§ Dr. Marekasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the occupancy rate for hospital beds at the Stone House, Bishop's Castle, for the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how this figure compares with each of the other National Health Service hospitals in Shropshire.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1986, c. 399]: The latest available information is given in the table. The figures are based on a midnight count of beds and therefore do not take into account the occupation of beds by patients who do not stay overnight. 662W
Shropshire District Health Authority —NHS hospitals 1984 Hospitals Occupied beds as a percentage of available beds Stone House 92.9 Royal Shrewsbury Hospital 78.3 Wrekin Hospital 72.6 Cross Houses Hospital 79.8 Oswestry and District Hospital 77.5 Wellington Cottage Hospital 81.0 Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital 43.1 Whitchurch Cottage Hospital 73.4 East Hamlet Hospital 85.0 Market Drayton Cottage Hospital 90.6 Ellesmere Cottage Hospital 68.5 Deermoss Hospital 87.9 Monkmoor Hospital 87.9 The Beeches Hospital 93.0 Shelton Hospital 73.1 Newport Cottage Hospital 71.1 Bridgnorth and South Shropshire Hospital 60.7 Broseley Hospital 87.3 Much Wenlock Cottage 78.3 Shifnal and District Hospital 89.4 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic 76.9