HC Deb 20 January 1976 vol 903 cc434-7W
Mr. Cordle

asked 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

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. Owen

In 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.

Mr. Cordle

asked 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. Owen

The 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. Cordle

asked 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. Owen

Since paying patients in fact contribute to the cost of the NHS services they receive there is no such "additional" cost.

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