§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many beds are presently set aside in each National Health Service hospital (a) for the use of private patients and (b) exclusively for the use of National Health Service patients;
(2) what, in relation to the beds presently set aside in each National Health Service hospital for the use of
1973 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Region (RHB) Average daily number of available beds Average daily number of occupied beds Number of authorised pay beds {included in column (b)) Average daily occupancy by paying patient during 1973 (included in column (c)) Newcastle … … 27,237 21,385 197 63 Leeds … … 30,168 24 950 323 148 Sheffield … … 33,632 27,194 322 143 East Anslia … … 13,415 10,948 167 80 North West Metropolitan … … 37,004 30,549 738 465 North East Metropolitan … … 28,626 23,392 235 130 South East Metropolitan … … 30,706 24 879 421 250 South West Metropolitan … … 41,228 34,178 499 327 Wessex … … 16,414 13,189 159 77 Oxford … … 14,914 11,814 213 124 Southwestern … … 31,416 25,495 247 110 Birmingham … … 39,888 32 240 451 196 Manchester … … 38,121 31,391 419 208 Liverpool … … 20,757 16,748 178 73 England … … 403,526 328,352 4,569 2,383 London Post-graduate Teaching Hospitals (N.B. included above) … 4,311 3,286 257 198 436W
1974 (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) Region (RHA) Average daily number of available beds Average daily number of occupied bed Number of authorised pay beds (included in column (g)) Average daily occupancy by paying patients during 1974 (included in column (h)) Northern … … … 27,752 21,707 194 63 Yorkshire … … … 32,117 26,436 355 155 Trent … … … 32,307 26,089 303 123 East Anelia … … … 13,142 10,537 167 76 North West Thames … … … 32,377 26,447 479 309 North East Thames … … … 32,679 26,804 446 233 South East Thames … … … 31,140 25,139 441 237 South West Thames … … … 31,515 26,580 267 130 Wessex … … … 21,258 16,940 206 94 Oxford … … … 15,296 11,854 222 124 South Western … … … 27,259 22,184 217 88 West Midlands … … … 38,974 31,760 451 186 North Western … … … 32,827 27,019 382 170 Mersey … … … 23,962 19,684 207 88 London Post-graduate Teaching Hospitals … … … 3,630 2,675 237 169 England … … … 396,235 321,855 4,574 2,245 Notes: 1. Teaching Hospitals (and for 1973 only London Post-graduate Teaching Hospitals) are included in Regional Summaries. 2. Figures for 1975 are not yet available. 3. Changes in Regional boundaries and titles were part of N.H.S. Reorganisation on 1st April 1974 4. No bed in an N.H.S. hospital authorised for private patients may be set aside for the exclusive use either of N.H.S. or paying patients. A paying patient may be admitted to any bed in a hospital so long as the number of beds occupied by paying patients at any time does not exceed the number authorised to be made available for the treatment of such patients. Any bed so authorised may also be used by a non-paying patient who requires it on medical grounds. private patients, was the number of days in each of the last three years that such beds have been occupied by (a) private patients and (b) National Health Service patients.
§ Dr. OwenIn 1973 and 1974 the authorised number of beds for private patients, and their average daily occupancy by paying patients was as shown below for England. More detailed figures are being prepared and I will write to the hon. Member.
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§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total amount paid by private patients for the occupation of beds in National Health Service hospitals in each of the last three years.
§ Dr. OwenThe income from inpatients for private accommodation and treatment in National Health Service hospitals in England during the last three years was as follows:
Year Income £ 1972–73 … 11,951,911 1973–74 … 13,702,967 1974–75 … 15,000,000 (provisional)
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total additional cost to the National Health Service in each of the last three years of providing nursing and ancillary services for private patients in National Health Service hospitals if, "additional" is defined as the cost over and above that which would have been incurred in any event if these private patients had been treated in hospital as health service patients.
§ Dr. OwenSince paying patients in fact contribute to the cost of the NHS services they receive there is no such "additional" cost.