§ Mr. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many beds on average are empty each day in West Glamorgan health authority hospitals; how many of these are in each specialty; how many vacancies there are on the waiting list for each specialty; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe table gives the average daily number of available and unoccupied beds in West Glamorgan health authority hospitals during the 1984–85 financial year, together with the number of patients on inpatient waiting lists for each specialty at 31 March 1985.
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Specialty Average daily number of available beds 1984–85 Average daily number of unoccupied beds* 1984–85 Number of patients on inpatient waiting lists 31 March 1985 Ophthalmology 40.0 20.5 382 Radiotherapy 40.5 11.4 7 Urology 23.2 — 313 Thoracic surgery 17.0 17.0 — Dental surgery 10.9 5.0 241 Neurosurgery 21.8 5.9 72 Gynaecology 122.2 51.4 511 Obstetrics 157.2 77.3 — Special Care Baby Unit 30.5 16.8 — Mental handicap 142.6 19.3 — Mental illness 376.3 34.6 — Pre-convalescent 76.7 27.8 — GP medical 5.1 — — Intensive care 9.0 3.8 — Haematology 7.3 — — Continuing care (cancer unit) 27.0 13.2 — Spina bifida unit 12.0 6.9 — Coronary care 6.0 1.5 — High dependency unit 3.0 0.8 — Unclassified 0.7 0.7 — All specialties† 2,547.7 655.6 3,869 * The average daily number of unoccupied beds has been obtained by subtracting the average daily number of occupied beds from the average daily number of available beds. † Figures for each specialty have been rounded, and therefore the individual figures do not sum to the total for all specialties.