HC Deb 06 April 1976 vol 909 cc151-3W
Mr. Parkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many local general hospitals in England and Wales do not possess specialist psychiatric services.

Dr. Owen,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 22nd March 1976; Vol. 908, c. 15], circulated the following information:

In 1974, of the 832 hospitals in England classified as "acute, mainly acute or partly acute" 707 had no beds for the mentally ill. Almost half of the 832 hospitals are however relatively small hospitals of under 100 beds. Our long-term policy is that psychiatric beds should normally be concentrated in one hospital in each health district. The following table lists the 105 districts which out of a total of 205 health districts in England, in 1974 had no beds for the mentally ill in an "acute, partly acute or mainly acute" hospital.

Information in relation to Wales should be sought from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Region 1Northern RHA

  • South Tees.
  • East Cumbria.
  • Durham.
  • North West Durham.
  • South West Durham.
  • Northumberland.
  • Gateshead.
  • North Tyneside.
  • Sunderland.

Region 2Yorkshire RHA

  • Beverley.
  • Scunthorpe.
  • Northallerton.
  • York.
  • 152
  • Bradford.
  • Huddersfield.
  • Dewsbury.
  • Western Wakefield.
  • Eastern Wakefield.

Region 3Trent RHA

  • Central Derbyshire.
  • North Derbyshire.
  • South Derbyshire.
  • East Derbyshire.
  • North West Leicestershire.
  • South West Leicestershire.
  • Lincolnshire South.
  • Lincolnshire North.
  • Worksop and Retford.
  • North Nottingham.
  • Rotherham.
  • Central Sheffield.

Region 4East Anglia RHA

  • Great Yarmouth and Waveney.

Region 5North West Thames RHA

  • North West Hertfordshire.
  • Barnet/Finchley.
  • Edgware/Hendon.
  • North Hammersmith.
  • Ealing.

Region 6North East Thames RHA

  • Chelmsford.
  • Colchester.
  • Barking.
  • Havering.
  • Enfield.

Region 7South East Thames RHA

  • Eastbourne.
  • Hastings.
  • South East Kent.
  • Canterbury/Thanet.
  • Maidstone.
  • Tunbridge Wells.
  • Lewisham.

Region .8South West Thames RHA

  • North Surrey.
  • North West Surrey.
  • West Surrey and N E Hants.
  • South West Surrey.
  • Mid-Surrey.
  • East Surrey.
  • Chichester.
  • Worthing.
  • Croydon.
  • Sutton and West Merton.

Region 9Wessex RHA

  • East Dorset.
  • West Dorset.
  • Portsmouth & S. E. Hants.
  • Winchester.
  • Basingstoke and N. Hants.
  • Salisbury.
  • Swindon.
  • Isle of Wight.

Region 10Oxford RHA

  • West Berkshire.
  • Kettering.
  • Northampton.
  • Oxfordshire.

Region 11South Western RHA

  • Frenchay.
  • Southmead.
  • 153
  • Weston.
  • Exeter and Mid-Devon
  • North Devon
  • Torbay.
  • Cheltenham
  • Gloucester West Somerset.

Region 12West Midlands RHA

  • Hereford.
  • Bromsgrove and Redditch.
  • Kidderminster.
  • Worcester.
  • Mid Staffordshire.
  • South East Staffordshire.
  • North Warwickshire.
  • Rugby.
  • South Warwickshire.
  • East Birmingham.
  • North Birmingham.
  • South Birmingham.
  • West Birmingham.
  • Dudley.
  • Sandwell.
  • Solihull.
  • Walsall

Region 13Mersey RHA

  • Halton.
  • Macclesfield.
  • Eastern Liverpool.
  • Northern Sefton.
  • Southern Wirral.

Region 14North Western RHA

  • Lancaster.
  • Blackpool.
  • Stockport.
  • Trafford.

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