HC Deb 19 November 1976 vol 919 c793W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of hospital beds to population by specialty in each area health authority in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Mr. Moyle

In each area the following numbers of beds were available in 1975 to serve each 1,000 population in the area:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Specialty
Acute 2.8
Obstetric 0.5
Geriatric 1.0
Mental handicap 0.6
Mental illness 1.4
LINCOLNSHIRE
Specialty
Acute 2.9
Obstetric 0.4
Geriatric 1.1
Mental handicap 1.1*
Mental illness 1.8*
NORFOLK
Specialty
Acute 2.7
Obstetric 0.4
Geriatric 1.1
Mental handicap 1.2
Mental illness 2.0
SUFFOLK
Specialty
Acute 2.8
Obstetric 0.5
Geriatric 1.7
Mental handicap 0.9
Mental illness 2.1
(* Excludes beds in the area providing psychiatry service to South Humberside.)