HC Deb 03 March 1978 vol 945 cc416-9W
Mr. Penhaligon

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list county by county the number of National Health Service geriatric beds per 10,000 population and per 10,000 population over 65 years of age.

Mr. Moyle

Hospital data are not collected by county. Following are the numbers of available geriatric beds in National Health Service hospitals, expressed as ratios per 10,000 population and per 10,000 population aged over 65, in each area health authority in England.

No. of beds per 10,000 pop. No. of beds per 10,000 pop. age 65 and over
Northern Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Cleveland 11.33 102.60
Cumbria 16.29 106.09
Durham 15.14 112.26
Northumberland 11.31 76.24
Gateshead 8.72 64.97
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9.13 65.30
North Tyneside 10.41 79.58
South Tyneside 9.65 68.51
Sunderland 13.11 104.78
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Humberside 13.40 98.09
North Yorkshire 14.75 90.32
Bradford 16.21 109.21
Calderdale 10.65 129.54
Kirklees 17.68 121.53
Leeds 13.68 94.86
Wakefield 16.26 129.82
Trent Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Derbyshire 11.10 78.04
Leicestershire 10.16 77.64
Lincolnshire 11.43 77.54
Nottinghamshire 9.96 75.01
Barnsley 11.33 87.96
Doncaster 10.27 87.27
Rotherham 13.95 124.29
Sheffield 14.81 97.01
East Anglia Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Cambridgeshire 12.57 99.42
Norfolk 11.16 67.22
Suffolk 17.27 113.60
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Bedfordshire 8.66 79.70
Hertfordshire 11.35 98.80
Barnet 9.38 62.74
Brent/Harrow 9.59 65.70
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow Hillingdon 5.65 9.20
Kensington & Chelsea/Westminster 11.00 72.69
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Essex 10.05 74.59
Barking/Havering 12.98 99.80
Camden/Islington 11.51 77.12
City and East London 12.08 81.05
Enfield/Haringey 12.23. 83.81
Redbridge/Waltham Forest 17.98 112.91
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
East Sussex 16.78 68.24
Kent 12.05 78.81
Greenwich/Bexley 11.69 86.72
Bromley 11.80 83.65
Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham 9.07 60.38
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Surrey 10.91 81.51
West Sussex 6.46 31.39
Croydon 12.55 94.94
Kingston/Richmond 10.26 63.32
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth 1206 76.92
Wessex Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Dorset 16.39 79.31
Hampshire 9.70 68.95
Wiltshire 17.44 124.96
Isle of Wight 15.49 71.54

No. of beds per 10,000 pop. No. of beds per 10,000 pop. age 65 and over
Oxford Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Berkshire 8.26 73.05
Buckinghamshire 7.13 62.94
Northamptonshire 15.12 112.62
Oxfordshire 8.91 73.40
South Western Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Avon 11.08 74.93
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 10.35 57.31
Devon 15.21 77.86
Gloucestershire 12.31 85.35
Somerset 14.28 84.97
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Hereford and Worcester 12.78 92.82
Salop 18.06 136.77
Staffordshire 11.83 100.43
Warwickshire 806 69.41
Birmingham 17.97 132.66
Coventry 9.42 81.73
Dudley 9.36 68.74
Sandwell 5.97 44.39
Solihull 1.85 19.07
Walsall 6.31 59.23
Wolverhampton 7.81 63.22
Mersey Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Cheshire 13.94 111.37
Liverpool 17.04 115.18
St. Helens with Knowsley 4.55 42.71
Sefton 12.88 85.61
Wirral 11.52 84.84
North Western Regional Health Authority
Area Health Authority
Lancashire 11.51 69.46
Bolton 14.89 106.49
Bury 10.75 81.46
Manchester 16.48 110.59
Oldham 12.21 88.44
Rochdale 11.31 87.75
Salford 11.21 80.16
Stockport 11.0 82.62
Tameside 10.86 78.36
Trafford 8.68 63.27
Wigan 13.22 105.04