HC Deb 19 November 1976 vol 919 cc792-3W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average cost of providing a maternity bed in each hospital in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Mr. Moyle

The information is not readily available for hospitals in Lincolnshire. In East Anglia costs per occupied

Hospital Cost per day Cost per case
£ £
Cambridgeshire Area Health Authority (Teaching):
Peterborough District Maternity 26.70 162.53
March Maternity 32.92 179.17
Grange Maternity, Ely 48.56 313.75
Mill Road Maternity, Cambridge 34.65 196.48
Norfolk Area Health Authority:
King's Lynn District General 29.45 210.94
Bowthorpe Maternity, Wisbech 26.66 191.98
Drayton Hall, near Norwich 35.12 152.09
Longacre Maternity, West Runton 40.40 202.12
Suffolk Area Health Authority:
Ipswich Maternity 28.10 211.76
Phyllis Memorial Home, Malton 35.53 220.93