§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what changes there have been over the past (a) 12 months and (b) 24 months in the availability of (i) geriatric beds and (ii) long-stay trauma beds in each of the health authorities in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is given in the following table: 235W
Average daily available beds at 30 September Health Authority Geriatrics Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery* 1984 1983 1982 1984 1983 1982 Clwyd 564 567 563 161 173 162 East Dyfed 389 394 402 97 106 106 Gwent 648 638 611 171 167 186 Gwynedd 401 400 401 66 68 63 Mid Glamorgan 844 834 807 298 287 296 Powys 248 248 239 — — — South Glamorgan 470 464 445 274 303 304 West Glamorgan 460 463 466 211 214 215 Pembrokeshire 135 140 140 40 37 40 * Figures are not separately available for long-stay trauma beds.