§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of beds is in NHS hospitals(a) built, (b) commissioned and (c) planned since 1 May 1997. [159438]
§ Mr. DenhamThe physical stock of beds (defined as number of staffed in-patient and day case beds) in the major acute hospitals (capital value over £25 million) in England is as follows:
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Number of beds (a) Built and operational since 1 May 1997 Carlisle 444 Dartford and Gravesham 402 South Buckinghamshire 542 Greenwich 571 Rochdale 492 Central Sheffield University Hospital (Stonegrove—maternity only) 119 (b) In the process of being constructed since 1 May 1997 Norfolk and Norwich 953 North Durham Healthcare 524 Calderdale 614 South Manchester University Hospitals 1,031 Bromley Healthcare 525 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals 459 Worcester Royal Infirmary 474 Hereford Hospitals 340 South Durham Healthcare 347 South Tees Acute Hospitals 1,060 Swindon and Marlborough 594 King's Healthcare 902 St. George's Hospital 1,123 University College London Hospitals 664 West Middlesex University Hospitals 434 Hull and East Yorkshire Maternity 150
Number of beds (c) Planned since 1 May 19971 Barts and The London 21,200 Central Manchester/Manchester Childrens Hospitals 1,178 Dudley Group of Hospitals 830 West Berkshire Priority Care 203 Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals 1,890 Walsgrave Hospitals/Coventry Healthcare 969 Leeds Teaching Hospitals 3— Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals 207 Havering Hospitals 798 Portsmouth Hospitals 908 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 274 Southern Debyshire Acute Hospitals 1,127 University Hospital Birmingham/South Birmingham Mental Health 1,128 Bradford Hospitals 1,791 Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health 605 North West London Hospitals 214 East Kent Hospitals 1,720 University Hospitals of Leicester 2,545 Lewisham Hospital 572 Peterborough Hospitals 716 Salford Royal Hospitals 1,014 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells/Invicta Community Care 852 Pinderfield and Pontefract Hospitals/Wakefield and Pontefract Community/Dewsbury Health Care 1,686 Forest Healthcare 783 Brighton Healthcare 100 United Bristol Healthcare 1,261 Sherwood Forest Hospitals 921 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals 566 Mid Essex Hospitals 973 Essex Rivers Healthcare 844 Hull and East Yorkshire 1,533 North Middlesex Hospitals 482 North Staffordshire Hospital 1,442 Plymouth Hospitals 1,432 St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals 1,278 Walsall Hospitals/Walsall Community 749 Paddington Basin 3— Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals 1,162 Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals 117 Southampton University Hospitals 112 South Devon Healthcare 939 Tameside and Glossop Acute 670 Gloucestershire Royal 3— Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital 806 Guy's and St. Thomas' 1,150 1Numbers at this stage are provisional and may change 2Approximate 3Under review
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds there are per head of population in(a) the National Health Service and (b) private facilities. [159559]
§ Mr. DenhamDuring 1999–2000, in the National Health Service in England, there were 3.74 beds per 1,000 population. Information on bed capacities at private facilities is not centrally collected.