§ Mr. Dobsonasked 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 ClarkeThe 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. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total numbers of (a) private
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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 ClarkePreliminary 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. Dobsonasked 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 ClarkePreliminary 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:
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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. Dobsonasked 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 ClarkePreliminary 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