§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the bed occupancy rate for each year since 1978 within the Islington district health authority for: (a) acute, (b) geriatric, (c) psychiatric and (d) maternity patients in each hospital.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information is given in the tables. Bed occupancy figures are based on a midnight count and do not therefore reflect the use of beds by patients who do not stay overnight.
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Average daily number of occupied beds as a percentage of average daily number of available beds Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Whittington Hospital 90.5 94.2 94.5 94.3 94.5 89.9 Whittington Home¶ 75.8 62.4 — — — —
NHS hospitals in Islington DHA*—Mental illness beds Average daily number of occupied beds a a percentage of average daily number of available beds Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 City of London Maternity Home‡ — — — — — — Friern Hospital║ 95.1 94.4 93.1 91.6 87.3 90.3 Hornsey Central Hospital — — — — — — Royal Northern Hospital — — — — — — Southwood Hospital — — — — — — Whittington Hospital 96.8 99.8 99.1 93.7 94.6 90.7 Whittington Home¶ — — — — — —
NHS hospitals in Islington DHA*—Maternity beds● Average daily number of occupied beds as a percentage of average daily number of available beds Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 City of London Maternity Home‡ 58.3 61.3 63.9 52.1 41.3 37.4 Friern Hospital≑ — — — — — — Hornsey Central Hospital — — — — — — Royal Northern Hospital — — — — — — Southwood Hospital — — — — — — Whittington Hospital 55.1 71.1 70.9 79.0 73.5 70.7 Whittington Home¶ — — — — — — * Islington health district prior to 1.4.1982. † "Acute" is defined as all specialties except geriatrics, younger disabled, GP maternity, obstetrics, mental handicap, and mental illness. ‡ Closed 20.3.1983. ║ Management responsibility passed from Islington HD to Hampstead DHA in 1982 but access to the hospital is shared by patients from Islington, Hampstead, Bloomsbury, and Haringey DHAs. ¶ Closed 4.10.1979. ● "Maternity" includes GP maternity and obstetrics.