HC Deb 13 December 1965 vol 722 cc202-3W
Mr. Howe

asked the Minister of Health whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the average length of stay of patients treated in principal hospital departments, and of the number of patients treated per available bed in the same departments so as to show, in respect of the last year for which figures are available, the extent to which such figures vary as between the different hospital boards in England and Wales.

Mr. K. Robinson

For the national figures I would refer the hon. Member to Tables 57 and 58 of the Annual Report of my Department for 1964 published earlier this year. The details are given in the following tables:

Teaching hospitals General medicine Diseases of the chest General surgery Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery E.N.T. Gynaecology Obstetrics
London
Under-Graduate 19.1 34.2 12.6 19.0 7.1 9.4 10.4
London Post-Graduate 18.4 25.3 14.9 26.1 7.3 10.6 10.7
Provincial 16.4 30.2 10.7 14.4 5.9 8.8 8.7
Total 17.7 27.7 11.7 17.8 6.6 9.1 9.5

NUMBER OF IN-PATIENTS TREATED PER AVAILABLE BED IN N.H.S. HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND AND WALES DURING 1964
Non-teaching hospitals General medicine Diseases of the chest General surgery Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery E.N.T. Gynaecology Obstetrics
Newcastle R.H.B. 19.3 6.1 25.7 14.1 46.3 39.4 33.5
Leeds R.H.B 18.1 5.9 29.5 18.7 44.9 42.4 35.4
Sheffield R.H.B. 22.3 5.8 33.5 16.5 44.0 40.9 36.8
East Anglian R.H.B. 18.8 6.8 29.6 23.2 51.4 47.1 35.9
North West
Metropolitan R.H.B. 17.6 7.2 28.4 24.2 48.8 37.8 33.4
North East
Metropolitan R.H.B. 15.7 5.7 26.5 17.4 50.7 36.1 32.0
South East
Metropolitan R.H.B. 15.6 4.9 26.5 14.0 38.0 34.5 33.2
South West
Metropolitan R.H.B. 16.8 6.7 24.6 22.5 52.5 41.2 31.7
Oxford R.H.B. 20.3 5.9 31.4 20.7 63.3 43.5 43.5
South Western R.H.B. 19.4 5.2 32.0 15.8 42.9 41.8 38.8
Welsh H.B 18.4 4.1 25.6 15.0 34.7 33.4 34.2
Birmingham R.H.B. 20.6 4.9 30.8 18.9 44.9 41.3 40.1
Manchester R.H.B. 18.6 5.2 27.8 17.0 52.5 39.0 34.8
Liverpool R.H.B. 15.8 5.3 28.2 15.5 38.2 33.7 34.0
Wessex R.H.B. 20.2 6.6 31.8 19.4 46.7 41.6 37.8
Total 18.1 5.6 28.5 17.6 45.7 38.9 35.1

Teaching hospitals General medicine Diseases of the chest General surgery Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery E.N.T. Gynaecology Obstetrics
London
Under-Graduate 18.5 7.8 25.5 20.3 42.7 35.2 30.3
London Post-Graduate 15.6 10.0 22.8 11.7 38.5 28.5 30.7
Provincial 21.1 8.8 31.4 24.1 47.1 38.0 37.2
Total 19.5 9.3 28.1 19.7 43.6 36.0 33.6