§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the hospitals for which his Department is responsible, the annual operational costs for each hospital and the amounts, if any, that local health authorities contribute, the number of beds available at each hospital and the average bed occupancy for the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WigginThe information is as follows, for hospitals in the United Kingdom in the financial year 1980–81.
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Hospital Cost (£ million) Available Beds Average Occupancy (Per cent.) Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar 12.85 365 66.3 Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth 7.38 209 78.5 Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich 10.88 456 66.6 Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot 6.49 221 62.2 Louise Mary Maternity Hospital, Aldershot 1.36 66 61.8 Duchess of Kent Military Hospital, Catterick 4.21 170 57.2 Musgrave Park, Belfast N.A. 68 49.5
Hospital Cost (£ million) Available Beds Average Occupancy (Per cent.) Princess Mary's RAF Hospital, Halton 5.65 170 68.0 Princess Alexandra RAF Hospital, Nocton Hall 8.26 280 63.0 RAF Hospital, Nocton Hall 4.44 142 69.0 RAF Hospital, Ely 5.52 142 80.0 Under negotiated arrangements with appropriate local health authorities, £1 million was provided to the MOD in respect of services at the RAF hospital, Ely, and £500,000 in respect of services at the RAF hospital, Nocton Hall. Negotiations are entered into wherever possible to extend the number of arrangements made with local health authorities. There is a general arrangement with the DHSS which reimburses the MOD for treatment of former Far East prisoners of war.
§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was, for the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force, respectively, for the years 1951, 1961, 1971 and 1981, the ratio of Service hospital beds available to the number of Service personnel.
§ Mr. WigginI regret that information on the number of hospital beds in 1951 and 1961 is not available.
Hospital beds available (worldwide) Total Strength Ratio 1971 RN/RM 828 82,513 1:100 Army 2,814 173,418 1:62 RAF 1,530 112,078 1:73 TOTAL 5,172 360,009 1:71 1981 RN/RM 639 74,273 1:116 Army 1,891 165,990 1:88 RAF 998 93,492 1:97 TOTAL 3,528 333,755 1:95