§ Mr. Carterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds are available at the general hospitals of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board; and how many were available in each of the years from 1950 to 1970, inclusive.
§ Sir K. JosephThe number of beds other than geriatric, chronic sick and psychiatric in the Birmingham Regional Hospital Area for the years 1960–69 inclusive was as follows:
1960 … … … … 16,400 1961 … … … … 16,304 1962 … … … … 16,512 1963 … … … … 16,142 1964 … … … … 16,067 1965 … … … … 16,251 1966 … … … … 16,365 1967 … … … … 16,703 1968 … … … … 16,511 1969 … … … … 16,318 Later returns are not yet complete for all hospitals. Figures for years before 1960 are not readily available.
§ Mr. Carterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds are now set aside for private patients in the general hospitals of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board; and how many were available in each of the years from 1950 to 1970, inclusive.
§ Sir K. JosephThere are at present 337 beds authorised for private patients in hospitals of this Board, the majority in acute, mainly acute and partly acute hospitals. Figures for the previous ten years are given below. Figures for earlier years are not readily available.
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1960 … … … … 513 1961 … … … … 499 1962 … … … … 504 1963 … … … … 511 1964 … … … … 499 1965 … … … … 508 1966 … … … … 498 1967 … … … … 493 1968 … … … … 357 1969 … … … … 313