§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital beds have been available in Wales since 1950; and if he will break these figures down into their uses by the various specialties.
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AVERAGE DAILY AVAILABLE BEDS 1955 1965 1975 1979 General Medicine … … … … … 1,684 1,582 1,619 1,621 Paediatrics … … … … … 515 595 550 514 Chest Diseases … … … … … 2,827 1,468 889 726 Dermatology … … … … … 101 140 139 135 Neurology … … … … … 8 61 85 79 Cardiology … … … … … — 34 66 54 Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation … … — 15 93 76 Venereal Diseases (or STD) … … … 11 10 6 4 Rheumatology … … … … … — — 25 70 Geriatrics … … … … … — 1,370 3,868 4,090 Units for the younger disabled … … … — — 32 37 General Surgery … … … … … 1,907 2,026 1,962 1,873 Infectious Diseases … … … … 739 392 184 93 Ear, Nose and Throat (T & A) (Others) … 425 448 381 361 Trauma and Orthopaedic … … … … 895 1,174 1,358 1,379 country basis for each year since 1974, the number of schoolchildren per school dental officer.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows:
with spina bifida in each of the area health authorities in the Principality.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows:
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe average daily number of available beds in hospitals in Wales in 1950 was 24,234. The earliest date at which a breakdown by speciality was collected was 1955 and these figures are given in the following table together with comparable figures for 1965, 1975 and 1979.
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1955 1965 1975 1979 Ophthalmology … … … … … 192 293 296 267 Radiotherapy … … … … … 100 130 140 140 Urology … … … … … … — 96 88 99 Plastic Surgery … … … … … 132 93 112 78 Thoracic Surgery … … … … … 72 99 39 37 Dental Surgery … … … … … — 38 49 63 Orthodontics … … … … … — — — — Neurosurgery … … … … … 34 44 58 66 Gynaecology … … … … … 450 633 703 687 Obstetrics … … … … … … 1,044 1,038 998 982 S.C. Baby Unit … … … … … 98 197 232 237 Psychiatry Children … … … … … — 25 37 37 Mental Handicap … … … … … — 2,846 2,518 2,485 Mental Illness … … … … … 8,854 8,282 5,906 5,264 Adolescent Psychiatry Units … … … — — 47 46 G.P. Maternity … … … … … 205 332 271 187 G.P. Medical … … … … … 732 927 905 909 G.P. Dental … … … … … — — — — Pre-Convalescent … … … … … 164 455 337 304 Staff Wards … … … … … 20 31 23 11 Chronic Sick* … … … … … 2,163 1,737 .. .. Mental Deficiency† … … … … … 1,967 .. .. .. Others … … … … … … 549‡ 436 239 447 TOTAL … … … … … 25,888 27,047 24,256 23,456 * Chronic Sick is broadly equivalent to Geriatrics. †Mental Deficiency is now termed Mental Handicap. ‡Includes 64 beds classified to Genito-Urinary now classified to Urology.
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital beds have been available for each of the area health authorities since 1974 on a yearly basis; and how many adminis-
AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF AVAILABLE BEDS, 1974–79 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Clwyd … … 3,167 3,198 3,185 3,108 3,064 3,052 Dyfed … … 2,619 2,626 2,599 2,626 2,570 3,565 Gwent … … 4,201 4,092 3,965 3,948 3,921 3,883 Gwynedd … … 1,604 1,600 1,599 1,592 1,578 1,570 Mid Glamorgan … 5,231 5,140 5,092 5,069 5,002 4,943 Powys … … 1,319 1,310 1,293 1,291 1,299 1,266 South Glamorgan … 3,865 3,595 3,667 3,648 3,607 3,584 West Glamorgan … 2,700 2,696 2,659 2,712 2,666 2,594 WALES … … 24,707 24,256 24,059 23,993 23,708 23,456 540W
NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL STAFF AT 30 SEPTEMBER* 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Clwyd … … 547 624 605 606 633 620 Dyfed … … 445 567 568 575 600 589 Gwent … … 663 788 813 823 812 834 Gwynedd … … 326 360 396 395 415 411 Mid Glamorgan … 817 833 903 919 972 974 Powys … … 141 158 160 154 160 163 South Glamorgan … 1,303 1,341 1,396 1,355 1,391 1,390 West Glamorgan … 591 619 631 643 654 626 WALES … … 4,833 5,290 5,472 5,470 5,637 5,607 * Whole-time equivalent. trative staff each authority employed for each of those years.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is given in the following tables: