§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available in Buckinghamshire in the care home sector between 1997 and 2001. [27119]
§ Jacqui SmithThe table shows the number of places in residential care homes and registered beds in nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics in the Buckinghamshire area between 1997 and 2001.
Residential places1 and registered nursing beds in the Buckinghamshire area2 in 1997 and 2001 Number At 31 March Places in residential care homes Registered nursing beds in nursing homes3,4 1997 2,438 1,735 1998 3,253 2,054 1999 3,383 1,966 2000 3,399 1,896 2001 3,426 1,951 1 Excludes places in children's homes 2 Information is presented for the area represented by the county of Buckinghamshire prior to local government re-organisation on 1 April 1998. Figures for 31 March 1999 onwards relate to the unitary authority of Milton Keynes and the reduced shire county area of Buckinghamshire1. 3 Registered beds in general and mental nursing homes, hospitals and clinics. Information is presented on nursing beds for the Buckinghamshire health authority (which equates to the former county of Buckinghamshire prior to local government re-organisation) 4 Information for registered nursing beds in 1997 relates to the period 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1997. Source:
Department of Health's annual returns