HL Deb 09 March 1988 vol 494 c792WA
Lord Mulley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many beds and operating theatres have been closed in National Health Service hospitals in the 12 months preceding the last convenient date.

Lord Skelmersdale

Information on the number of operating theatres closed is not available centrally. The number of available beds in the United Kingdom fell by some 11,600 in the year to December 1986. However, some 200,000 more in-patient and day-patient cases were treated in the same period.