HC Deb 20 April 1970 vol 800 cc14-20W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the percentage bed occupancy rate for pay beds in each of the hospitals containing these facilities in the area of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board in the years 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, respectively.

Hospital Percentage Occupancy Rate of Pay Beds
1966 1967 1968
Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients
St. Georges Hospital Management Committee
St. Georges … … 65 16 84 65 17 83 0 — —
Stallington Hospital Management Committee
Stallington … … 7 0 100 7 0 70 0 — —
Herefordshire Hospital Management Committee
County … … 5 47 23 5 51 22 4 68 32
General … … 7 71 5 7 70 2 7 68 0
Victoria Eye … 1 30 0 1 20 0 1 49 0
Leominster … … 1 7 37 1 13 22 1 3 11
Ross Cottage … 1 4 19 1 4 37 1 6 0
Ledbury … … 1 27 5 1 26 16 *1 7 0
South Worcestershire Hospital Management Committee
Worcester Royal Infirmary … … 4 100 0 4 98 2 6 100 0
Southbank Nursing Home … … 15 39 0 15 53 0 12 69 0
Evesham General … … 2 45 0 2 62 0 1 51 7
Malvern General … 1 3 69 1 15 50 *1 0 73
Pershore Cottage … 1 0 13 1 0 0 0 — —
Worcester Eye … 1 5 0 1 12 0 1 9 0
Avonside … … 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 — —
Mid Worcestershire Hospital Management Committee
Bromsgrove General 10 39 8 10 49 12 8 61 28
Bromsgrove Cottage 3 30 29 3 28 51 2 54 46
Hill Top … … 2 4 58 2 0 53 1 0 100
Smallwood … … 2 10 46 2 2 48 2 8 60
Croft Maternity … 2 0 84 2 0 45 0 — —
Kidderminster General … … 5 18 59 5 13 68 2 24 76
Lucy Baldwin Maternity … 3 1 42 3 1 44 1 6 94
Tenbury and District 1 38 0 1 64 0 1 53 0
Burton on Trent Hospital Management Committee
Burton on Trent General … … 18 52 27 15 64 29 15 57 37
Barton-under-Needwood … … 1 0 0 1 3 97 0 — —
Andressey … … 1 20 29 1 21 34 1 27 22
South Warwickshire Hospital Management Committee
Warneford General 12 71 1 12 77 0 12 70 0
King Edward VII … 2 19 29 2 12 60 1 15 74
Stratford General … 2 72 0 2 59 0 2 61 0
Ellen Badger … 1 11 47 1 4 81 1 2 28
Warwick General … 1 64 0 1 56 0 1 60 0

Crossman:

following table shows the percentage occupancy rates of pay beds in hospitals in the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board area by paying and non-paying patients for the years 1966, 1967 and 1968. Statistics for 1969 are not yet centrally available.

Hospital Percentage Occupancy Rate of Pay Beds
1966 1967 1968
Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients
Shrewsbury Hospital Management Committee
Royal Salop Infirmary 17 61 0 17 61 0 17 62 0
Eye, Ear and Throat 4 39 33 4 31 0 3 42 33
Copthorn 3 34 0 1 47 0 2 43 0
Wellington Cottage 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 30 0
Oswestry and District 3 30 17 3 31 19 2 48 1
Whitchurch Cottage 1 21 79 1 29 71 1 16 78
Wolverhampton Hospital Management Committee
Queen Victoria Nursing Infirmary 39 57 0 39 53 0 39 47 0
Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Eye Infirmary 4 33 0 4 34 0 2 62 0
Bridgnorth and South Shropshire Infirmary 2 15 0 2 9 0 2 18 0
Lady Forester, Broseby 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0
Lady Forester, Much Wenlock 1 29 0 1 18 0 1 19 0
Shifnal and District Cottage 1 24 20 1 11 12 1 5 5
Dudley, Stourbridge Hospital Management Committee
The Guest, Dudley 8 33 59 8 33 23 4 68 29
Corbett, Stourbridge 5 68 2 5 65 2 5 63 2
Mary Stevens Maternity 1 24 0 1 29 2 1 22 2
Wordsley 2 70 0 2 67 0 2 65 0
West Bromwich Hospital Management Committee
West Bromwich and District 2 61 0 2 57 0 3 51 0
Hallam 6 20 45 6 33 44 2 75 25
Midland Centre for Neurosurgery 1 20 69 1 7 53 1 12 74
Walsall Hospital Management Committee
Walsall General 13 78 0 13 76 0 13 80 5
Manor 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Coventry Hospital Management Committee
Coventry and Warwickshire 8 43 57 4 64 36 6 56 44
Whitley 2 7 1 2 1 0 1 10 0
Gulson 7 35 9 7 40 4 4 68 10
Paybody 2 47 0 2 35 3 2 34 0
Nuneaton Manor 4 40 60 4 33 8 3 26 14
St. Cross, Rugby 8 52 9 8 54 5 6 67 5
St. Mary's 2 9 0 2 9 0 1 8 33
George Eliot 5 41 22 5 47 4 3 55 18
Coventry Maternity 2 4 0 2 19 61 2 19 51

Hospital Percentage Occupancy Rate of Pay Beds
1966 1967 1968
Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients Number of pay beds Paying patients Non-paying patients
North Staffs Hospital Management Committee
North Staffs Royal Infirmary 48 55 1 44 48 31 38 50 2
City General 19 45 11 19 41 7 17 53 4
Burslem, Haywood and Tunstall 12 3 73 12 1 65 12 2 57
Leek Memorial 2 12 0 2 9 0 1 20 0
Orthopaedic, Hartshill 6 13 0 6 13 0 6 8 0
Longton 2 0 0 0 — — 0 — —
Cheshire Sanatorium 3 0 0 0 — — 0 — —
Limes Maternity 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0
Fanny Deakin Maternity 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Stafford Hospital Management Committee
Staffs General Infirmary 14 49 8 14 48 11 10 80 11
Newport Cottage 1 2 55 1 2 0 0 — —
Groundslow 1 21 0 1 24 0 0 — —
Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield and Tamworth
Victoria, Lichfield 3 11 1 3 12 0 1 41 0
Tamworth General 1 22 50 1 25 6 1 5 14
Sutton Coldfield 2 35 12 2 28 5 2 25 40
Goodhope 5 83 8 5 81 8 9 52 0
Birmingham (Dudley Road)
Birmingham and Midland Eye 7 61 10 7 53 14 7 52 17
Birmingham and Midland Ear and Throat 6 16 14 6 15 5 2 30 45
Skin Hospital 1 18 6 1 26 2 1 20 0
St. Chads 3 49 7 3 55 14 3 53 7
Birmingham (Selly Oak)
Royal Orthopaedic 13 38 0 13 42 0 13 44 0
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital Management Committee
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic 9 72 14 9 98 2 9 57 27
East Birmingham Hospital Management Committee
East Birmingham General 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0
Solihull 6 34 66 6 33 67 4 45 55
Marston Green
Maternity 2 35 0 2 21 0 2 0 0
The United Birmingham Hospitals 105 57 12 105 60 24 105 60 14
Notes:
1. * Pay bed designated in 1968.
2. The 1968 figures reflect the reduction in some hospitals of the number of authorised pay beds following the review.