HC Deb 16 December 1985 vol 89 cc84-95W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give, for each year since 1979 and for each district health authority, the total number of National Health Service hospitals;

(2) if he will give, for each year since 1979 and for each district health authority, the total number of beds in National Health Service hospitals.

Mr. Whitney

[pursuant to his reply, 2 December 1985,c. 133]: The information requested is given in the tables.

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Central Nottinghamshire 13 13 13 13 13 13
Nottingham 17 16 16 14 14 13
Barnsley 3 3 3 3 3 4
Doncaster * * * 7 7 7
Rotherham * * * 10 10 10
Sheffield 27 28 26 25 24 25
East Anglian Regional Health Authority
Cambridge * * * 7 8 7
Peterborough 12 13 14 12 13 12
West Suffolk * * * 5 5 5
East Suffolk * * * 18 18 17
Norwich 25 25 25 25 25 25
Great Yarmouth 9 9 9 10 10 10
West Norfolk and Wisbech 12 12 8 7 7 7
Huntingdon * * * 4 4 2
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 8 8 8 7 7 7
South Bedfordshire 6 6 6 6 6 5
North Hertforshire 6 6 6 6 6 6
East Hertfordshire 8 7 7 7 7 7
North West Hertfordshire 7 7 7 7 7 7
South West Hertforshire 7 7 7 6 6 6
Barnet 15 15 13 13 13 13
Harrow 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hillingdon 7 7 6 6 6 6
Hounslow and Spelthorne * * * 6 6 6
Ealing 8 6 6 6 6 6
Brent 8 8 8 8 8 7
Paddington 10 9 9 10 10 10
Hammersmith and Fulham 5 4 4 3 3 3
Victoria 7 7 7 8 7 7
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon and Thurrock 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mid Essex 7 7 7 7 7 7
North East Essex 15 15 15 15 15 14
West Essex 9 7 7 7 7 7
Southend 5 5 5 5 5 5
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 10 10 10 10 10 9
Hampstead * * * 4 4 4
Bloomsbury * * * 15 15 16
Islington * * * 5 5 4
City and Hackney 8 8 9 10 10 10
Newham 9 8 8 8 8 5
Tower Hamlets 8 7 6 5 5 4
Enfield 5 5 5 3 3 3
Haringey 5 5 5 5 4 4
Redbridge 6 5 5 4 4 4
Waltham Forest 11 11 11 11 11 10
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 15 15 14 15 14 15
Eastbourne 7 7 7 7 7 8
Hastings 11 11 10 10 10 10
South East Kent 12 10 9 9 10 10
Canterbury and Thanet 20 20 19 19 19 19
Dartford and Gravesham 9 9 9 9 9 8
Maidstone 7 7 7 7 8 6
Medway 10 10 10 10 10 11
Tunbridge Wells 15 15 16 16 16 15
Bexley 3 3 3 3 3 3
Greenwich 9 9 7 7 7 7
Bromley 9 9 9 9 9 9
West Lambeth * * * 4 4 4
Camberwell 5 5 5 5 5 5
Lewisham and North Southwark 9 7 7 7 7 7
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 13 13 12 12 12 12
West Surrey and North East Hants 5 5 5 5 5 6
South West Surrey 8 8 8 9 9 9
Mid Surrey 11 11 9 10 10 10
East Surrey 13 13 13 13 14 13
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Chichester 5 5 5 5 5 6
Mid Downs 9 9 9 9 9 8
Worthing 5 5 5 5 5 5
Croydon 10 9 9 9 9 8
Kingston and Esher * * * 6 6 6
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton * * * 6 6 6
Wandsworth 12 10 8 8 9 8
Merton and Sutton 17 16 16 16 16 15
Wessex Regional Health Authority
East Dorset 17 17 15 15 18 18
West Dorset 17 17 17 17 17 18
Portsmouth 19 18 18 19 19 21
South West Hants. and Southampton 25 25 26 26 27 27
Winchester 12 12 12 13 14 14
Basingstoke 8 8 8 8 8 8
Salisbury 5 5 6 6 6 8
Swindon 9 9 9 9 9 10
West Wiltshire and Bath 27 27 27 27 27 30
Isle of Wight 8 8 8 8 9 9
Oxford Regional Health Authority
East Berkshire 11 11 12 12 12 12
West Berkshire 19 18 18 18 18 16
Aylesbury * * * 6 6 6
Wycombe 8 8 8 8 8 7
Milton Keynes * * * 4 4 4
Kettering 5 5 5 5 5 5
Northampton 10 8 8 8 8 8
Oxfordshire 29 28 27 27 27 30
South Western Regional Health Authority
Bristol and Weston 18 18 20 20 19 18
Frenchay 12 12 12 12 12 12
Southmead 14 14 13 13 13 12
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 30 30 30 30 30 29
Exeter 30 30 30 29 28 28
North Devon * * * 10 10 10
Plymouth * * * 27 26 26
Torbay 16 17 17 18 19 19
Cheltenham * * * 15 15 15
Gloucester * * * 19 20 21
Somerset 31 30 31 31 31 31
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Bromsgrove and Redditch 8 8 8 9 9 8
Herefordshire 15 15 15 15 15 13
Kidderminster and District 7 7 7 7 7 7
Worcester and District 11 11 11 11 11 10
Shropshire 23 23 23 23 23 21
Mid Staffordshire 10 11 11 11 12 9
North Staffordshire 19 19 19 19 19 21
South-East Staffordshire 7 7 7 7 7 7
Rugby 3 3 3 3 3 2
North Warwickshire * * * 6 6 6
South Warwickshire * * * 12 12 12
Central Birmingham * * * 9 10 11
East Birmingham 1 1 1 1 1 1
North Birmingham 8 8 8 8 8 8
South Birmingham * * * 9 9 8
West Birmingham * * * 8 8 8
Coventry 6 6 6 7 7 7
Dudley 10 10 10 10 10 11
Sandwell 7 5 5 5 5 5
Solihull * * * 7 7 7
Walsall 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wolverhampton 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mersey Regional Health Authority
Chester 8 8 8 8 6 6
Crewe 13 12 10 9 9 8
Halton 6 6 6 6 6 6
Macclesfield 10 10 10 11 12 9
Warrington 5 4 3 3 3 3
Liverpool 17 17 17 17 17 17
St. Helens and Knowsley 5 5 5 5 5 5
Regional, District and special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Southport and Formby 8 8 8 7 7 7
South Sefton 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wirral 13 11 10 11 7 5
North Western Regional Health Authority
Lancaster 6 6 6 6 6 6
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 9 9 9 9 9 9
Preston * * * 6 6 6
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 11 11 11 11 12 12
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 8 8 8 8 8 8
West Lancashire 5 5 5 5 5 5
Chorley and South Ribble * * * 3 3 3
Bolton 8 7 6 7 7 6
Bury 6 6 6 6 7 7
North Manchester 6 6 6 6 6 6
Central Manchester 4 4 4 4 4 6
South Manchester 4 4 4 4 4 4
Oldham 5 5 4 4 4 4
Rochdale 5 5 5 5 5 5
Salford 9 9 9 9 9 9
Stockport 10 10 9 10 10 9
Tameside and Glossop 5 5 6 6 6 5
Trafford 9 9 9 8 8 9
Wigan 9 9 9 9 9 6
Special Health Authorities
The Hospital For Sick Children 3 3 3 3 3 3
National Hospitals For Nervous Diseases 4 4 4 4 4 4
Moorfields Eye Hospital 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 1 1 1 1 1 1
National Heart and Chest Hospitals 5 4 4 4 4 4
The Royal Marsden Hospital 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's * * * 5 5 5

* Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.

† Figures are based on a count of hospitals which provide residential facilities during the year. Day hospitals and clinics are therefore not included.

Average daily number of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in England
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Northern Regional Health Authority
Hartlepool 592 614 600 627 636 705
North Tees 956 971 954 952 973 970
South Tees 2,282 2,232 2,122 2,066 2,069 1,973
East Cumbria * * * 1,552 1,532 1,524
South Cumbria * * * 872 862 847
West Cumbria 1,113 1,094 1,045 1,052 1,078 1,087
Darlington 1,310 1,336 1,326 1,307 1,319 1,264
Durham 1,192 1,188 1,181 1,156 1,165 1,107
North West Durham 717 697 685 681 664 642
South West Durham 1,921 1,890 1,847 1,828 1,800 1,719
Northumberland 3,996 3,988 3,870 3,827 3,766 3,727
Gateshead 1,368 1,378 1,357 1,362 1,383 1,368
Newcastle upon Tyne 3,479 3,570 3,567 3,517 3,566 3,488
North Tyneside 719 724 723 719 733 740
South Tyneside 771 762 828 825 829 821
Sunderland 2,426 2,379 2,356 2,338 2,351 2,349
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Hull 2,145 2,128 2,024 1,955 1,948 1,935
East Yorkshire 2,184 2,113 2,004 1,934 1,951 1,904
Grimsby 797 800 806 800 807 800
Scunthorpe 993 983 962 936 931 913
Northallerton 437 448 448 444 413 406
York 2,985 2,960 2,933 2,847 2,548 2,473
Scarborough 689 701 674 688 694 682
Harrogate 995 927 954 959 1,142 1,068
Bradford 2,721 2,719 2,724 2,711 2,680 2,621
Airedale 1,528 1,533 1,501 1,464 1,402 1,376
Calderdale 1,370 1,385 1,344 1,357 1,302 1,258
Huddersfield 2,625 2,389 2,391 2,391 2,321 2,235
Dewsbury 777 778 785 756 761 752
Leeds Western * * * 3,327 3,218 3,172
Leeds Eastern * * * 2,734 2,726 2,698
Wakefield 2,607 2,505 2,473 2,321 2,309 2,273
Pontefract 854 848 873 865 883 904
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Trent Regional Health Authority
North Derbyshire 1,722 1,674 1,701 1,668 1,673 1,684
South Derbyshire 4,208 4,323 3,913 3,935 3,929 3,734
Leicestershire 5,140 5,221 5,221 5,225 5,149 5,070
North Lincolnshire 2,815 2,749 2,693 2,653 2,581 2,420
South Lincolnshire 1,894 1,868 1,835 1,794 1,801 1,819
Bassetlaw 403 408 412 424 424 419
Central Nottinghamshire 1,997 1,967 1,949 1,934 1,888 1,851
Nottingham 4,198 4,088 4,041 4,029 4,000 3,958
Barnsley 962 1,013 1,014 971 1,032 1,073
Doncaster * * * 1,946 1,954 1,929
Rotherham * * * 1,244 1,250 1,246
Sheffield 5,233 5,075 5,032 4,922 4,800 4,799
East Anglian Regional Health Authority
Cambridge * * * 1,926 1,933 1,875
Peterborough 1,122 1,120 1,149 1,144 1,129 1,161
West Suffolk * * * 1,236 1,241 1,247
East Suffolk * * * 2,668 2,637 2,537
Norwich 3,928 3,979 3,991 3,822 3,915 3,697
Great Yarmouth 852 862 875 1,000 995 991
West Norfolk and Wisbech 830 882 833 817 831 841
Huntingdon * * * 300 320 378
North-West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 1,233 1,259 1,230 1,224 1,243 1,216
South Bedfordshire 1,653 1,649 1,649 1,630 1,606 1,549
North Hertfordshire 849 851 857 858 855 855
East Hertfordshire 829 763 772 791 765 742
North-West Hertfordshire 3,288 3,310 3,277 3,198 3,175 3,185
South-West Hertfordshire 2,385 2,308 2,237 2,233 2,176 2,124
Barnet 2,841 2,800 2,771 2,748 2,670 2,551
Harrow 908 902 914 938 935 878
Hillingdon 1,628 1,480 1,528 1,526 1,499 1,406
Hounslow and Spelthorne * * * 1,548 1,497 1,447
Ealing 1,709 1,713 1,753 1,725 1,663 1,622
Brent 2,316 2,332 2,263 2,273 2,203 2,059
Paddington 1,365 1,276 1,236 1,216 1,211 1,187
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,041 989 989 965 953 902
Victoria 2,185 2,053 2,047 2,981 2,892 2,807
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon and Thurrock 1,893 1,880 1,922 1,960 1,976 1,984
Mid Essex 1,282 1,276 1,260 1,260 1,271 1,267
North East Essex 3,381 3,244 3,137 3,066 2,972 2,853
West Essex 1,256 1,174 1,187 1,214 1,210 1,199
Southend 1,937 1,941 1,924 1,942 1,933 1,912
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 3,283 3,238 3,183 3,095 3,033 2,984
Hampstead * * * 1,963 1,919 1,894
Bloomsbury * * * 2,487 2,490 2,344
Islington * * * 1,177 1,105 1,018
City and Hackney 1,990 1,867 1,743 1,887 1,884 1,853
Newham 941 924 936 887 845 877
Tower Hamlets 1,561 1,484 1,605 1,433 1,396 1,363
Enfield 1,234 1,217 1,137 1,087 1,114 1,076
Haringey 1,236 1,122 1,143 1,157 1,109 1,028
Redbridge 1,655 1,655 1,650 1,633 1,644 1,630
Waltham Forest 3,311 3,318 3,245 3,051 2,842 2,667
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 1,896 1,851 1,770 1,794 1,803 1,796
Eastbourne 1,714 1,710 1,702 1,660 1,593 1,487
Hastings 1,064 1,016 974 995 955 927
South East Kent 1,004 1,043 1,081 1,087 1,093 1,073
Canterbury and Thanet 2,926 2,838 2,762 2,743 2,693 2,524
Dartford and Gravesham 2,646 2,552 2,478 2,454 2,290 2,125
Maidstone 1,741 1,697 1,680 1,689 1,680 1,618
Medway 991 982 972 992 994 1,011
Tunbridge Wells 2,419 2,396 2,338 2,268 2,213 2,174
Bexley 1,653 1,667 1,635 1,585 1,543 1,468
Greenwich 1,777 1,666 1,623 1,598 1,611 1,586
Bromley 2,591 2,491 2,466 2,377 2,296 2,116
West Lambeth * * * 2,100 2,119 2,066
Camberwell 1,432 1,366 1,332 1,289 1,279 1,232
Lewisham and North Southwark 2,336 2,257 2,208 2,185 2,194 2,058
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 2,138 2,041 2,001 1,996 1,970 1,886
West Surrey and North East Hampshire 1,743 1,773 1,712 1,704 1,688 1,725
South West Surrey 857 872 930 959 951 927
Mid Surrey 2,901 2,835 2,592 2,579 2,466 2,356
East Surrey 2,776 2,666 2,597 2,512 2,444 2,267
Chichester 1,255 1,244 1,250 1,237 1,225 1,204
Mid Downs 1,576 1,572 1,625 1,647 1,676 1,621
Worthing 933 925 952 945 980 982
Croydon 3,192 3,089 3,006 2,929 2,860 2,728
Kingston and Esher * * * 1,564 1,517 1,457
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton * * * 979 970 916
Wandsworth 2,871 2,689 2,543 2,476 2,494 2,534
Merton and Sutton 2,687 2,610 2,510 2,495 2,477 2,390
Wessex Regional Health Authority
East Dorset 2,126 2,135 2,093 2,128 2,187 2,233
West Dorset 1,704 1,702 1,693 1,693 1,653 1,640
Portsmouth 3,058 3,032 3,037 3,028 2,978 2,835
South West Hampshire and Southampton 3,112 3,106 3,129 3,073 3,037 3,017
Winchester 921 915 910 899 875 867
Basingstoke 1,634 1,623 1,617 1,598 1,573 1,545
Salisbury 999 959 960 970 968 1,030
Swindon 1,478 1,435 1,382 1,336 1,347 1,377
West Wiltshire and Bath 3,044 3,029 2,974 2,947 2,838 2,737
Isle of Wight 946 909 868 875 855 794
Oxford Regional Health Authority
East Berkshire 1,773 1,775 1,759 1,726 1,668 1,642
West Berkshire 2,987 2,820 2,758 2,704 2,626 2,489
Aylesbury * * * 1,610 1,556 1,546
Wycombe 778 737 724 760 757 742
Milton Keynes * * * 209 209 354
Kettering 849 875 896 918 891 902
Northampton 2,116 2,129 2,163 2,068 2,087 2,013
Oxfordshire 3,288 3,246 3,155 3,120 3,024 3,034
South Western Regional Health Authority
Bristol and Weston 2,276 2,278 2,254 2,220 2,140 2,105
Frenchay 2,968 2,941 2,894 2,811 2,734 2,666
Southmead 2,175 2,089 2,060 2,005 1,917 1,802
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,670 2,693 2,747 2,745 2,691 2,621
Exeter 3,848 3,792 3,738 3,613 3,471 3,134
North Devon * * * 640 647 659
Plymouth * * * 2,226 2,200 2,167
Torbay 1,021 1,048 1,057 1,075 1,177 1,170
Cheltenham * * * 932 942 939
Gloucester * * * 2,248 2,201 2,088
Somerset 3,478 3,440 3,392 3,347 3,339 3,326
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,227 1,206 1,101 1,081 1,023 986
Herefordshire 1,174 1,151 1,126 1,106 1,064 1,019
Kidderminster and District 1,313 1,238 1,214 1,226 1,094 1,093
Worcester and District 1,684 1,645 1,619 1,630 1,603 1,567
Shropshire 2,603 2,573 2,578 2,573 2,564 2,480
Mid Staffordshire 1,372 1,399 1,372 1,309 1,319 1,309
North Staffordshire 3,492 3,499 3,504 3,448 3,406 3,358
South East Staffordshire 1,514 1,483 1,482 1,474 1,451 1,468
Rugby 327 327 328 334 324 318
North Warwickshire * * * 1,212 1,210 1,165
South Warwickshire * * * 1,893 1,866 1,834
Central Birmingham * * * 1,729 1,793 1,829
East Birmingham 966 966 988 997 990 972
North Birmingham 1,879 1,753 1,680 1,658 1,595 1,507
South Birmingham * * * 2,723 2,525 2,353
West Birmingham * * * 2,247 2,202 2,130
Coventry 1,871 1,937 1,930 1,937 1,909 1,839
Dudley 1,492 1,476 1,510 1,523 1,544 1,514
Sandwell 747 771 805 851 858 872
Solihull * * * 1,140 1,102 1,057
Walsall 1,762 1,697 1,676 1,628 1,598 1,614
Wolverhampton 1,543 1,503 1,484 1,510 1,506 1,479
Mersey Regional Health Authority
Chester 2,031 1,943 1,911 1,847 1,836 1,771
Crewe 2,310 2,201 2,180 1,789 1,760 1,692
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Halton 452 438 445 449 406 358
Macclesfield 1,572 1,526 1,548 1,863 1,758 1,668
Warrington 2,991 2,974 2,917 2,797 2,705 2,620
Liverpool 4,024 4,003 3,805 3,766 3,740 3,561
St. Helens and Knowsley 2,734 2,561 2,606 2,620 2,535 2,462
Southport and Formby 1,324 1,275 1,250 1,299 1,281 1,207
South Sefton 1,755 1,709 1,740 1,750 1,681 1,668
Wirral 2,789 2,703 2,622 2,341 2,149 2,022
North Western Regional Health Authority
Lancaster 2,645 2,601 2,508 2,512 2,406 2,352
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 1,564 1,576 1,664 1,733 1,732 1,737
Preston * * * 2,318 2,239 2,196
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,825 2,781 2,746 2,706 2,665 2,624
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,591 2,591 2,522 2,513 2,516 2,438
West Lancashire 886 862 854 851 851 867
Chorley and South Ribble * * * 374 378 357
Bolton 1,361 1,315 1,328 1,303 1,294 1,285
Bury 716 740 786 801 812 822
North Manchester 2,041 2,038 2,026 1,982 1,950 1,831
Central Manchester 1,137 1,201 1,227 1,254 1,250 1,242
South Manchester 2,408 2,423 2,389 2,401 2,417 2,355
Oldham 1,045 1,028 1,004 1,003 1,029 1,019
Rochdale 953 904 875 879 869 827
Salford 3,098 3,089 3,017 3,008 2,972 2,876
Stockport 1,677 1,692 1,759 1,816 1,793 1,749
Tameside and Glossop 869 965 981 941 917 942
Trafford 836 864 869 837 827 814
Wigan 1,479 1,450 1,430 1,446 1,467 1,426
Special Health Authorities
The Hospital for Sick Children 517 506 544 494 474 418
National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 357 355 345 356 351 341
Moorfields Eye Hospital 208 204 204 208 210 181
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 472 492 497 501 498 506
National Heart and Chest Hospitals 603 570 577 556 552 540
The Royal Marsden Hospital 361 361 350 340 343 333
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospital * * * 891 900 917

* Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.