§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the breakdown by regional health authority of the number of beds available in interim and permanent regional secure units; and how many of these are currently staffed and available.
§ Mr. WhitneyTen out of the 14 regions now have permanent regional secure units in operation, as follows:
Region and location Bed complement Number of beds staffed and available Northern St. Luke's hospital, Middlesbrough 30 25 Yorkshire Fieldhead hospital, Wakefield 48 32 Trent Tower hospital, Leicester 60 20 East Anglian St. Andrew's hospital, Norwich 36 24 North East Thames Runwell hospital, near Southend 10 10 South East Thames Bethlem Royal hospital + linked units at Bexley, Croydon, Maindstone and Eastbourne* 90 65 Wessex Knowle hospital, Fareham 31 22 South Western Langdon hospital, Dawlish 30 30 Mersey Rainhill hospital, Prescot 50 50 North Western Prestwich hospital, Manchester (Adolescent) 20 20 Total 405 298 118W
Income from overseas visitors under section 121 of the NHS Act: 1977 District Health Authorities 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 £ £ £ Northern Region Hartlepool — — 364 North Tees — 1,819 461 South Tees 25 2,381 5,826 East Cumbria 2,256 12,126 6,880 South Cumbria 206 1,578 6,685 West Cumbria — 3,230 (492) Darlington 876 1,175 2,486 Durham 52 336 2,610 North West Durham 33 9 306 South West Durham 460 3,955 97 Northumberland — 2,897 3,458 Gateshead — 618 281 Newcastle upon Tyne 4,315 22,200 40,756 North Tyneside — 1,076 4,933 South Tyneside 72 1,947 3,825 Sunderland 28 2,542 903 Eastbourne Unit (15 beds) not yet open.
The latest information held centrally on interim secure units gives the position at 31 October 1984:
Region and location Bed complement Yorkshire Stanley Royd hospital, Wakefield 18 North West Thames Leavesden hospital, near Watford* 62 St. Bernard's hospital, Ealing 14 South East Thames Bethlem Royal hospital, Denmark Hill 15 Cane Hill hospital, Croydon 5 South West Thames St. Ebbas hospital, Epsom* 20 Warlingham Park hospital, Surrey 5 Wessex Knowle hospital, Fareham 14 Oxford St. Crispin hospital, Northampton 10 West Midlands Lea Castle hospital, Kidderminster* 18 Coleshill Hall hospital, Birmingham* 8 Barnsley Hall hospital, Bromsgrove 12 Central hospital, Hatton 15 North Western Whittingham hospital, Preston 24 Prestwich hospital, Manchester 44 Total 284 * Denotes mental handicap hospital. Some of these interim units may have ceased to operate since October 1984 because of the opening of a permanent Regional Secure Unit.