§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each region and for each year since 1979 (a) the total number of pay beds, (b) the average number occupied by private patients, (c) the total number of private in-patients and (d) the total number of private out-patients.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 24 November 1986, c. 129–130]: The information requested is given in the tables.
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Regional health authority, special health authorities/boards of governors1 1979 1980 1981 11982 1983 1984 1985 West Midlands 181 181 217 258 267 276 273 Mersey 67 67 92 112 123 123 123 North Western 170 170 214 231 244 245 243 Special health authorities-boards of governors1 194 194 202 183 183 183 178 England 2,405 2,405 2,677 2,919 2,987 3,019 2,967
Average daily number of beds occupied Regional health authority, special health authorities/boards of governors1 1979 1980 1981 11982 1983 1984 1985 Northern 26 31 35 19 28 26 22 Yorkshire 85 87 89 68 76 77 66 Trent 69 68 62 54 52 37 38 East Anglian 57 58 64 47 55 40 42 North West Thames1 230 225 210 155 138 131 115 North East Thames1 165 158 154 198 186 172 153 South East Thames1 190 197 184 155 144 132 125 South West Thames1 88 90 87 75 81 64 65 Wessex 60 69 69 58 57 52 31 Oxford 103 103 85 84 81 85 72 South Western 46 46 49 43 42 42 36 West Midlands 109 109 108 80 82 80 69 Mersey 38 40 47 42 44 38 51 North Western 105 106 111 74 84 75 64 Special health authorities-boards of governors1 136 126 117 107 103 104 114 England2 1,508 1,514 1,469 1,259 1,253 1,156 1,062
Number of discharges and deaths Regional Health Authority, Special Health Authorities/boards of governors1 1979 1980 1981 11982 1983 1984 1985 Northern 2,812 2,901 3,704 1,555 2,382 2,261 1,996 Yorkshire 5,606 6,229 6,049 4,008 4,462 4,877 4,255 Trent 4,795 5,065 4,584 3,834 3,976 2,979 2,837 East Anglian 3,401 3,923 4,425 3,136 3,617 2,715 2,960 North West Thames1 11,699 12,395 12,357 9,331 8,891 8,008 7,200 North East Thames1 9,229 9,787 9,441 11,412 11,170 10,531 10,054 South East Thames1 10,087 11,107 10,925 9,309 9,090 8,751 8,116 South West Thames1 5,545 5,819 6,156 5,103 5,638 5,144 3,591 Wessex 4,462 4,947 5,306 4,425 4,395 4,129 2,257 Oxford 6,110 6,587 5,412 5,607 5,927 5,927 5,835 South Western 2,962 3,352 3,492 3,333 3,038 2,914 2,625 West Midlands 7,356 8,011 7,876 5,597 6,015 5,716 5,293 Mersey 2,333 2,770 3,156 2,370 2,651 2,599 2,675 North Western 8,313 9,293 9,203 5,878 5,946 5,499 5,194 Special Health authorities/boards of governors1 6,418 6,379 5,653 5,788 5,740 5,439 5,894 England 91,128 98,565 97,739 80,686 82,938 77,489 70,782
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Number of out-patient attendances Regional Health Authority, Special Health Authorities/boards of governors1 1979 1980 1981 19822 1983 1984 1985 Northern 1,961 3,432 4,806 5,222 5,581 6,808 9,771 Yorkshire 5,302 15,930 13,009 9,986 10,832 11,093 12,510 Trent 10,505 12,789 16,767 10,361 8,062 9,575 13,507 East Anglian 2,380 3,031 4,250 4,710 5,179 7,915 11,939 North West Thames13 26,669 27,914 33,570 27,626 26,324 27,556 327,557 North East Thames1 23,489 22,691 30,392 34,913 37,879 40,189 41,785 South East Thames1 8,594 8,730 11,319 14,101 16,109 19,445 20,608 South West Thames1 7,501 5,866 13,300 14,237 14,880 14,753 10,751 Wessex 2,807 3,135 3,798 4,465 5,123 6,046 6,552 Oxford3 6,193 5,904 4,282 5,072 5,637 6,556 39,907 South Western 1,208 1,937 3,644 3,320 3,559 3,879 3,950 West Midlands 4,245 4,907 5,761 6,629 7,795 8,828 14,271 Mersey 2,635 3,236 3,141 5,141 6,762 8,561 10,208 North Western 7,382 9,074 12,845 14,845 16,535 19,188 24,602 Special Health authorities/boards of governors1 21,052 19,949 19,917 21,795 20,511 21,073 22,647
Regional Health Authority, Special Health Authorities/boards of governors1 1979 1980 1981 19822 1983 1984 1985 England3 131,923 148,525 180,801 182,423 190,768 211,465 3240,565 1 Because of NHS restructuring in 1982 the regional figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period. 2 Regional figures may not sum exactly to the England total because of rounding. 3 Data for I hospital in North West Thames region and 12 hospitals in Oxford region not available.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give for 1985 the number of private out-patient attendances and the number of private day-patient attendances for each district health authority, regional health authority, special health authority/board of governors and for England as a whole;
(2) if he will give for 1985 for each district health authority, regional health authority, special health
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Private patients in NHS hospitals, England—1985 District health authority Number of pay beds at 31 December Average daily number of beds occupied Percentage bed occupation Discharges and deaths Outpatient attendances Day case attendances Regular day patient attendances Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 6 0.7 11.7 60 248 128 0 North Tees 7 0.6 8.6 60 442 32 0 South Tees 15 2.1 14.0 325 2,512 283 0 East Cumbria 10 2.1 21.0 190 625 137 0 South Cumbria 9 2.1 23.3 150 451 146 0 West Cumbria 4 0.2 5.0 14 70 3 0 Darlington 5 1.5 30.0 157 265 112 0 Durham 4 0.4 10.0 33 677 118 0 North West Durham 5 0.7 14.0 66 479 116 0 South West Durham 3 0.2 6.7 16 325 37 0 Northumberland 4 1.2 30.0 55 627 60 0 Gateshead 3 0.1 3.3 15 87 140 0 Newcastle 9 6.4 71.1 469 2,383 258 0 North Tyneside 2 0.6 30.0 39 0 26 0 South Tyneside 2 0.8 40.0 63 62 113 0 Sunderland 7 2.3 32.9 284 518 243 0 Total 95 22.0 23.2 1,996 9,771 1,952 0 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 12 1.9 15.8 117 545 185 0 East Yorkshire 10 3.0 30.0 275 37 176 0 Grimsby 7 3.5 50.0 267 434 240 0 Scunthorpe 7 2.9 41.4 196 1,465 57 0 Northallerton 7 0.1 1.4 75 249 39 0 York 3 2.3 76.7 169 144 105 0 Scarborough 6 0.2 3.3 20 37 0 0 Harrogate 6 4.0 66.7 224 34 33 0 Bradford 34 2.7 7.9 290 3,044 327 0 Airedale 12 8.4 70.0 423 400 303 0 Calderdale 24 7.8 32.5 456 670 230 0 Huddersfield 10 2.3 23.0 107 296 24 0 Dewsbury 6 0.8 13.3 54 38 134 0 Leeds Western 29 20.4 70.3 1,160 3,895 260 0 Leeds Eastern 6 4.0 66.7 242 531 47 0 Wakefield 10 1.3 13.0 150 625 95 0 Pontefract 4 0.4 10.0 30 66 62 0 Total 193 66.0 34.2 4,255 12,510 2,317 0 Trent Regional Health Authority North Derbyshire 7 1.8 25.7 179 692 296 0 Southern Derbyshire 15 4.4 29.3 396 1,450 371 0 Leicestershire 23 7.4 32.2 768 1,165 997 0 North Lincolnshire 18 1.4 7.8 61 4,561 114 0 South Lincolnshire 9 10.9 121.1 465 1,339 321 0 Bassetlaw 6 0.8 13.3 76 207 421 0 authority, board of governors and for England as a whole: (a) the number of pay beds, (b) their average occupancy by private patients, (c) the average private patient occupancy as a percentage and (d) the number of deaths and discharges of private in-patients.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 24 November 1986, c. 129–30]: The information requested is given in the tables.
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District health authority Number of pay beds at 31 December Average daily number of beds occupied Percentage bed occupied Discharges and deaths Outpatient attendances Day case attendances Regular day patient attendances Central Nottinghamshire 22 0.3 1.4 53 102 33 0 Nottingham 20 3.7 18.5 285 95 106 0 Barnsley 5 1.0 20.0 127 362 122 0 Doncaster 3 0.8 26.7 57 873 7 0 Rotherham 0 0.0 — 0 0 0 0 Sheffield 10 5.2 52.0 370 2,661 119 0 Total 138 37.7 27.3 2,837 13,507 2,907 0 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge 11 6.5 59.1 344 3,932 20 0 Peterborough 18 0.5 2.8 61 925 101 0 West Suffolk 10 5.6 56.0 345 457 121 0 East Suffolk 24 6.6 27.5 484 2,905 22 0 Norwich 28 12.3 43.9 888 1,425 152 0 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 5 1.4 28.0 184 542 90 0 West Norfolk and Wisbech 8 5.5 68.8 434 1,481 357 0 Huntingdon 4 3.2 80.0 220 272 64 0 Total 108 41.6 38.5 2,960 11,939 927 0 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 12 3.4 28.3 253 968 59 0 South Bedfordshire 9 0.7 7.8 116 374 165 0 North Hertfordshire 10 1.1 11.0 78 243 61 0 East Hertfordshire 10 2.8 28.0 172 2,490 199 0 North West Hertfordshire1 13 4.0 30.8 328 143 226 0 South West Hertfordshire 6 2.5 41.7 158 26 60 0 Barnet 12 2.1 17.5 188 5,898 92 0 Harrow 13 3.3 25.4 99 611 24 0 Hillingdon 32 13.3 41.6 914 1,236 131 0 Hounslow and Spelthorne 7 2.7 38.6 259 2,695 326 0 Ealing 3 0.0 0.0 0 90 50 0 Brent 10 0.3 3.0 25 426 11 0 Paddington and North Kensington 65 35.5 54.6 2,182 2,219 122 0 Riverside 85 43.1 50.7 2,428 10,238 483 1 Total1 287 114.8 40.0 7,200 127,557 1,783 1 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon and Thurrock 11 3.3 30.0 311 574 281 0 Mid Essex 20 9.8 49.0 1,230 2,521 581 0 North East Essex 9 1.9 21.1 169 5,489 96 0 West Essex 21 7.8 37.1 802 5,933 227 0 Southend 19 3.4 17.9 340 987 203 0 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 13 5.7 43.8 303 4,680 225 2 Hampstead 29 24.0 82.8 985 5,195 186 0 Bloomsbury 178 64.3 36.1 3,905 3,883 172 0 Islington 31 1.3 4.2 189 503 97 0 City and Hackney 15 6.1 40.7 182 54 5 0 Newham 2 0.2 10.0 31 187 16 0 Tower Hamlets 34 17.5 51.5 1,065 6,708 0 0 Enfield 6 2.4 40.0 164 192 0 0 Haringey 10 1.0 10.0 94 438 106 0 Redbridge 8 2.0 25.0 144 4,006 66 0 Waltham Forest 7 2.0 28.6 140 435 34 0 Total 413 152.7 37.0 10,054 41,785 2,295 2 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton 24 10.3 42.9 719 597 61 0 Eastbourne 10 2.0 20.0 164 960 113 0 Hastings 6 2.6 43.3 263 1,002 66 0 South East Kent 12 2.0 16.7 138 386 103 0 Canterbury and Thanet 29 2.6 9.0 458 2,874 263 0 Dartford and Gravesham 8 0.6 7.5 68 1,054 129 0 Maidstone 7 0.4 5.7 62 2,006 61 0 Medway 8 0.3 3.8 60 3,588 171 0 Tunbridge Wells 39 13.7 35.1 1,031 1,931 646 0
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District health authority Number of pay beds at 31 December Average daily number of beds occupied Percentage bed occupation Discharges and deaths Outpatient attendances Day case attendances Regular day patient attendances Bexley 2 2.8 140.0 227 3,324 227 0 Greenwich 14 2.2 15.7 147 1,513 92 0 Bromley 22 3.3 15.0 185 1,010 198 0 West Lambeth 38 32.5 85.5 1,419 363 238 0 Camberwell 45 22.8 50.7 1,248 0 295 0 Lewisham and North Southwark 69 26.4 38.3 1,927 0 38 0 Total 333 124.5 37.4 8,116 20,608 2,701 0 South West Thames Regional Health Authority North West Surrey 11 5.9 53.6 389 487 386 0 West Surrey and North East Hampshire 9 1.8 20.0 668 579 238 0 South West Surrey 15 6.1 40.7 307 4,410 247 0 Mid Surrey 20 5.0 25.0 141 88 81 41 East Surrey 23 3.7 16.1 159 296 18 0 Chichester 6 2.9 48.3 166 879 154 0 Mid Downs 21 8.2 39.0 443 1,063 124 0 Worthing 6 1.3 21.7 89 59 52 0 Croydon 12 3.7 30.8 227 110 90 0 Kingston and Esher 6 4.5 75.0 256 403 164 0 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 12 9.0 75.0 41 604 15 0 Wandsworth 20 7.2 36.0 289 989 58 0 Merton and Sutton 21 5.7 27.1 416 784 220 0 Total 182 65.0 35.7 3,591 10,751 1,847 41 Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorest 14 2.9 20.7 164 73 32 0 West Dorset 13 0.9 6.9 79 327 23 0 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 14 8.2 58.6 709 1,555 340 0 Southampton and South West Hampshire 14 3.8 27.1 220 1,774 530 0 Winchester 11 2.8 25.5 182 1 89 0 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 11 6.6 60.0 402 0 127 0 Salisbury 10 0.5 5.0 23 566 16 0 Swindon 12 3.4 28.3 337 1,577 60 0 Bath 11 0.8 7.3 50 590 9 0 Isle of Wight 6 1.5 25.0 91 89 9 0 Total 116 31.4 27.1 2,257 6,552 1,235 0 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 17 3.5 20.6 196 661 69 239 West Berkshire 26 13.6 52.3 1,871 504 218 0 Aylesbury Vale 31 15.1 48.7 710 1,732 174 0 Wycombe 24 7.1 29.6 686 1,348 7 0 Milton Keynes 5 0.1 2.0 5 170 0 0 Kettering 10 6.9 69.0 730 4,153 394 0 Northampton 13 5.5 42.3 535 1,339 179 0 Oxfordshire2 3 57 20.5 36.0 1,102 20 46 30 Total 2 3 183 72.3 39.5 5,835 29,907 1,087 3239 South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol and Weston 6 4.5 75.0 374 115 74 0 Frenchay 4 2.9 72.5 142 448 18 0 Southmead 2 0.1 5.0 13 18 1 0 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 13 2.4 18.5 170 737 34 81 Exeter 10 1.4 14.0 58 327 117 0 North Devon 5 1.6 32.0 161 604 61 0 Plymouth 8 1.9 23.8 250 0 0 0 Torbay 9 0.9 10.0 71 296 88 0 Cheltenham 14 7.9 56.4 529 246 214 0 Gloucester 18 5.2 28.9 371 639 135 0 Somerset 13 7.5 57.7 486 520 207 0 Total 102 36.3 35.6 2,625 3,950 949 81 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Bromsgrove and Redditch 6 1.0 16.7 104 808 41 0
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District health authority Number of pay beds at 31 December Average daily number of beds occupied Percentage bed occupation Discharges and deaths Outpatient attendances Day case attendances Regular day patient attendances Herefordshire 5 1.2 24.0 79 0 28 0 Kidderminster and District 6 1.4 23.3 90 166 135 0 Worcester and District 20 6.3 31.5 598 231 179 0 Shropshire 14 5.4 38.6 307 560 116 0 Mid Staffordshire 10 4.3 43.0 355 732 131 0 North Staffordshire 16 5.1 31.9 488 3,341 390 0 South East Staffordshire 10 3.8 38.0 373 2,111 259 0 Rugby 5 3.2 64.0 264 582 158 0 North Warwickshire 3 1.3 43.3 183 273 56 51 South Warwickshire 13 4.4 33.8 234 15 167 0 Central Birmingham 67 9.8 14.6 498 1,294 109 0 East Birmingham 10 0.8 8.0 50 0 20 0 North Birmingham 9 2.0 22.2 188 32 117 6 South Birmingham 21 2.5 11.9 120 258 94 0 West Birmingham 10 1.3 13.0 172 265 88 0 Coventry 10 4.6 46.0 348 43 266 57 Dudley 10 1.9 19.0 131 8 330 0 Sandwell 6 1.9 31.7 176 1,269 144 0 Solihull 4 1.4 35.0 90 228 0 0 Walsall 11 3.9 35.5 355 1,031 279 0 Wolverhampton 7 1.0 14.3 90 1,024 35 0 Total 273 68.5 25.1 5,293 14,271 3,142 114 Mersey Regional Health Authority Chester 8 0.3 3.8 27 231 22 0 Crewe 16 7.6 47.5 638 3,641 691 0 Halton 0 0.0 — 0 156 0 0 Macclesfield 15 2.6 17.3 165 183 269 0 Warrington 15 8.8 58.7 544 367 397 0 Liverpool 20 7.7 38.5 480 768 231 0 St. Helens and Knowsley 15 5.4 36.0 193 2,640 263 0 Southport and Formby 7 4.0 57.1 225 412 168 0 South Sefton 10 11.8 118.0 136 490 61 0 Wirral 17 3.1 18.2 267 1,320 82 1,699 Total 123 51.3 41.7 2,675 10,208 2,184 1,699 North Western Regional Health Authority Lancaster 13 1.8 13.8 134 455 71 0 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 15 2.6 17.3 187 309 54 0 Preston 12 5.2 43.3 423 1,130 524 0 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 9 1.0 11.1 58 71 64 0 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 8 2.6 32.5 229 153 266 0 West Lancashire 15 5.8 38.7 291 1,765 87 0 Chorley and South Ribble 4 0.1 2.5 28 118 7 0 Bolton 20 0.3 1.5 19 112 3 0 Bury 13 6.3 48.5 497 1,225 411 0 North Manchester 9 0.3 3.3 34 538 17 0 Central Manchester 43 18.3 42.6 1,628 56 340 0 South Manchester 33 12.4 37.6 889 13,625 200 0 Oldham 5 2.1 42.0 224 932 105 0 Rochdale 2 0.2 10.0 11 336 19 0 Salford 11 1.5 13.6 88 1,782 42 0 Stockport 6 0.6 10.0 122 568 57 0 Tameside and Glossop 2 0.1 5.0 43 152 90 0 Trafford 7 0.7 10.0 73 182 63 0 Wigan 16 2.1 13.1 216 1,093 280 0 Total 243 64.0 26.3 5,194 24,602 2,700 0 Special Health Authorities Hospitals for Sick Children 31 23.9 77.1 796 2,008 191 0 National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 16 8.6 53.8 304 1,978 6 0 Moorfields Eye Hospital 22 10.9 49.5 1,193 1,564 39 0 Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital 6 1.6 26.7 54 196 5 0 National Heart and Chest Hospitals 38 23.6 62.1 1,069 3,328 116 0 Royal Marsden Hospital 27 25.3 93.7 1,234 9,510 42 7 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's 38 19.7 51.8 1,244 3,690 424 0 Eastman Dental Hospital 0 0.0 — 0 373 0 0
District health authority Number of pay beds at 31 December Average daily number of beds occupied Percentage bed occupation Discharges and deaths Outpatient attendances Day case attendances Regular day patient attendances Total 178 113.6 63–8 5,894 22,647 823 7 England Total4 5 2,967 1,061.7 35–8 70,782 4240,565 29,075 52,184 1 Data for one hospital not available. 2 Data for 12 hospitals not available. 3 Data for 11 hospitals not available. 4 Data for 13 hospitals not available. 5 Data for 11 hospitals not available.