§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information on bed numbers given in his answer of 1 July 1985, Official Report, column 49, so as to give data for 1985 and 1986 to date.
§ Mr. WhitneyI shall let the hon. Member have such information as can be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information given in his answer of 1 July 1985, Official Report, column 51, on bed numbers, so as to give data for 1984 and 1985.
§ Mr. WhitneyI am sorry I cannot give the hon. Member all the information he seeks. The 1985 figures are not yet available. Figures for 1984 are given in the table.
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Average daily number of available beds in NHS hospitals in England Region Acute* Geriatric Mental illness† Mental handicap Maternity‡ All specialties Northern 10,108 3,894 5,800 3,022 1,252 24,332 Yorkshire 11,403 4,938 6,442 3,067 1,474 27,470 Trent 11,628 5,233 6,884 4,340 1,680 30,000 East Anglian 5,171 2,452 2,868 1,501 698 12,727 North West Thames 9,350 3,380 6,933 3,669 1,110 24,529 North East Thames 12,906 4,635 6,341 2,416 1,510 27,951 South East Thames 10,786 4,088 6,170 2,843 1,226 25,260 South West Thames 7,386 2,975 6,295 5,446 860 22,994 Wessex 7,421 3,477 3,920 2,223 999 18,074 Oxford 5,837 1,974 2,287 1,735 778 12,722 South Western 8,726 3,807 4,796 4,162 1,049 22,676 West Midlands 14,071 6,235 7,454 3,943 1,897 33,761 Mersey 7,165 3,180 5,654 2,122 859 19,028 North Western 12,767 5,175 6,618 3,490 1,624 29,756 Special health authorities and boards of governors 2,468 127 450 8 183 3,236 Total|| 137,193 55,571 78,911 43,985 17,198 334,513 *"Acute" is defined as all specialties except geriatrics, younger disabled, GP maternity, obstetrics, mental handicap and mental illness. † Includes all mental illness specialties. ‡ Includes GP maternity and obstetrics. || Regional figures may not sum to national totals due to rounding.