HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 cc453-9W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each year since 1979 the number of ambulance service journeys in Wales carrying non-National Health Service patients and the total mileage involved.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is not available in terms of ambulance service journeys. The following table gives the numbers of non-NHS patient journeys and the total mileage involved.

Year Number of non-NHS patient journeys* Total mileage for non-NHS patient journeys
1979 3,094 34,024
1980 2,500 33,367
1981 1,337 25,576
1982 1,278 23,265
1983 947 17,522
1984 211
* One patient carried once in one direction is defined as one patient journey. A patient taken to a hospital and later in the same day taken home again counts as 2 patient journeys. If 2 or more patients are carried in one ambulance then they are defined as 2 or more patient journeys.
† Data no longer collected.

provided by private catering companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information requested is as follows:

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the private hospitals and nursing homes in Wales which treat National Health Service patients under contractual arrangements with health authorities.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is not available in the form requested. However, the private hospitals and nursing homes in Wales which treated NHS patients under contractual arrangements with Welsh district health authorities in 1984 are given below:

  • Maes Mynnan nursing home, Nr. Mold, Clwyd
  • Convent of Mercy, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd
  • Ty Gwyn residential home, Nr. Abergavenny, Gwent
  • Plymouth nursing home, Penarth, South Glamorgan
  • Ty Gwyn nursing home, Penarth, South Glamorgan
  • New Ravensworth, Neath, West Glamorgan

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each year since 1979 for each health authority and for Wales as a whole the number of deaths and discharges among, and the number of beds occupied on a given date by, patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements with institutions outside the National Health Service, breaking the figures down by category of patient treated.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The available information is set out in the following table:

Patients receiving treatment under contractual arrangements
Columns (a) = Discharges and deaths. Columns (b) Occupied beds at 31 December.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
(a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b)
Clwyd:
Convalescent 213 7 224 10 240 8 212 7 170 5 136 4
East Dyfed:
Pembrokeshire: Part of Dyfed health authority
Gwent:
Medical 1 1
Mental illness 1 1
Rehabilitation 1 1
Others 1
Total 1 3 2 1
Gwynedd:
Rehabilitation 10 1
Terminal care 1 2
Total 10 1 3
Mid Glamorgan:
Mental illness 1
Mental handicap 1
Total 1 1
Powys:
Medical 35
Convalescent 36 1 20
Total 35 36 1 20
South Glamorgan:
Convalescent 13
Geriatrics 19 5
Terminal care 1 1 1 1
Others 5 2
Total 5 2 14 1 19 1 6
West Glamorgan:
Wales:
Medical 35 1 1
Convalescent 213 7 260 11 260 8 225 7 170 5 136 4
Geriatrics 19 5
Mental illness 2 1
Mental handicap 1
Rehabilitation 10 1 1 1
Terminal care 1 1 2 3
Others 5 1 2
Total 253 7 261 11 262 8 226 8 200 11 147 5

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health authority and for 1983 and 1984 (a) the number of pay beds, (b) the number

Pay beds and private patients 1983 and 1984
Clwyd East Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Pembrokeshire
1983
Number of pay beds* 12 7 1 8 3 13 2 3
Discharges and deaths of private patients 554 213 203 46 47 108 100
Average number of pay beds occupied daily 6.37 2.77 2.61 0.89 0.07 0.86 0.30
Percentage occupancy 53.10 39.60 32.60 29.70 0.50 43.00 10.00
1984
Number of pay beds* 12 7 1 8 3 13 5 3
Discharges and deaths of private patients 602 246 186 46 56 104 75

of discharges and deaths of private patients, (c) the average number of pay beds occupied by private patients and (d) the percentage occupancy.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is given in the following table:

Clwyd East Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Pembrokeshire
Average number of pay beds occupied daily 6.76 3.73 1.03 0.33 0.68 0.76 0.24
Percentage occupancy 56.30 53.30 12.90 11.00 5.20 15.20 8.00
* At 31 December.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each year since 1970 and for each health authority the number of attendances by (a) private out-patients, (b) private day cases and (c) private regular day cases.

Private patients 1973–84
Clwyd Dyfed-East Dyfed* Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Pembs.*
1973
Out-patients 393 23 117 n/a
Day cases 11 145 4 61 175 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1974
Out-patients 327 19 78 n/a
Day cases 39 126 68 146 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1975
Out-patients 1 383 18 125 9 n/a
Day cases 13 201 2 48 171 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1976
Out-patients 559 26 135 6 n/a
Day cases 22 162 17 113 124 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1977
Out-patients 656 20 20 2 n/a
Day cases 29 142 61 73 151 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1978
Out-patients 33 456 2 1 5 n/a
Day cases 73 131 68 31 160 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1979
Out-patients 15 499 1 6 7 n/a
Day cases 86 150 101 39 252 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1980
Out-patients 14 796 14 12 14 n/a
Day cases 67 285 101 35 204 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1981
Out-patients 36 847 8 117 n/a
Day cases 89 347 84 44 304 n/a
Regular day patients n/a
1982
Out-patients 66 795 10 16 76 142 87
Day cases 84 327 97 25 5 361 34
Regular day patients
1983
Out-patients 99 1,131 15 63 290 133 249
Day cases 135 274 95 21 1 323 55
Regular day patients

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is given in the following table. Comparable figures are not available for the years prior to 1973.

Clwyd Dyfed-East Dyfed* Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Pembs.*
1984
Out-patients 1,405 1,329 16 269 484 221 368
Day cases 244 268 70 62 6 355 44
Regular day patients
* Pembrokeshire figures are included with Dyfed prior to 1982.