§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will state how many hospital beds in each area health authority area in Wales are reserved for fee-paying private patients; and what proportion this represents of all hospital beds in each area.
Area Health Authority Hospital Number of pay beds Total number of beds in AHA area Percentage Gwent … … Chepstow and District … … … 1 4,283 0.05 Victoria Cottage … … … … 1 Powys … … Llandrindod Wells War Memorial … 1 1,325 0.15 Montgomery County Infirmary … … 1 South Glamorgan … Whitchurch … … … … 1 3,952 0.15 Sully … … … … 1 Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Rhydlafar 3 Mid Glamorgan … Mountain Ash General … … … 1 5,398 0.09 East Glamorgan … … … … 2 Bridgend Genera … … … … 2 West Glamorgan … Singleton … … … … 3 2,748 0.15 Morriston … … … … 1 Dyfed … … West Wales General … … … 4 2,660 0.49 Pembroke County War Memorial … 3 Bronglais General … … … 6 Llanelli … … … … 1 Gwynedd … … Towyn and District War Memorial … 1 1,610 0.81 Eryri … … … … 1 St. David's … … … … 2 Llandudno General … … … 4 Caernarvon Eye and Cottage … … 1 Caernarvon and Anglesey General … 4 Clwyd … … Royal Alexandra … … … … 4 3,265 0.70 Prince Edward War Memorial … … 1 HM Stanley … … … … 3 Colwyn Bay and West Denbigh … 4 Abergele … … … … 1 Wrexham and East Denbigh War Memorial 8 Maelor General … … … … 2 Total … … … … 68 25,237 0.27
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he will state the average number of beds occupied daily in each area health authority in Wales in each of the following categories of use: 1. medical; 2. surgical, including gynae
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Dyfed Mid Glamorgan Gwynedd Gwent Medical … … … … … 283 688 223 475 Surgical including Gynaecology … … … 412 619 233 561 Geriatrics and Units for the Younger Disabled 500 679 379 443 Obstetrics and GP Maternity … … … 76 190 67 157 Psychiatric … … … … … 871 2,124 374 1,604 Other … … … … … 1 0.1 1 39 Total … … … … … 2,142 4,300 1,276 3,279
§ Mr. John MorrisNo beds in Welsh hospitals are reserved for private fee-paying patients. Approval has been given for certain hospitals to admit a limited number of private patients to any of their ordinary beds. The number of beds so approved and the total numbers of beds in the area of each Welsh area health authority are as follows:
cology; 3. geriatrics and chronic sick; 4. obstetrics and GP maternity; 5. psychiatric, and 6. other.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe answer is as follows: 401W
Clwyd West Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan Medical … … … … … 525 456 174 603 Surgical including Gynaecology … … … 447 575 8 843 Geriatrics and Units for the Younger Disabled 459 298 241 417 Obstetrics and GP Maternity … … … 130 128 15 157 Psychiatric … … … … … 736 524 676 1[...]101 Other … … … … … 112 0.3 0.01 25 Total … … … … … 2,409 1,981 1,115 3,144
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital beds there are per 1,000 population (a)
Area Beds Allocated 31st December 1973 Estimated Population 30th June 1973 Rate per 1,000 Wales … … … … 25,237 2,749,280 9.2 Clwyd … … … … 3,265 368,880 8.9 Dyfed … … … … 2,660 316,960 8.4 Gwent … … … … 4,283 441,090 9.7 Mid Glamorgan … … 5,394 536,080 10.1 South Glamorgan … … 3,952 392,250 10.1 West Glamorgan … … 2,748 372,560 7.4 Powys … … … … 1,325 99,370 13.3 Gwynedd … … … … 1,610 222,090 7.2