§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many acute patients' hospital beds in the Birmingham health area are currently occupied by geriatric patients.
§ Mr. DeakinsI regret that this information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate time and expense.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average daily cost of maintaining an acute patient hospital bed in the Birmingham health area; and what is the cost of maintaining a bed in a geriatric hospital or ward and of a place in an old people's home in Birmingham.
§ Mr. DeakinsProvisional figures for the year ended 31 March 1978 indicate that the average daily cost of maintaining a patient in an acute hospital in the Birmingham Health Area was £37.17 and that in a geriatric hospital £17.14. Separate figures for geriatric wards in other types of hospital are not available. Information provided by the local authority shows that the average daily cost of a place in the old people's homes run by the Birmingham metropolitan district council was £5.69.
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