§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1979 and for each special health authority and board of governors (a) the number of authorised pay beds at 31 December,
Hospitals managed by Boards of Governors and Special Health Authorities—England Number of authorised pay beds at 31 December Number of discharges and deaths of private patients Average daily number of beds occupied by private patients 1979 1980 1981 1982 1979 1980 1981 1982 1979 1980 1981 1982 Hospitals for sick children 27 27 31 34 900 901 897 928 24.0 22.4 26.3 22.0 Hospitals for nervous diseases 14 14 18 18 288 263 265 287 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.0 Moorfields eye hospital 22 22 22 22 1,376 1,500 1,260 1,339 13.9 14.3 12.7 12.4 Maudsley hospital 6 6 6 6 76 58 58 21 36 2.6 1.9 1.0 National heart and chest hospitals 38 38 38 38 877 894 759 877 27.5 20.8 17.3 18.6 Royal Marsden hospital 27 27 27 27 923 943 888 1,019 19.4 20.0 19.9 19.1 Queen Charlotte's hospital for women 18 18 20 20 793 833 845 870 12.9 12.2 11.7 11.5 Royal national throat, nose and ear hospitals 9 9 9 * 549 309 344 * 7.0 3.7 3.6 * St. John's hospital for diseases of the skin 1 1 1 * 3 5 10 * 0.1 0.1 0.1 * The Royal National Orthopaedic hospital 17 17 17 * 227 283 286 * 10.2 110 8.5 * St. Peter's hospital group 12 12 12 * 406 390 385 * 7.3 8.2 8.0 * Hammersmith special health authority† — — — 18 — — — 447 — — — 12.2 * Following NHS restructuring in 1982, these hospitals are now managed by regional health authorities. † This Special Health Authority was created in 1982.