HC Deb 09 December 1975 vol 902 cc139-40W
13. Mr. Peter Morrison

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pay beds in National Health Service hospitals are authorised; and how many are made actually available by hospital authorities.

BEDS IN REGISTERED PRIVATE NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS
Region Beds (31 December 1974)
England Northern 536
Yorkshire 1,614
Trent 1,581
East Anglia 747
North West Thames 2,706
North East Thames 4,118
South East Thames 4,017
South West Thames 4,017
Wessex 2,215
Oxford 1,165
South West 2,082
West Midlands 1,351
Mersey 1,351
North West 2,001
Total 26,965
Wales 966
Northern Ireland 220
Health Board Beds (from returns made during 1975)
Scotland Argyll and Clyde 255
Ayrshire and Arran 147
Borders 21
Dumfries and Galloway 28
Fife 31
Forth Valley 8
Grampian 62
Greater Glasgow 388
Highland 23
Lanarkshire 44
Lothian 141
Tayside 90
Total 1,238

27. Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when she expects the last pay bed to be removed from within the National Health Service.

Mrs. Castle

I must ask my hon. Friend to await the implementation of the Government's policy in accordance with the Gracious Speech.

Mrs. Castle

4,157 in England; during 1974 when the number of pay beds was slightly greater—4,574—average daily occupancy by paying patients was 2,245.

17. Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many private beds there are in each health region of the United Kingdom at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mrs. Castle

Following is the information: