§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each special health authority, district health authority, regional health authority and for England as a whole(a) the number of authorised pay beds at 31 December 1983,(b) the average daily number of beds occupied by private patients during 1983 and (c) the number of discharges and deaths of private patients during 1983.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information requested is given in the tables.
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Regional and District Health Authority Number of authorised pay-beds at 31 December 1983 Average daily number of beds occupied by private patients during 1983* Discharges and deaths of private patients during 1983* Northern RHA RHA Total 103 28.4 2,382 Hartlepool 6 0.9 85 North Tees 7 1.1 83 South Tees 15 3.6 368 East Cumbria 10 2.8 281 South Cumbria 7 3.7 254 West Cumbria 4 1.1 85 Darlington 7 1.6 113 Durham 4 0.4 28 North West Durham 5 0.5 44 South West Durham 3 0.6 37 Northumberland 8 0.9 53 Gateshead 3 0.2 24 Newcastle 9 6.6 476 North Tyneside 2 0.7 39 South Tyneside 4 0.9 65 Sunderland 9 2.8 347 Yorkshire RHA RHA Total 199 75.5 4,462 Hull 12 1.5 109 East Yorkshire 10 2.6 252 Grimsby 7 2.4 235 Scunthorpe 9 2.7 199 Northallerton 7 1.4 78 York 5 2.2 116 Scarborough 6 0.7 44 Harrogate 8 3.9 183 Bradford 34 3.2 244 Airedale 12 6.5 409 Calderdale 24 12.4 746 Huddersfield 10 4.4 187 Dewsbury 6 1.4 71 Leeds Western 29 21.0 950 Leeds Eastern 6 3. 133 Wakefield 10 4.6 410 Pontefract 4 1.4 96 Trent RHA RHA Total 143 51.5 3,976 North Derbyshire 7 1.9 147 South Derbyshire 15 5.4 448 Leicestershire 23 8.8 747 North Lincolnshire 18 5.8 114 South Lincolnshire 11 6.2 428 Bassetlaw 6 1.6 164 Central Nottinghamshire 15 4.7 374 Nottingham 30 10.9 1,033 Barnsley 5 1.6 140 Doncaster 3 0.5 73 Rotherham Nil Nil Nil Sheffield 10 4.1 308 East Anglian RHA RHA Total 106 54.9 3,617 Cambridge 11 8.4 366 Peterborough 18 1.5 115 West Suffolk 10 5.4 287 East Suffolk 24 12.8 619 Norwich 28 19.7 1,618 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 5 2.2 226 West Norfolk and Wisbech 6 3.4 295 Huntingdon 4 1.5 91 North West Thames RHA RHA total 292 137.8 8,891 North Bedfordshire 12 4.4 328 South Bedfordshire 9 2.4 307 North Hertfordshire 10 1.6 146 East Hertfordshire 10 3.5 336 North West Hertfordshire 15 7.0 518 South West Hertfordshire 6 0.4 143
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Regional and District Health Authority Number of authorised pay-beds at 31 December 1983 Average daily number of beds occupied by private patients during 1983* Discharges and deaths of private patients during 1983* Barnet 12 4.4 306 Harrow 13 1.9 70 Hillingdon 32 13.9 1,054 Hounslow and Spelthorne 7 3.6 364 Ealing 3 0.1 12 Brent 10 2.0 96 Paddinston 65 38.5 2,348 Hammersmith and Fulham 30 22.6 1,179 Victoria 58 31.5 1,684 North East Thames RHA RHA total 404 186.0 11,170 Basildon and Thurrock 11 4.6 375 Mid Essex 20 10.8 1,266 North East Essex 9 3.2 286 West Essex 15 8.0 690 Southend 19 5.4 507 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 13 6.6 516 Hampstead 29 26.1 961 Bloomsbury 178 81.3 4,570 Islington 31 2.7 207 City and Hackney 15 9.1 198 Newham 2 † 11 Tower Hamlets 34 16.9 968 Enfield 3 1.8 128 Haringey 10 1.4 88 Redbridge 8 4.2 219 Waltham Forest 7 3.9 180 South East Thames RHA RHA total 337 144.5 9,090 Brighton 24 9.9 635 Eastbourne 4 1.4 99 Hastings 6 2.8 262 South East Kent 12 1.5 119 Canterbury and Thanet 29 2.2 217 Darrford and Gravesham 8 1.3 124 Maidstone 7 1.4 100 Medway 8 1.4 109 Tunbridge Wells 39 19.0 1,529 Bexley 10 4.5 288 Greenwich 14 5.4 355 Bromley 24 6.8 462 West Lambeth 38 27.6 1,283 Camberwell 45 28.1 1,444 Lewisham and North Southwark 69 31.2 2,064 South West Thames RHA RHA total 182 81.2 5,638 North West Surrey 3 7.5 599 West Surrey and North East Hants 11 6.0 740 South West Surrey 5 2.3 151 Mid Surrey 20 10.2 775 East Surrey 23 14.6 840 Chichester 6 3.1 199 Mid Downs 25 11.5 839 Worthing 6 1.3 80 Croydon 12 2.8 317 Kingston and Esher 8 4.5 251 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 12 1.9 93 Wandsworth 20 7.5 298 Merton and Sutton 21 8.0 456 Wessex RHA RHA total 120 57.3 4,395 East Dorset 14 4.1 264 West Dorset 13 0.8 57 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 16 11.3 1,184 Southampton and South West Hampshire 16 9.3 457 Winchester 11 3.1 224 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 11 12.2 791 Salisbury 10 1.7 74 Swindon 12 8.8 866
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Regional and District Health Authority Number of authorised pay-beds at 31 December 1983 Average daily number of beds occupied by private patients during 1983* Discharges and deaths of private patients during 1983* Bath 11 2.0 91 Isle of Wight 6 4.0 387 Oxford RHA RHA Total 180 81.0 5,927 East Berkshire 17 3.2 251 West Berkshire 26 15.5 1,800 Aylesbury 32 19.3 729 Wycombe 24 9.8 916 Milton Keynes Nil Nil Nil Kettering 11 7.1 642 Northampton 13 6.6 570 Oxfordshire 57 19.5 1,019 South Western RHA RHA Total 104 52.7 3,038 Bristol and Weston 6 6.2 263 Frenchay 6 3.0 145 Southmead 2 † 18 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 13 9.6 212 Exeter 10 1.5 87 North Devon 5 1.7 148 Plymouth 8 2.7 266 Tobay 9 3.3 251 Cheltenham 14 9.8 644 Gloucester 18 7.5 555 Somerset 13 7.4 449 West Midlands RHA RHA Total 267 81.9 6,015 Bromsgrove and Redditch 6 0.8 69 Herefordshire 4 1.1 76 Kidderminster and District 6 1.3 119 Worcester and District 20 6.7 629 Shropshire 14 5.6 284 Mid Staffordshire 8 4.5 302 North Staffordshire 16 4.2 431 South East Staffordshire 10 3.6 364 Rugby 7 3.0 271 North Warwickshire 3 1.3 179 South Warwickshire 13 5.3 275 Central Birmingham 67 15.7 957 East Birmingham 3 1.2 80 North Birmingham 9 5.2 315 South Birmingham 21 4.1 171 West Birmingham 10 1.9 262 Coventry 10 4.9 328 Dudley 10 1.6 114 Sandwell 8 2.2 167 Solihull 4 1.3 92 Walsall 11 5.6 473 Wolverhampton 7 0.8 57 Mersey RHA RHA Total 123 44.4 2,651 Chester 8 1.2 77 Crewe 16 8.8 685 Halton Nil Nil Nil Macclesfield 15 1.9 120 Warrington 15 10.1 526 Liverpool 20 8.3 431 St Helens and Knowsley 15 3.8 207 North Sefton 7 3.3 209 South Sefton 10 2.3 156 Wirral 17 4.7 240 North Western RHA RHA Total 244 84.2 5,946 Lancaster 13 7.5 521 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 15 3.1 196 Preston 12 2.6 155 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 9 1.2 62 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 8 3.6 299 West Lancashire 15 6.5 209
Regional and District Health Authority Number of authorised pay-beds at 31 December 1983 Average daily number of beds occupied by private patients during 1983* Discharges and deaths of private patients during 1983* Chorley and South Ribble 4 0.1 4 Bolton 20 6.2 405 Bury 15 6.4 491 North Manchester 9 3.5 82 Central Manchester 43 17.2 1,718 South Manchester 33 14.9 1,009 Oldham 5 2.5 182 Rochdale 2 0.2 18 Salford 11 1.2 99 Stockport 5 0.7 94 Tameside and Glossop 2 0.4 36 Trafford 7 1.5 87 Wigan 16 4.9 279 Hospital Total 183 102.6 5,740 The Hospitals for Sick Children 34 22.5 956 The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 18 9.6 298 Moorfields Eye Hospital 22 10.8 1,284 The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital 6 1.1 40 The National Heart and Chest Hospitals 38 21.1 982 The Royal Marsden Hospital 27 17.0 1,002 Hammersmith Hospital 18 11.0 441 Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women 20 9.5 737 The Eastman Dental Hospital Nil Nil Nil ENGLAND TOTAL 2,987 1,263.9 82,938 * Provisional figures. † Less than 0.1.