§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what allocation of beds and operating theatres is made for patients undergoing operations on a payment basis at hospitals in the Newcastle Region.
Staff in Post (Whole-time equivalent) Hospital Establishment* Matrons and other Admin. staff Other trained staff (Staff Nurses in brackets) Nurses in training Untrained Nursing Staff Total Nursing Staff/Patient ratio† Queen Elisabeth Hospital, Gateshead 275 14 117.8(33.2) 77 50.0 258.8 1/0.72 Bensham General Hospital 150 8 68.0(7.0) 36 22.4 134.4 1/1.82 Dunston Hill Hospital 116 2 73.5(17.1) — 27.9 103.4 1/1.53 Whinney House Hospital 30 1 8.6(0.6) — 17.1 26.7 1/2.32 Whickham Cottage Hospital 16 1 12.0(2.5) — 3.5 16.5 1/1.33 Gateshead Children's Hospital 24 2 17.6(1.1) — 2.3 21.8 1/0.46 Normans Riding Hospital 30 1 14.9(2.7) — 11.2 27.1 1/1.77 Group Total 641 29 312.4(64.6) 113 134.2 588.7 1/1.23 * These figures represent the optimism establishment. The current financial allocation to the Hospital Management Committee for increasing staff provides for about 97 per cent, of this establishment. † The ratio quoted is of total nursing staff to in-patients only.