§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district health authorities have community maternity units; and how many places in these units each district health authority provides.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyInformation relating to beds in wards designated for general practitioner—maternity use, is given in the table. Consultant obstetric wards also have beds available for use by general practitioners.
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Average number of beds available daily in general practitioner maternity units by district health authority 1989–90 District health authority Available beds North Tees 15 South Tees 13 East Cumbria 8 West Cumbria 10 Northumberland 21 Gateshead 6
District health authority Available beds Hull 2 East Yorkshire 11 Grimsby 20 Scunthorpe 16 Scarborough 12 Harrogate 6 Airedale 5 Calderdale 6 North Derbyshire 22 Leicestershire 38 North Lincolnshire 0 South Lincolnshire 8 Central Nottinghamshire 8 Peterborough 12 East Suffolk 18 Norwich 1 North Bedfordshire 1 Basildon and Thurrock 7 Mid Essex 24 North East Essex 31 Newham 2 Enfield 15 Redbridge 4 Tunbridge Wells 8 Bexley 8 East Dorset 6 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 54 South West Hampshire and Southampton 36 Winchester 10 Bath 77 Aylesbury Vale 8 Wycombe 9 Northampton 5 Oxfordshire 32 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 17 Exeter 29 North Devon 11 Plymouth 20 Somerset 8 Kidderminster and district 24 Worcester and district 11 Shropshire 72 North Staffordshire 30 South East Staffordshire 6 North Warwickshire 10 South Warwickshire 1 Coventry 19 Dudley 31 Sandwell 2 Walsall 11 Wolverhampton 21 Crewe 5 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble 44 Chorley and South Ribble 25 Bolton 4 Bury 1 Salford 4 Trafford 6 England 1,008 Source: KHO3.