§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of the London teaching hospitals which shows the number of pay beds in each and the average occupancy by paying patients.
§ Dr. OwenThe information is as follows:
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Average daily occupancy by paying patients London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals Current number of authorised pay beds 1972 1973 1974 1975 The Hospital for Sick Children … 31 23.6 25.5 24.5 24.4 National Hospital for Nervous Diseases … 16 11.1 13.3 15.0 14.2 Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital … 12 7.1 8.2 6.4 6.7 Moorfields Eye Hospital … 34 23.7 22.5 22.9 7.3 Maudsley Hospital … 8 4.9 60 3.9 4.0 St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin … 2 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 National Heart and Chest Hospitals … 40 28.5 35.5 32.3 26.5 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals … 20 14.1 15.5 12.9 14.8 St. Peter's Hospital Group … 13 8.9 11.6 11.4 9.4 Royal Marsden Hospital … 27 22.8 26.0 23.1 21.4 Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women … 24 17.3 17.3 16.0 13.2 Eastman Denta … No pay beds — — — — Percentage occupancy rates cannot be derived directly from these tables as the number of authorised pay beds has varied during the period covered.