§ Lord Wigoderasked Her Majesty's Government:
In respect of each of the following hospitals, what were (1) the number of authorised beds for resident private patients (Section 65) as at 30th September, and (2) the average daily percentage occupancy of those beds by private patients during the previous 12 months, in each hospital, for the years: 1977–78, 1978–79,1979–80,1980–81 and 1981–82:
- Luton and Dunstable Hospital
- Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
- Clatterbridge Hospital
- Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Bristol Royal Infirmary
- St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth
- General Infirmary, Leeds. [5th July.]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security (Lord Glenarthur)(i) In each case, except that of Luton and Dunstable Hospital, the hospitals share an authorisation under Section 65 with other hospitals adminis-1038WA tered by the same health authority. The table below shows the individual authorisation for each hospital, where one applied, plus in brackets, the limit for the appropriate group as a whole.
September 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Luton and Dunstable Hospital 13 9 8 7 7 7* Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 35(35) 30(30) 28(28) 28(28) 28(28) 28(28) Clatterbridge Hospital 14(28) 14(15) 14(15) 14(15) 14(15) -(15*) Manchester Royal Infirmary -(62) -(62) -(62) -(43) -(43) -(43) Northwick Park Hospital 12(13) 12(13) 12(13) 12(13) 12(13) 12(13) Bristol Royal Infirmary -(6) -(6) -(5) -(3) -(3) (-6) St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth 9(15) 9(15) 9(14) 9(14) 9(14) -(14*) General Ifirmary, Leeds -(29) -(58) -(58) -(29) -(29) -(29) *plus two additional beds for emergency admissions only. (ii) Authorisations under Section 65 of the NHS Act 1977 represent the maximum number of private resident patients that may be admitted to that hospital or group of hospitals at any one time. The number of beds actually available for such patients at a particular hospital will vary with other requirements in that hospital and the number of private patients at other hospitals within the same group. It is not possible, therefore, to give the percentage occupancy of private patient beds but the average daily number of private resident patients for each year to 31st December was as follows:
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Luton and Dunstable Hospital 4.0 3.4 3.6 4.8 4.5 2.6 Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 16.5 16.9 19.0 16.2 18.9 8.5 Clatterbridge Hospital 4.0 3.7 2.4 3.2 4.5 . . Manchester Royal Infirmary 30.3 23.8 21.3 21.9 20.2 16.5 Northwick Park Hospital 8.8 7.4 5.9 5.1 . . 2.2 Bristol Royal Infirmary 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth 3.5 3.8 3.0 4.4 5.1 5.0 General Infirmary, Leeds 19.7 14.8 10.0 11.1 9.7 . . not available.