§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each district health authority the increase in the number of long-term geriatric beds in National Health Service hospitals and provide the figures for the increase in the elderly population for each district health authority for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation available centrally on available beds in the specialty of geriatric medicine does not distinguish between those for acute care and those for long-term care. A reply based on all geriatric beds could be provided only at disproportionate cost.