§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds each hospital within the West Midlands regional health authority had available for orthopaedic surgery; and, in each case, how many hip replacement operations were carried out therein in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe attached table indicates the average daily number of beds available for orthopaedic surgery in hospitals in the West Midlands region in 1981 (the latest figures available centrally).
The number of hip replacement operations carried out in individual hospitals is not available centrally.
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Hospitals in West Midlands with Activity in Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery—Source SH3 1981 Name and location of hospital Average daily number of available beds County hospital, Hereford 2.2 General hospital, Hereford 58.4 Bromsgrove General, Worcestershire 24.3 Hill Top hospital, Bromsgrove 9.9 Highfleld hospital, Droitwich, Worcestershire 10.0 St. John's hospital, Droitwich 7.2 General hospital, Kidderminster, Worcestershire 34.0 Tenbury and District hospital, Worcestershire 0.2 Royal infirmary (Castle Street), Worcestershire 74.7 Royal infirmary (Newtown), Worcestershire 0.1 Evesham General hospital, Worcestershire 4.1 Malvern General hospital, Worcestershire 1.8 Royal Shrewsbury hospital, Shropshire 55.9 Bridgnorth and South Shropshire infirmary 2.4 Lady Forester hospital, Broseley, Shropshire 0.3 Lady Forester hospital, Much Wenlock, Shropshire 2.8 Shifnal and District cottage hospital, Shropshire 0.7 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt, Shropshire 228.0 Staffordshire General infirmary, Stafford 26.8 Standon Hall Orthopaedic hospital, Staffordshire 75.0 Royal infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 56.0 Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic hospital, Staffordshire 800 Hartshill Orthopaedic hospital, Stoke-on-Trent 59.6 Burton District hospital Centre, Burton-on-Trent 930 George Eliot hospital, Nuneaton, Warwickshire 1.5 Manor hospital, Nuneaton, Warwickshire 46.7 St. Cross hospital, Rugby, Warwickshire 37.0 St. Luke's hospital, Rugby, Warwickshire 6.7 Warneford General hospital, Leamington Spa 0.3 General hospital, Warwick 62.0 General hospital, Stratford-upon-Avon 21.0 General hospital, Birmingham 60.2 Children's hospital, Birmingham 12.1 East Birmingham hospital 87.1 Good Hope hospital, Sutton Coldfield 73.9 Selly Oak hospital, Birmingham 52.3 Accident hospital, Birmingham 149.0 Royal Orthopaedic hospital, Birmingham 245.7 Dudley Road hospital, Birmingham 52.4 Coventry and Warwickshire hospital, Coventry 1590 Gulson hospital, Coventry 11.5 Whitley hospital, Coventry 351 The Guest hospital, Dudley 25.8 Wordsley hospital, Stourbridge 38.9 Corbett hospital, Stourbridge 39.7 Burton Road hospital, Dudley 10.0 District General hospital, Sandwell 73.9 Solihull hospital, Solihull 25.4 General (Sister Dora) hospital, Walsall 66.2 The Royal hospital, Wolverhampton 52.4 New Cross hospital, Wolverhampton 49.5