§ 22. Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the change in the number of acute beds in(a) Birmingham and (b) the west midlands since 1979.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information requested is as follows:
1979 1993–94 Birmingham 4,391 2,918 West Midlands 14,668 11,305 Source:
1979, SH3 returns; 1993–94 KHO3 returns.
Over this period in the west midlands, the number of in-patient cases increased by 42 per cent, to 670,000 and day cases by 308 per cent. to 207,000.