HC Deb 21 November 1983 vol 49 cc65-7W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total numbers of (a) private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 which contain operating theatres and (b) beds they contain; and if he will give the figures for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The following table gives the information requested. It is derived from my reply to the hon. Member on 8 November—[Vol. 48, c.57–59]:

Region Number of Institutions Number of Beds
Northern 2 64
Yorkshire 13 426
East Anglian 8 208
Trent 13 421
North West Thames 15 1,107
North East Thames 28 1,486
South East Thames 18 795
South West Thames 12 621
Wessex 10 294
Oxford 12 454
South Western 9 345
West Midlands 18 601
Mersey 8 305
North Western 9 444
ENGLAND 175 7,571

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total numbers of (a) private

Private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975
31 December 1982
Number (whole time equivalent) of nursing staff Number of institutions with resident medical practitioners
Region (1) All institutions (2) Those with operating theatres (1) All Institutions (2) Those with operating theatres
Northern 375.2 84.9 0 0
Yorkshire 1,397.1 424.7 3 3
Trent 1,412.7 369.2 1 1
East Anglia 582.1 209.6 1 1
North West Thames 1,609.0 889.3 9 6
North East Thames 2,245.0 1,538.0 15 12
South East Thames 3,259.0 634.2 8 6
South West Thames 2,653.8 534.5 7 5
Wessex 1,929.5 283.9 3 1
Oxford 1,041.4 294.1 3 2
South Western 1,997.8 327.7 5 2
West Midlands 1,618.1 546.5 3 3

hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 and (b) beds they contain; and if he will give the figures for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Preliminary information for the year ended 31 December 1982, which may not be comprehensive, on the number of institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975 in each region together with the total number of beds is given in the following table:

Private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975.
Region Number of institutions at 31 December 1982 Number of Beds
Northern 22 750
Yorkshire 73 2,165
Trent 77 2,132
East Anglia 34 753
North West Thames 53 2,486
North East Thames 68 2,754
South East Thames 199 5,261
South West Thames 153 4,284
Wessex 131 2,743
Oxford 56 1,960
South Western 133 3,108
West Midlands 81 2,292
Mersey 74 1,868
North Western 60 2,239
England 1,214 34,795

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total numbers of (a) nursing staff and (b) medical practitioners employed (i) by all the private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 and (ii) by those private hospitals, homes and clinics which contain operating theatres; and if he will give the figures for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Preliminary information for the year ended 31 December 1982, which may not be comprehensive, on medical and nursing staff employed by institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975 is given in the table. Some nursing staff figures for individual institutions are estimated and the regional totals are therefore approximate. Information on the number of medical practitioners employed is not available centrally but the number of institutions which report that they employ medical staff is as follows:

Number (whole time equivalent) of nursing staff Number of institutions with resident medical practitioners
Region (1) All institutions (2) Those with operating theatres (1) All Institutions (2) Those with operating theatres
Mersey 1,120.6 272.1 5 1
North Western 1,408.7 385.4 3 2
England 22,650.0 6,794.1 66 45

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 which contain both operating theatres and (a) pathology departments and (b) radiology departments; and if he will give the figure for each region.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Preliminary information for the year ended 31 December 1982, which may not be comprehensive, on the number of institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975 with operating theatres and(a) pathology departments and (b) radiology departments in each region is given in the following table:

Private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1975.
31 December 1982
Region Number of institutions with operating theatres and pathology departments Number of institutions with operating theatres and radiology departments
Northern 1 2
Yorkshire 3 8
Trent 2 6
East Anglia 1 3
NW Thames 8 10
NE Thames 10 14
SE Thames 5 8
SW Thames 3 8
Wessex 5 8
Oxford 3 9
South Western Nil 6
West Midlands 5 8
Mersey 4 5
North Western 2 4
England 52 99