HC Deb 06 May 1986 vol 97 cc15-6W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each district, and for each health authority in Wales (a) the number of psychiatric beds that would be required on a basis of 0.5 beds per 1,000 population and (b) the number of psychiatric beds currently available in each area.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The latest available information which relates to 1984 is shown in the following table:

Date
November 1984 96.0 staff from Department of Trade and Industry
April 1985 51.0 staff from Department of Health and Social Security
October 1985 162.0 staff to Royal Museums of Scotland
March 1986 169.5 staff to Royal Botanical Gardens
TOTAL +130.0 staff

Number of beds on a basis of 0.5 per 1,000 population* Average daily available beds
Mental illness Mental handicap
Clwyd 198.1 706.5 92.0
East Dyfed 113.1 581.3 66.8
Gwent 219.8 937.0 438.3
Gwynedd 116.3 9.8 356.2
Mid Glamorgan 266.9 1,280.6 519.0
Pembrokeshire 54.3 Nil 32.0
Powys 55.3 350.0 211.7
South Glamorgan 197.2 655.0 421.3
West Glamorgan 182.3 371.7 142.5
WALES 1,403.6 4,891.1 2,279.8
* Using Registrar General's population estimates for 30 June 1984.
At 31 December 1984.
Includes beds for mentally ill children, adolescent psychiatric cases, psycho-geriatric and elderly mentally infirm cases.

Note: The individual figures may not add up to the Wales totals due to rounding.

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