§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospitals have closed in each of the counties of Wales since 1980.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information, which relates to hospitals which have closed since 1 January 1980 and are still closed, is given in the following table. During the same period nine hospitals were opened.
Health authority Number of hospitals closed Clwyd 6 East Dyfed 3 Gwent 2 Gwynedd 9 Mid Glamorgan 9 Pembrokeshire — Powys 1 South Glamorgan 4 West Glamorgan 4 TOTAL 38 Since 1980 the numbers of patients being treated by the national health service in Wales has increased from 848,432 to 1,248,356 in 1992–93 or 47 per cent.