§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital beds there were in each specialty in each county and in the whole of Wales in each year since 1979.
Average daily available beds Year ending 31 March 1992. Provisional Clwyd East Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Pembroke-shire Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales General surgery 206.5 178.7 260.7 153.8 289.9 71.3 — 252.0 211.8 1,624.6 Urology 45.9 — 391 — 23.1 — — 56.8 46.5 211.3 Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery 135.2 113.3 151.8 74.9 268.5 39.5 — 217.4 171.2 1,171.7 Ear, nose and throat 53.4 31.6 44.2 17.6 56.6 — — 45.3 40.7 289.4 Ophthalmology 36.0 27.0 34.0 25.1 51 6 0.4 — 19.7 280 221.8 Oral surgery 15 7 0 1 14.4 5.4 19.2 — — 11.9 14.2 80.9 Neurosurgery — — — — 0.3 — — 39.9 46.3 86.5 Plastic surgery — — 90.1 — — — — — — 90.1 Burns surgery — — 35.0 — — — — — — 35.0 Cardiac surgery — — — — — — — 27.3 — 27.3 Thoracic surgery — — — — — — 20.1 — 20.1 Paediatric surgery — — — — — — — 23.0 — 23.0 Anaesthetics 4.2 0.8 — 1.8 3.0 1.5 — 4.9 0.5 16.6 General medicine 219.0 164.7 294.9 164.7 387.0 58.1 15.0 255.6 248.7 1,807.7 Haematology (clinical) 10.7 2.4 9.9 12.4 — 2.3 — 31.0 12.6 81.2 Clinical phsyiology — — — — — — — 1.6 — 1.6 Rehabilitation 38.7 — — — 38.9 — — 18.5 9.5 105.6 Palliative medicine 0.8 — 20 4.0 — — — — 20.5 27.3 Cardiology — — — — — — — 55.1 — 55.1 Dermatology 13.1 7.9 17.6 6.0 7.6 — — 18.8 22.1 93.1 Thoracic medicine 24.0 — — — — — — 85.5 — 109.6 Infectious diseases — 2.1 1.0 — — — — — — 3.1 Genito-urinary medicine — — — — — — — — 2.0 2.0 Nephrology — — — — — — — — 15.9 15.9 Nuclear medicine — — — — 0.3 — — — — 0.3 Spinal injuries — — — — — — — 32.5 — 32.5 Other neurology — — — — — — — 32.2 35.5 67.7 Rheumatology 7.2 — 11.8 — 37.5 — — 15.1 15.4 87.1 Paediatrics 81.5 37.4 91.4 55.3 115.6 24.7 — 133.8 113.5 653.2 Paediatric neurology — — — — — — — 3.2 — 3.2 Geriatric medicine 471.4 361.2 566.1 354.9 805.1 114.9 195.4 438.9 441.8 3,749.5 Obstetrics 100.5 48.0 126.8 61.0 189.5 31.5 — 136.5 128.5 822.3 Gynaecology 70.7 41.3 98.4 35.2 135.5 20.4 — 790 106.5 587.1 GP maternity 15.5 — 19.0 14.3 3.8 8.4 33.3 — — 94.2 GP other 307.8 61.6 128.2 93.3 170.7 43.4 185.1 34.7 — 1,024.8 Mental handicap 43.8 28.0 207.3 224.8 352.0 21.5 159.0 317.5 59.0 1,412.8 Mental illness 276.3 257.5 268.2 46.4 417.4 — 159.0 350.0 217.0 1,991.7 Child and adolescent psychiatry
18.0 — 28.0 — — — — 10.5 — 56–5 Forensic psychiatry — — — — 1.8 — — 15.3 — 17.2 Old age psychiatry 94.2 137.2 338.9 75.4 449.8 — 101.3 229.0 235.8 1,661.5 Radiotherapy — — — — — — — 97.7 45.2 143.0 Radiology — — — — 0.1 — —. — — 0.1 Chemical pathology — 0.1 — — — — — — — 0.1 Accident and emergency 13.7 6.0 10.0 — 1.2 4.8 — — — 35.7 Total 2,303.7 1,506.9 2,888.7 1,426.2 3,825.7 442.7 848.0 3,110.2 2,288.4 18,640.5