HC Deb 22 March 1985 vol 75 c642W
Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many elderly people in the London borough of Newham are awaiting admission for geriatric hospital care.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

On 30 September 1984, the latest date for which information is available, there were no recorded inpatient waiting list cases in Newham health authority for admission to the specialty of geriatric medicine.

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many geriatric beds are available, and in which hospitals, in the London borough of Newham.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The latest available figures are given in the table.

NHS hospitals run by Newham District Health Authority with beds available in the specialty of geriatric medicine
Hospital Average daily number of available beds in 1983
Plaistow Hospital 88.0
St. Andrew's Hospital* 84.3
Albert Dock Seaman's Hospital 0.1
Total 172.4
* Located outside the London Borough of Newham.

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds in Newham general hospital have been used for private patients in each week since the hospital opened.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

From the opening of the hospital in June 1983 to the end of that year, there were six private inpatient cases treated in Newham general hospital.