Mr. FeamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the average daily occupancy of acute hospital beds in England by region and age groups(a) birth to four years, (b) five to 14 years, (c) 15 to 44 years,
546W
Regional health authority All ages 0 to 4 years 5 to 14 years 15 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 to 74 years 75 years and over Estimated average number of beds occupied daily, acute sector, 1979 Northern 7,002 377 351 1,514 1,879 1,408 1,473 Yorkshire 8,586 532 441 1,992 2,227 1,729 1,667 Trent 8,241 487 426 1,782 2,210 1,641 1,695 East Anglian 3,666 157 163 787 965 822 772 North West Thames 8,678 417 341 2,073 2,232 1,766 1,849 North East Thames 10,302 405 342 2,136 2,718 2,298 2,403 South East Thames 9,036 590 598 1,733 2,202 1,924 1,990 South West Thames 6,186 304 356 1,196 1,287 1,288 1,755 Wessex 5,434 289 304 1,016 1,315 1,203 1,308 Oxford 4,375 274 249 972 1,098 866 917 South Western 6,443 301 295 1,111 1,536 1,509 1,691 West Midlands 10,381 720 596 2,064 2,733 2,136 2,132 Mersey 6,202 454 332 1,286 1,587 1,242 1,301 North Western 9,836 736 550 2,098 2,740 2,105 1,607 SHA's 2,085 316 241 470 596 308 156 England 106,452 6,358 5,584 22,229 27,:t23 22,243 22,715 Estimated average number of beds occupied daily, acute sector, 1982 Northern 6,746 350 316 1,257 1,858 1,332 1,633 Yorkshire 8,220 545 331 1,582 2,079 1,761 1,923 Trent 8,109 477 378 1,673 2,!44 1,647 1,791 East Anglian 3,650 177 133 697 959 870 814 North West Thames 7,633 397 279 1,607 1,725 1,557 2,068 North East Thames 10,704 417 336 2,176 2,644 2,451 2,681 South East Thames 8,555 455 409 1,529 2,042 1,842 2,279 South West Thames 5,732 281 237 1,047 1,204 1,167 1,795 Wessex 5,334 277 278 929 1,163 1,126 1,560 Oxford 4,303 275 179 928 1,001 892 1,028 South Western 6,463 290 244 1,040 1,461 1,435 1,993 West Midlands 10,396 752 470 2,129 2,602 2,172 2,272 Mersey 5,946 490 250 1,061 1,514 1,191 1,440 North Western 9,598 702 468 1,896 2,620 2,024 1,888 SHA's 1,969 267 158 427 648 308 162 England 103,358 6,151 4,464 19,978 25,664 21,776 25,325 Estimated average number of beds occupied daily, acute sector, 1983 Northern 6,904 362 359 1,343 1,905 1,316 1,618 Yorkshire 8,326 518 354 1,661 2,135 1,811 1,848 Trent 8,284 469 354 1,739 2,139 1,602 1,980 East Anglian 3,761 153 142 770 1,026 804 867 North West Thames 7,555 422 254 1,482 1,774 1,588 2,036 North East Thames 10,454 406 333 2,171 2,825 2,218 2,500 South East Thames 8,529 425 398 1,567 2,012 1,904 2,222 South West Thames 5,791 274 229 1,071 1,461 1,095 1,661 Wessex 5,369 291 223 978 1,210 1,188 1,480 Oxford 4,281 226 171 913 1,018 821 1,134 South Western 6,419 277 228 1,092 1,432 1,435 1,955 West Midlands 10,437 592 544 2,038 2,762 2,092 2,409 Mersey 5,796 428 277 1,054 1,549 1,166 1,322 North Western 9,630 673 433 1,902 2,755 2,001 1,866 SHA's 1,920 319 165 473 560 283 120 England 103,454 5,833 4,462 20,254 26,562 21,324 25,018 (d) 45 to 64 years, (4)65 to 74 years and (f) 75 years and over for each year from 1974 to the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 20 July 1988]: The information that can be provided without incurring disproportionate cost is given in the table.
547W
Regional health authority All ages 0 to 4 years 5 to 14 years 15 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 to 74 years 75 years and over Estimated average number of beds occupied daily, acute sector, 1984 Northern 6,876 351 297 1,258 1,792 1,353 1,825 Yorkshire 8,118 559 330 1,623 2,079 1,770 1,757 Trent 8,187 473 321 1,757 2,111 1,585 1,940 East Anglian 3,684 145 150 787 964 782 857 North West Thames 7,299 361 215 1,448 1,737 1,421 2,117 North East Thames 10,046 407 319 2,085 2,581 2,045 2,609 South East Thames 8,186 474 321 1,442 1,898 1,759 2,293 South West Thames 5,672 263 215 1,083 1,251 1,195 1,667 Wessex 5,380 286 203 1,019 1,213 1,103 1,557 Oxford 4,248 246 171 935 1,006 788 1,102 South Western 6,358 272 232 1,068 1,472 1,411 1,903 West Midlands 10,361 629 442 2,071 2,722 2,060 2,438 Mersey 5,566 371 234 1,075 1,589 1,107 1,189 North Western 9,488 641 394 1,915 2,611 1,935 1,992 SHA's 1,848 382 148 367 528 275 147 England 101,316 5,860 3,993 19,930 25,552 20,588 25,392 Estimated average number of beds occupied daily, acute sector, 1985 Northern 6,784 338 333 1,327 1,687 1,342 1,758 Yorkshire 7,978 559 355 1,563 2,069 1,634 1.798 Trent 8,246 488 446 1,704 2,028 1,576 2,004 East Anglian 3,758 175 127 808 982 778 888 North West Thames 7,172 361 251 1,352 1,624 1,512 2,072 North East Thames 9,759 434 298 2,163 2,393 1,833 2,637 South East Thames 8,139 480 381 1,442 1,857 1,795 2,186 South West Thames 5,611 294 191 992 1,148 1,120 1,867 Wessex 5,485 265 313 1,014 1,252 1,091 1,551 Oxford 4,346 283 159 911 1,019 750 1,223 South Western 6,420 294 206 1,149 1,397 1,329 2,046 West Midlands 10,379 644 393 2,063 2,608 2,163 2,508 Mersey 5,494 386 288 1,000 1,396 1,075 1,350 North Western 9,353 642 389 1,881 2,645 1,919 1,877 SHA's 1,734 313 131 375 525 253 138 England 100,658 5,955 4,259 19,744 24,628 20,169 25,903