§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give his best estimate of the cost per week for caring for a geriatric patient in a geriatric ward under the National Health Service; if he will give the number of beds and hospitals for such patients; and if he will give a breakdown of these figures by regional health authorities.
Region Number of hospitals (At 31 March 1980) Average Number of Beds Available Average Cost Per In-Patient Week £
Northern 16 844 122 Yorkshire 28 2,192 141 Trent 22 2,070 149 East Anglia 14 1,176 140 North West Thames 19 1,008 160 North East Thames 15 1,263 159 South East Thames 18 1,450 149 South West Thames 13 1,365 168 Wessex 20 1,628 129 Oxford 10 824 182 South Western 35 2,477 155 West Midlands 32 3,213 158 Mersey 9 747 138 North Western 19 985 141 ENGLAND 270 21,242 150