§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the reduction in beds in the Liverpool area health authority in each of the last three years; and if he will list the hospitals involved.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is given in the table. The number of in-patient cases treated per bed per year in Liverpool District Health Authority increased from 21.0 in 1980 to 22.7 in 1983.
Liverpool District Health Authority Changes in the average daily number of available beds from previous year Hospital 1981 1982 1983 Sefton General Hospital -4.0 -13.3 -55.7 Mossley Hill Hospital +14.0 nil nil Sir Alfred Jones Memorial +0.6 nil nil Liverpool Maternity Hospital -4.4 -9.9 +11.8 St. Paul's Eye Hospital -8.0 +0.5 -1.7 The Women's Hospital -9.5 -2.0 +2.7 Princes Park Hospital -3.7 +1.7 nil Royal Liverpool Hospital +2.9 -6.9 -1.3 Broadgreen Hospital -25.0 +11.3 +63.9 Newsham General Hospital -98.5 -12.7 -24.1 Rathbone Hospital -5.7 +5.7 nil Mill Road Maternity Hospital -7.5 -9.6 +12.2 Olive Mount Children's Hospital -1.0 +1.9 nil Alder Hey Children's Hospital -27.1 -0.7 -1.1 Park Hospital and Park Day Hospital -16.0 -6.1 +1.6 Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital -3.4 -0.5 -1.3 Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital -1.9 +1.4 -33.0 Total for Liverpool DHA* -198.2 -39.2 -26.0 * Liverpool Area Heath Authority before 1 April 1982. Figures for Rainhill Hospital (now administered by St. Helens and Knowsley DHA) excluded throughout.