HC Deb 02 February 1971 vol 810 c315W
Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of geriatric beds in the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board's area for the years 1960, 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1970, respectively; and how these figures compare with the rest of the country per 1,000 of the population.

Mr. Alison

Following are the figures at 31st December:

Sheffield Regional Hospital Board Area England
Year Staffed beds allocated Beds per 1,000 elderly population Beds per 1,000 elderly population
1960 … 5,233 10.5 10.9
1964 … 5,338 10.5 10.3
1966 … 5,249 9.8 10.0
1968 … 5,261 9.8 9.8
1969 … 5,516 10.1 9.8

National figures for 1970 are not yet available: in the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board area at 30th September, 1970, there were 5,640 beds (10.3 per 1,000 elderly population).

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