 14.4 14.8 14.9 Dudley n/a 12.2 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.7 13.0 Sandwell n/a 12.8 13.6 13.6 13.7 14.2 14.4 Solihull n/a 10.0 11.2 11.0 11.2 11.7 11.8 Walsall n/a 12.6 13.0 13.3 13.4 14.1 13.7 Wolverhampton n/a 13.1 13.1 12.8 13.3 13.5 13.6 Mersey RHA 13.2 13.0 12.9 13.1 13.0 13.6 12.6 Chester n/a 12.3 12.1 12.9 12.2 13.5 12.8 Crewe n/a 12.8 12.2 12.6 12.6 13.2 12.9 Halton n/a 14.9 14.4 14.4 14.4 15.1 15.3 Macclesfield n/a 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.8 11.3 11.2 Warrington n/a 12.9 12.7 12.8 13.4 13.1 13.5 Liverpool n/a 13.5 13.2 13.8 14.2 14.8 15.0 St. Helens and Knowsley n/a 14.4 14.7 14.5 13.8 14.5 14.4 Southport and Formby n/a 9.7 10.0 8.8 9.8 9.8 10.0 South Sefton n/a 12.5 12.5 13.7 13.0 13.6 13.6 Wirral n/a 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.7 13.3 13.3 North Western RHA 13.6 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.6 13.9 13.9 Lancaster n/a 11.0 11.4 11.4 12.1 11.9 12.0 Blackpool Wyre and Fylde n/a 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.1 10.5 11.3 Preston n/a 13.7 13.4 14.2 14.5 14.8 14.4 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley n/a 14.5 14.5 14.2 14.6 14.7 14.5 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale n/a 14.4 14.1 14.7 14.5 15.2 15.4 West Lancaster n/a 13.7 13.1 13.9 13.6 13.9 13.7 Chorley and South Ribble n/a 13.0 13.3 13.5 13.4 13.2 13.1 Bolton n/a 14.2 14.0 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.1 Bury n/a 13.3 12.8 13.0 13.1 14.1 13.8 North Manchester n/a 13.8 14.6 14.2 15.2 15.4 15.9 Central Manchester n/a 16.1 16.8 15.6 16.7 17.0 17.6 South Manchester n/a 12.6 12.9 12.8 13.7 14.4 14.1 Oldham n/a 14.4 14.4 14.5 14.5 15.1 14.8 Rochdale n/a 15.1 14.9 14.7 15.0 15.1 15.1 Salford n/a 12.4 12.7 13.1 13.0 14.1 13.9 Stockport n/a 12.0 12.5 12.5 12.3 12.7 12.8 Tameside and Glossop n/a 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.7 14.3 14.2 Trafford n/a 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.1 13.2 Wigan n/a 13.6 13.3 13.5 13.5 13.6 13.5
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Average daily number of available beds in the maternity sector, NHS hospitals, England 1980–86 District health authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Hartlepool 46 47 46 46 47 45 71 North Tees 94 94 94 94 94 91 85 South Tees 143 143 142 142 140 124 124 East Cumbria 1— 1— 72 71 65 61 59 South Cumbria 1— 1— 58 58 57 59 60 West Cumbria 64 62 62 62 61 59 53 Darlington 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 Durham 53 53 53 51 52 53 53 North West Durham 52 49 48 48 48 43 35 South West Durham 60 52 54 54 54 54 54 Northumberland 111 111 109 107 114 110 99 Gateshead 66 65 65 65 65 65 65
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District health authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Newcastle upon Tyne 157 171 165 164 146 147 153 North Tyneside 56 54 58 59 59 60 60 South Tyneside 60 60 60 60 59 58 58 Sunderland 149 147 149 149 146 134 101 Northern RHA 1,285 1,272 1,280 1,276 1,252 1,208 1,176 Hull 101 90 79 76 78 75 75 East Yorkshire 106 103 106 105 105 82 72 Grimsby 78 75 73 69 68 68 64 Scunthorpe 67 67 75 70 62 58 58 Northallerton 28 28 28 28 25 25 25 York 81 81 81 81 86 75 68 Scarborough 54 54 53 54 55 45 40 Harrogate 61 64 63 62 56 56 58 Bradford 177 183 178 175 179 179 179 Airedale 76 72 74 75 73 70 68 Calderdale 95 92 93 93 93 92 95 Huddersfield 97 97 96 91 86 64 57 Dewsbury 120 120 119 116 104 84 84 Leeds Western 1— 1— 106 109 112 120 121 Leeds Eastern 1— 1— 151 145 152 143 151 Wakefield 58 58 58 58 58 57 58 Pontefract 78 82 82 82 82 82 82 Yorkshire RHA 1,532 1,523 1,514 1,489 1,474 1,374 1,354 North Derbyshire 96 96 102 99 96 96 96 South Derbyshire 126 173 182 182 179 181 172 Leicestershire 320 332 332 328 323 322 312 North Lincolnshire 81 80 83 90 82 72 70 South Lincolnshire 101 95 80 80 82 82 78 Bassetlaw 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 Central Nottinghamshire 109 97 97 95 95 94 94 Nottingham 268 271 278 257 248 251 243 Barnsley 75 75 75 75 75 74 67 Doncaster 1— 1— 196 192 177 145 108 Rotherham 1— 1— 65 66 66 67 67 Sheffield 1— 1— 243 240 227 203 199 Trent RHA 1,747 1,743 1,764 1,735 1,680 1,617 1,536 Cambridge 1— 1— 92 96 104 94 93 Peterborough 110 114 102 102 97 97 97 West Suffolk 1— 1— 99 87 88 88 79 East Suffolk 1— 1— 126 125 123 123 103 Norwich 128 128 144 147 130 108 107 Great Yarmouth 64 64 64 64 64 68 59 West Norfolk and Wisbech 98 79 69 59 59 59 59 Huntingdon 1— 1— 22 24 33 34 40 East Anglian RHA 732 726 718 704 698 670 636 North Bedfordshire 68 64 63 62 54 45 45 South Bedfordshire 95 93 95 95 95 91 95 North Hertfordshire 71 71 71 71 76 80 75 East Hertfordshire 80 76 66 60 44 49 54 North West Hertfordshire 85 84 84 83 83 76 75 South West Hertfordshire 80 80 74 76 76 75 75 Barnet 134 128 132 127 119 115 110 Harrow 125 130 130 129 101 106 100 Hillingdon 80 80 81 77 77 77 77 Hounslow and Spelthorne 1— 1— 143 124 110 108 110 Ealing 67 67 57 66 64 64 55 Brent 47 50 54 53 52 52 58 Paddington and North Kensington 69 69 62 61 60 60 60 Riverside2 1— 1— 98 97 97 96 79 North West Thames RHA3 1,287 1,277 1,208 1,181 1,110 1,092 1,067 Basildon and Thurrock 123 123 120 122 122 122 122 Mid Essex 106 105 105 105 105 105 105 North East Essex 101 102 105 105 104 84 83 West Essex 100 96 95 84 83 83 85 Southend 95 95 95 95 94 95 95 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 111 108 108 108 108 103 101 Hampstead 1— 1— 57 57 56 56 58 Bloomsbury 1— 1— 116 116 115 88 84
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District health authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Islington 1— 1— 105 85 84 71 74 City and Hackney 127 114 108 107 107 106 109 Newham 86 86 86 86 86 87 85 Tower Hamlets 107 102 92 94 94 94 83 Enfield 82 80 84 90 89 88 89 Haringey 92 94 95 87 70 71 69 Redbridge 105 107 105 102 102 100 103 Waltham Forest 85 90 89 147 92 92 89 North East Thames RHA3 1,581 1,544 1,565 1,589 1,510 1,446 1,434 Brighton 62 61 61 61 61 61 61 Eastbourne 50 50 50 50 49 49 44 Hastings 42 39 38 37 37 37 37 South East Kent 86 86 86 86 86 81 70 Canterbury and Thanet 109 107 103 103 100 99 100 Dartford and Cravesham 110 109 108 104 104 99 88 Maidstone 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Medway 116 114 117 120 120 116 118 Tunbridge Wells 101 97 90 85 83 77 73 Bexley 57 56 54 53 68 83 83 Greenwich 121 121 121 121 125 88 90 Bromley 105 92 86 85 86 86 77 West Lambeth 1— 1— 94 85 80 85 77 Camberwell 93 93 93 93 92 93 93 Lewisham and North Southwark 141 132 131 127 117 120 108 South East Thames RHA3 1,342 1,304 1,283 1,260 1,258 1,224 1,170 North West Surrey 120 120 120 120 91 78 61 West Surrey and North East Hampshire 65 65 65 65 62 54 45 South West Surrey 53 54 54 54 50 43 42 Mid Surrey 63 63 63 63 63 59 56 East Surrey 56 56 53 55 44 44 37 Chichester 50 50 50 51 51 51 52 Mid Downs 117 111 106 106 106 96 89 Worthing 56 55 50 50 50 49 44 Croydon 107 102 111 95 78 79 64 Kingston and Esher 1— 1— 63 62 60 59 59 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 1— 1— 37 37 36 37 35 Wandsworth 110 103 103 103 114 80 80 Merton and Sutton 79 78 76 71 56 56 55 South West Thames RHA3 1,034 1,013 950 932 860 785 718 East Dorset 123 110 113 116 117 116 116 West Dorset 72 74 74 74 74 74 74 Portsmouth 204 204 199 196 194 184 189 South West Hampshire and Southampton 145 145 148 141 145 149 142 Winchester 73 73 72 72 72 72 72 Basingstoke 70 66 66 65 56 50 44 Salisbury 55 54 59 60 60 54 51 Swindon 100 99 93 92 97 96 39 West Wiltshire and Bath 177 157 159 152 149 148 146 Isle of Wight 40 40 40 37 36 36 36 Wessex RHA 1,059 1,021 1,024 1,005 999 980 958 East Berkshire 121 121 118 111 95 105 107 West Berkshire 165 163 157 147 130 130 130 Aylesbury 1— 1— 75 69 62 55 49 Wycombe 81 79 81 74 64 69 68 Milton Keynes 1— 1— 36 36 50 66 68 Kettering 79 79 79 67 72 73 62 Northampton 102 100 100 97 90 81 79 Oxfordshire 232 227 216 213 215 213 212 Oxford RHA 879 874 863 813 778 793 765 Bristol and Weston 154 159 154 136 136 140 155 Frenchay 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 Southmead 145 145 150 136 121 121 120 Cornwall and Isles of Stilly 122 125 125 125 118 119 119 Exeter 103 96 97 96 96 95 97 North Devon 1— 1— 51 51 51 51 46 Plymouth 1— 1— 139 140 140 139 130 Torbay 60 57 59 58 57 57 58 Cheltenham 1— 1— 78 78 78 65 75
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District health authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Gloucester 1— 1— 120 123 107 102 93 Somerset 137 136 134 135 135 120 129 South Western RHA 1,122 1,113 1,117 1,087 1,049 1,020 1,030 Bromsgrove and Redditch 48 47 47 46 36 34 36 Herefordshire 47 49 48 49 49 47 46 Kidderminster and District 38 22 22 22 22 23 24 Worcester and District 90 91 91 91 91 91 83 Shropshire 130 130 130 130 131 136 131 Mid Staffordshire 71 71 63 62 66 67 67 North Staffordshire 181 181 183 173 177 175 166 South East Staffordshire 67 69 68 67 68 60 67 Rugby 42 42 42 32 30 30 30 North Warwickshire 1— 1— 77 77 74 63 57 South Warwickshire 1— 1— 68 64 65 62 56 Central Birmingham 1— 1— 159 150 150 136 125 North Birmingham 156 156 156 153 125 125 101 South Birmingham 1— 1— 88 89 89 77 73 West Birmingham 1— 1— 97 97 93 89 90 Coventry 141 141 141 140 120 113 109 Dudley 107 105 104 107 100 95 95 Sandwell 63 66 69 69 69 69 69 Solihull 1— 1— 144 130 136 126 116 Walsall 69 61 63 66 66 66 66 Wolverhampton 143 143 143 141 141 141 141 West Midlands RHA 2,008 1,980 2,002 1,955 1,897 1,825 1,746 Chester 110 110 110 107 84 84 84 Crewe 1— 1— 84 82 84 83 81 Halton 18 17 18 18 9 0 0 Macclesfield 1— 1— 50 47 40 39 39 Warrington 80 69 70 70 70 70 70 Liverpool 242 236 217 240 221 212 207 St. Helens and Knowsley 103 103 103 103 103 103 103 Southport and Formby 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 South Sefton 93 84 92 94 95 96 96 Wirral 153 152 139 127 112 112 112 Mersey RHA 979 949 924 931 859 840 834 Lancaster 48 48 48 48 48 47 48 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 90 94 107 88 91 89 90 Preston 1— 1— 111 111 111 111 94 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 116 116 117 122 121 117 123 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 96 97 100 100 98 99 80 West Lancashire 37 32 31 34 35 32 34 Chorley and South Ribble 1— 1— 28 28 28 28 26 Bolton 101 101 101 105 106 103 108 Bury 72 72 72 71 72 72 72 North Manchester 69 70 71 71 69 59 66 Central Manchester 125 125 125 124 124 125 125 South Manchester 158 157 158 156 155 150 152 Oldham 74 79 73 76 86 86 87 Rochdale 66 71 71 61 51 47 51 Salford 84 89 101 100 90 92 93 Stockport 116 114 109 100 100 95 94 Tameside and Glossop 103 112 99 82 82 82 82 Trafford 57 51 51 50 47 46 41 Wigan 131 131 131 123 110 110 106 North Western RHA 1,683 1,695 1,703 1,650 1,624 1,589 1,572 Special Health Authorities3 137 137 192 192 183 187 171 1 Comparable figures are not available due to National Health Service restructuring in 1982. 2 Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority and Victoria District Health Authority prior to 1985. 3 Figures for the Thames regions and Special Health Authorities are not comparable over the whole period due to National Health Service restructuring in 1982.
Number of maternities, available beds, occupied beds and length of stay, maternity sector, NHS hospitals, and live birth rate. England 1980–86 Year Number of maternities1 Average daily available beds2 Average daily occupied beds2 Average length of stay (days)2 Live birth rate1 1980 601,094 18,406 12,659 5.7 13.3 1981 582,010 18,176 12,047 5.5 12.8 1982 573,517 18,108 11,508 5.3 12.6 1983 577,120 17,800 11,181 5.1 12.7 1984 584,916 17,198 10,824 4.8 12.8 1985 603,127 16,648 10,755 4.6 13.1 1986 606,976 16,166 10,500 4.4 13.2 1Source: OPCS. 2 Source: SH3.