§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by district health authority in the north-west regional health authority the total available patient beds for each year since 1979.
Average daily available beds1, all sectors, NHS hospitals, by district health authority in North Western Region 1979 to 1988–89 Health authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 Lancaster 2,645 2,601 2,508 2,512 2,406 2,352 2,217 2,106 1,821 1,798 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 1,564 1,576 1,664 1,733 1,732 1,737 1,756 1,730 1,630 1,763 Preston 2 2 2 2,318 2,239 2,196 2,173 2,060 2,079 1,902 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,825 2,781 2,746 2,706 2,665 2,624 2,579 2,509 1,315 1,231 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,591 2,591 2,522 2,513 2,516 2,438 2,399 2,303 3,216 3,008 West Lancashire 886 862 854 851 851 867 812 790 735 661 Chorley and South Ribble 2 2 2 374 378 357 345 345 323 302 Bolton 1,361 1,315 1,328 1,303 1,294 1,285 1,246 1,251 1,254 1,227 Bury 716 740 786 801 812 822 810 816 788 775 North Manchester 2,041 2,038 2,026 1,982 1,950 1,831 1,752 1,692 1,648 1,521 Central Manchester 1,137 1,201 1,227 1,254 1,250 1,242 1,272 1,246 1,238 1,219 South Manchester 2,408 2,423 2,389 2,401 2,417 2,355 2,277 2,187 2,112 2,068 Oldham 1,045 1,028 1,004 1,003 1,029 1,019 1,026 1,004 993 980 Rochdale 953 904 875 879 869 827 824 843 765 758 Salford 3,098 3,089 3,017 3,008 2,972 2,876 2,688 2,666 2,506 2,372 Stockport 1,677 1,692 1,759 1,816 1,793 1,749 1,724 1,741 1,693 1,672 Tameside and Glossop 869 965 981 941 917 942 945 957 982 955 Trafford 836 864 869 837 827 814 775 747 755 718 Wigan 1,479 1,450 1,430 1,446 1,467 1,426 1,403 1,413 1,469 1,479 North Western Region 30,811 30,839 30,662 30,678 30,384 29,756 29,021 28,406 27,320 26,409 Source: SH3 returns, 1979–986, KHO3 returns 1987–8 onwards.
1 Wards open overnight only.
2 Comparable figures not available due to National Health Service restructuring in 1982.