§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the number of acute beds available and at present in use within the Brent district health authority in the following specialties: (a) general medicine and chest diseases, (b) general surgery, (c) traumatic and orthopaedic surgery, (d) gynaecology, (e) paediatrics, (f) rheumatology and rehabilitation, (g) urology, (h) dermatology, (i) general practice medicine and (j) pre-convalescence.
§ Mr. John PattenThe latest available information is given in the table. The figures are based on a midnight count of beds and therefore do not take into account the occupation of beds by patients who do not stay overnight.
Brent District Health Authority Specialty Average daily number of
available beds
in 1982
Average daily number of
occupied beds
in 1982
General medicine and chest diseases 179 152 General surgery 97 71 Orthopaedics 61 54 Gynaecology 34 23 Paediatrics 20 12 Rheumatology and rehabilitation 10 7 Urology 25 23 Dermatology 6 5 General practice medicine nil nil Pre-convalescence nil nil