§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all those National Health Service general hospitals by district and region which have less than 400 acute beds, giving the actual number of beds in each case.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 4 December 1990]: I am arranging for the table containing available information to be placed in the Library. It is not possible from central returns to identify district general hospitals separately. The tables provided list hospitals with over 50 and less than 400 beds excluding those hospitals where more than 50 per cent. of the total beds are maternity beds or beds in units of the young disabled.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all the National Health Service hospitals, by region and district, which provide accident and emergency services, together with, in each case(a) the number of acute beds in the hospital, (b) the total number of beds in the hospital and (c) a list of those services normally found in a district general hospital which are not available in that particular hospital.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 4 December 1990]: I am arranging for the table containing available information to be placed in the Library. The accident and emergency facilities concerned will range from simple first aid stations to departments providing the full range of accident and emergency services. No central record is held of the services available in each hospital.