§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further proposals he has in mind to phase out private beds in National Health Service hospitals on the Isle of Wight.
§ Mr. MoyleIt is for the Health Services Board to propose the revocation of pay bed authorisations in accordance with the provisions of Sections 68–70 of the National Health Service Act 1977 and my right hon. Friend is bound to implement these proposals. I understand that the Board wrote to area health authorities and others on 17th February inviting comments on provisional proposals which include the withdrawal of two of the eight existing pay bed authorisations relating to the Isle of Wight Area Health Authority. The Board has until 30th September to finalise its proposals.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he
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31st December 1974 31st December 1977 Average daily use of beds by private patients as a percentage of maximum permitted use 1976 Region and Area Number of authorised pay beds Number of beds in private nursing homes and hospitals Number of authorised pay beds Number of beds in private nursing homes and hospitals (provisional) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Northern R.H.A. Cleveland … … 37 16 22 16 27 Cumbria … … 22 254 15 262 31 Durham … … 23 209 13 206 19 Northumberland … 10 130 5 122 6 Gateshead … … 4 30 3 30 40 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 58 93 38 93 23 North Tyneside … 6 Nil 3 Nil 12 South Tyneside … 6 Nil 3 Nil 12 Sunderland … … 28 Nil 15 Nil 27 Yorkshire R.H.A. Humberside … … 33 133 21 119 28 North Yorkshire … 50 955 30 1,037 30 Bradford … … 109 198 70 198 33 Calderdale … … 38 63 32 83 53 Kirklees … … 30 76 21 61 29 Leeds … … … 77 189 58 182 44 Wakefield … … 18 Nil 7 Nil 46 Trent R.H.A. Derbyshire … … 48 257 32 297 37 Leicestershire … 35 485 23 475 39 Lincolnshire … 55 304 47 261 40 Nottinghamshire … 98 244 70 302 33 Barnsley … … 5 Nil 3 Nil 22 Doncaster … … 12 47 4 46 10 Rotherham … … Nil 17 Nil 17 Nil Sheffield … … 50 227 25 268 25 will list the number of private beds available in each area health authority in England at 31st December 1974 and at 31st December 1977, and give the average bed occupancy rate for pay beds in each authority for the latest period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Moyle, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 15th May 1978; Vol. 950, c. 40], gave the following information:
The number of private in-patients which National Health Service hospitals are authorised to admit at any one time, and the number of beds in registered private hospitals and nursing homes, within each area health authority are shown below.
It is not possible to give bed occupancy rates as pay beds are no longer set aside. The figures in col. (vi) show the average daily use of NHS accommodation and services by private patients as a percentage of the maximum permitted use in 1976, the latest year for which full information is available.
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31st December 1974 31st December 1977 Average daily use of beds by private patients as a percentage of maximum permitted use 1976 Region and Area Number of authorised pay beds Number of beds in private nursing homes and hospitals Number of authorised pay beds Number of beds in private nursing homes and hospitals (provisional) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) East Anglia R.H.A. Cambridgeshire … 64 96 36 96 47 Norfolk … … 66 398 56 358 41 Suffolk … … … 37 253 34 210 41 North West Thames R.H.A. Bedfordshire … … 26 69 24 99 44 Hertfordshire … 65 452 40 439 37 Barnet … … 26 498 12 474 36 Brent/Harrow … … 35 102 23 193 58 Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow … … 73 717 51 870 68 Hillingdon … … 35 143 30 116 69 Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster … 219 941 173 1,068 61 North East Thames R.H.A. Essex … … 89 461 73 452 41 Barking/Havering … 14 46 6 46 22 Camden/Islington … 220 322 140 346 59 City and East London 75 131 51 146 53 Enfield/Haringey … 23 240 13 281 35 Redbridge/Waltham Forest … … 25 14 16 12 40 South East Thames R.H.A. East Sussex … … 61 1,809 40 2,568 26 Kent … … … 117 1,584 100 1,674 40 Greenwich/Bexley … 26 48 10 51 30 Bromley … … 34 325 22 326 51 Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham … 203 352 147 324 54 South West Thames R.H.A. Surrey … … … 101 1,228 76 1,420 39 West Sussex … … 43 1,594 36 1,583 40 Croydon … … 13 405 6 348 37 Kingston/Richmond … 17 265 9 158 23 Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth … 93 525 51 762 48 Wessex R.H.A. Dorset … … 54 928 40 976 31 Hampshire … … 79 876 55 1,007 39 Wiltshire … … 57 307 41 379 31 Isle of Wight … 12 104 10 36 28 Oxford R.H.A. Berkshire … … 61 476 56 503 51 Buckinghamshire … 54 199 46 275 63 Northamptonshire … 39 665 28 681 35 Oxfordshire … … 68 310 54 314 49 South Western R.H.A. Avon … … 28 574 17 486 30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly … … 29 136 23 104 30 Devon … … 70 850 45 1,187 22 Gloucestershire … 51 325 43 290 43 Somerset … … 36 197 24 204 19
31st December 1974 31st December 1977 Average daily use of beds by private patients as a percentage of maximum permitted use 1976 Region and Area Number of authorised pay beds Number of beds in private nursing homes and hospitals Number of authorised pay beds Number of beds in private nursing homes and hospitals (provisional) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) West Midlands R.H.A. Hereford and Worcester … 49 552 34 567 25 Salop … … … 39 172 21 172 19 Staffordshire … … 76 153 53 188 33 Warwickshire … 29 301 23 289 42 Birmingham … … 159 466 101 407 37 Coventry … … 23 39 17 17 35 Dudley … … 14 Nil 9 21 29 Sandwell … … 6 28 4 Nil 23 Solihull … … 6 58 5 51 43 Walsall … … 13 Nil 13 Nil 47 Wolverhampton … 37 70 24 47 38 Mersey R.H.A. Cheshire … … 77 104 57 172 31 Liverpool … … 59 273 23 270 31 St. Helens with Knowsley … … 16 302 9 259 34 Sefton … … … 18 567 9 606 15 Wirral … … … 37 257 28 268 16 North Western R.H.A. Lancashire … … 94 701 72 753 39 Bolton … … 25 57 19 65 44 Bury … … … 14 14 13 70 52 Manchester … … 166 297 110 310 40 Oldham … … 10 46 8 Nil 41 Rochdale … … 13 148 8 168 25 Salford … … 14 51 8 51 13 Stockport … … 7 496 5 519 24 Tameside … … 6 Nil 4 Nil 30 Trafford … … 12 86 9 122 32 Wigan … … … 21 Nil 16 Nil 36 Note: In addition the London postgraduate teaching hospitals were authorised to provide 237 and 194 pay beds as at 31st December 1974 and 1977 respectively. The average daily use of beds at these hospitals by private patients was 65 per cent. of the maximum permitted use in 1976.