HC Deb 06 November 1986 vol 103 cc605-13W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the average daily number of available beds by sector in each of the districts of the four Thames regions in each year from 1979; and what were the equivalent figures for each of the years 1974 to 1978.

Mrs. Currie

[pursuant to the reply 30 June, 1986, c. 436]: I regret that I cannot give the hon. Member all the information he seeks. Figures for all the years requested could be provided only at disaproportionate cost. The available information is given in the tables.

District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Canterbury and Thanet 1,096.8 990.2 942.3 908.3 916.2 879.8 840.7 771.6
Dartford and Gravesham 818.0 661.0 664.0 655.7 646.4 593.8 567.8 565.5
Maidstonc 444.4 414.7 423.7 401.0 401.6 418.9 373.5 389.4
Medway 594.8 569.8 564.2 565.6 574.5 572.3 611.2 598.2
Tunbridge Wells 901.8 829.4 834.2 838.7 845.5 816.2 808.0 775.5
Bexley 366.9 391.6 388.3 370.2 357.9 358.9 348.9 339.2
Greenwich 1,356.2 1,074.1 1,011.3 992.4 971.2 986.9 972.8 958.9
Bromley 1,042.0 879.2 830.3 818.2 812.8 786.5 687.5 676.4
West Lambeth n/a n/a n/a n/a 829.3 876.6 833.3 811.9
Camberwell 1,052.0 968.4 912.5 903.0 905.0 900.1 861.1 854.5
Lewisham and North Southwark 2,180.0 1,703.9 1,589.8 1,520.4 1,443.6 1,470.9 1,323.3 1,273.2
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 553.5 543.6 549.2 567.7 562.7 544.4 537.9 514.1
West Surrey and NE Hants 447.1 456.8 505.4 455.5 459.4 442.8 457.2 465.5
South West Surrey 794.5 567.3 560.0 561.5 578.6 573.2 562.3 552.9
Mid Surrey 468.2 462.0 445.4 376.8 414.7 416.4 421.2 411.9
East Surrey 608.6 584.1 536.8 547.7 546.0 510.4 449.3 437.3
Chichester 503.9 413.7 420.8 422.9 414.6 412.2 413.3 409.5
Mid Downs 552.1 524.9 509.1 529.0 568.7 575.9 566.7 562.1
Worthing 220.0 494.8 518.2 531.4 523.2 533.3 520.6 519.6
Croydon 773.0 648.4 621.6 620.5 616.2 610.4 571.2 566.2
Kingston and Esher n/a n/a n/a n/a 523.9 511.4 502.9 493.3
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton n/a n/a n/a n/a 408.7 426.2 397.7 374.5
Wandsworth 1,588.0 1,343.9 1,158.9 1,122.6 1,108.8 1,125.9 1,152.0 1,019.9
Merton and Sutton 1,178.5 954.9 929.2 901.8 834.4 849.5 833.4 804.4
1 Acute sector is all specialties excluding geriatrics, units for younger disabled, maternity, mental handicap and mental illness.
2 Prior to 1985, Victoria District Health Authority and Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority, n/a Comparable figures are not available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.

Average daily number of available geriatric beds in the District Health Authorities within the four Thames Regions
District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 211.2 217.0 225.7 232.7 238.7 235.1 233.5 240.6
South Bedfordshire 207.0 177.7 182.7 201.8 200.1 193.2 198.9 199.3
North Hertfordshire 188.0 201.0 201.0 200.8 201.0 201.1 201.0 203.1
East Hertfordshire 232.5 232.9 225.6 220.8 219.5 204.8 208.2 198.9
North West Hertfordshire 195.0 182.4 188.9 182.7 180.8 183.3 211.5 230.1
South West Hertfordshire 338.4 308.0 289.8 267.4 281.0 285.0 282.9 272.6
Barnet 377.5 313.4 386.3 403.4 413.3 407.5 434.1 440.1
Harrow 129.2 158.6 157.5 157.1 157.3 159.0 158.3 156.8
Hillingdon 212.5 229.7 237.0 247.8 252.0 252.0 251.0 252.2
Hounslow and Spelthorne n/a n/a n/a n/a 283.1 284.8 287.4 300.0
Ealing 122.0 125.6 138.0 152.7 156.9 157.5 158.4 157.9
Brent 236.0 281.6 278.9 291.5 287.6 285.6 287.9 286.7
Paddington and North Kensington 157.7 146.1 144.8 147.3 154.8 149.7 150.5 157.5
Riverside1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 339.9 330.1 316.6 321.0
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon and Thurrock 162.7 208.2 203.8 235.4 266.0 277.1 282.3 276.3
Mid Essex 344.2 316.9 317.4 318.7 318.6 315.5 317.4 413.6
North East Essex 362.7 365.7 366.4 367.0 361.5 356.8 364.6 345.6
West Essex 190.6 253.6 252.7 252.4 254.9 268.1 278.5 279.4
Southend 332.7 347.4 349.0 350.4 350.6 347.7 344.6 336.9
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 510.2 532.1 540.6 538.2 538.7 535.0 535.5 544.7
Hampstead n/a n/a n/a n/a 133.9 135.5 132.8 130.5
Bloomsbury n/a n/a n/a n/a 226.3 228.5 225.4 218.0
Islington n/a n/a n/a n/a 167.3 178.2 188.3 170.5
City and Hackney 345.6 334.7 293.7 174.2 338.0 337.9 329.7 312.0
Newham 83.5 91.0 93.0 110.1 131.8 172.4 256.6 254.1
Tower Hamlets 244.7 292.9 307.5 396.0 232.0 232.0 235.4 235.6
Enfield 358.9 269.0 256.3 243.4 235.9 235.4 234.0 234.2
Haringey 215.3 213.0 212.5 212.8 212.8 213.0 211.9 211.4

District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Redbridge 234.3 274.4 277.7 277.9 264.3 274.2 275.5 275.7
Waltham Forest 545.4 506.3 519.3 532.4 522.3 466.6 422.7 397.1
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 453.2 416.0 420.1 422.4 421.9 442.6 417.6 356.8
Eastbourne 348.7 348.1 338.9 330.8 318.7 314.3 308.4 314.1
Hastings 266.5 261.4 261.9 267.6 266.2 266.9 265.0 264.8
South East Kent 374.1 332.5 347.3 343.5 353.4 354.8 353.5 346.2
Canterbury and Thanet 525.7 528.0 509.3 503.4 512.6 514.1 483.1 456.5
Dartford and Gravesham 261.0 240.6 247.7 243.9 244.5 240.7 212.0 210.2
Maidstone 208.6 175.3 181.7 187.5 197.0 180.8 177.7 176.8
Medway 241.0 226.0 226.0 220.0 224.7 226.3 235.4 240.0
Tunbridge Wells 191.3 221.4 223.7 223.5 222.2 239.6 243.2 247.7
Bexley 47.2 118.5 135.3 135.9 134.9 134.0 126.1 129.8
Greenwich 326.3 411.1 369.8 347.9 356.3 356.5 350.4 344.6
Bromley 364.3 345.1 349.9 348.0 352.0 335.0 297.1 265.4
West Lambeth 155.0 173.9 171.6 170.4 171.9 171.8 173.9 170.2
Camberwell 318.0 224.9 215.1 210.3 210.3 207.5 191.7 202.6
Lewisham and North Southwark 262.4 261.3 249.0 252.9 250.2 248.0 253.3 259.4
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 219.8 169.8 165.4 201.1 205.0 205.3 186.0 185.8
West Surrey and NE Hants 144.6 214.7 212.0 213.1 217.3 218.3 218.3 217.8
South West Surrey 148.4 171.7 172.5 172.3 172.3 171.5 162.4 153.3
Mid Surrey 268.2 232.0 229.9 223.0 223.0 225.1 215.4 189.0
East Surrey 249.4 262.0 250.5 249.3 250.5 252.0 247.1 254.9
Chichester 118.8 132.7 122.4 131.2 140.8 147.0 146.4 144.1
Mid Downs 130.3 73.1 84.6 118.1 161.1 168.1 164.4 174.7
Worthing 488.1 317.0 304.3 319.3 325.9 334.0 342.0 347.7
Croydon 416.6 410.7 412.0 400.4 402.0 392.3 368.6 357.3
Kingston and Esher n/a n/a n/a n/a 138.0 138.0 147.1 142.4
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton n/a n/a n/a n/a 295.8 293.9 278.3 251.7
Wandsworth 313.0 235.0 239.0 195.6 194.3 182.6 194.4 190.2
Merton and Sutton 289.2 303.3 285.8 281.4 338.0 306.4 305.0 297.6
1 Prior to 1985, Victoria District Health Authority and Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority.

n/a Comparable figures are not available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.

Average daily number of available mental illness beds in the District Health Authorities within the four Thames Regions
District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 1.8 68.0 68.6 67.4 69.0 68.7 68.6 68.4
South Bedfordshire 1,241.0 865.8 863.6 846.7 827.3 821.1 759.3 747.2
North Hertfordshire 62.3 70.8 75.0 75.0 75.0 75.0 75.0 75.0
East Hertfordshire 82.5 73.7 59.8 79.2 88.9 87.8 75.5 75.9
North West Hertfordshire 649.1 546.0 548.0 522.0 522.0 504.3 500.0 493.6
South West Hertfordshire — 83.0 83.0 65.2 61.0 61.0 54.0 54.1
Barnet 1,555.0 1,101.6 1,090.8 1,073.7 1,034.6 1,028.4 987.0 920.3
Harrow 30.0 69.0 66.3 69.6 83.7 84.1 83.3 85.4
Hillingdon 54.0 54.9 54.5 54.4 53.5 54.0 54.0 54.0
Hounslow and Spelthorne n/a n/a n/a n/a 155.0 157.0 158.2 154.3
Ealing 1,740.3 1,274.7 1,223.7 1,187.7 1,135.8 1,070.6 1,025.8 948.8
Brent 1,595.0 1,375.6 1,349.6 1,294.2 1,288.7 1,246.0 1,140.9 1,036.0
Paddington and North Kensington 32.7 53.5 56.0 56.0 56.0 52.8 44.0 80.5
Riverside1 119.0 n/a n/a n/a 2,009.2 1,963.8 1,907.1 1,748.1
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon and Thurrock 2.1 81.3 117.0 118.0 118.0 118.0 118.0 129.3
Mid Essex — — — — — — — —
North East Essex 1,080.3 944.7 906.5 843.1 814.7 777.1 736.1 687.3
West Essex 66.0 152.0 139.9 145.1 167.8 161.0 157.7 160.3
Southend 939.0 845.5 839.2 812.2 806.2 814.5 784.8 695.3
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 1,401.0 1,015.4 984.3 962.8 946.5 907.1 882.0 839.1
Hampstead n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,024.9 982.6 959.5 945.4
Bloomsbury n/a n/a n/a n/a 162.9 169.8 167.0 168.1
Islington n/a n/a n/a n/a 90.0 90.0 90.0 90.0
City and Hackney 108.3 157.5 156.1 157.5 172.2 178.7 180.7 193.9
Newham 0.1 — — — — — — 0.0

District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Tower Hamlets 161.3 160.2 159.7 157.6 171.3 172.0 167.0 168.6
Enfield — 101.5 116.0 104.7 96.1 116.1 118.4 115.0
Haringey 50.6 51.2 44.1 42.8 46.1 52.0 49.5 60.7
Redbridge 919.5 830.1 817.0 805.6 810.9 812.3 797.4 770.2
Waltham Forest 1,653.1 1,406.1 1,426.5 1,383.8 1,254.2 1,102.1 1,132.9 1,029.7
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 110.9 100.2 113.4 115.3 127.0 142.3 132.2 142.7
Eastbourne 787.1 711.0 719.0 727.0 697.1 636.9 548 0 473.6
Hastings — 4.9 7.9 7.8 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.9
South East Kent — — — — — 12.0 12.0 32.0
Canterbury and Thanet 1,302.3 987.8 977.3 950.5 918.6 909.3 835.4 807.6
Dartford and Gravesham 689.5 549.5 512.0 512.0 512.9 509.2 486.2 448.3
Maidstone 1,295.6 975.5 916.9 916.5 915.4 905.5 891.5 829.7
Medway 35.3 58.2 560 51.7 56.0 56.0 56.0 56.0
Tunbridge Wells 104.0 87.2 82.7 77.6 77.1 79.0 79.0 79.1
Bexley 1,405.0 1,065.1 1,064.7 1,051.0 1,015.7 975.0 907.0 865.2
Greenwich 2.2 52.6 52.5 51.6 51.7 52.3 52.1 51.3
Bromley 1,569.1 1,200.4 1,148.0 1,142.4 1,047.8 1,010.5 963.1 888.1
West Lambeth 58.9 1,067.0 1,029.2 1,020.6 1,004.8 986.2 978.6 925.5
Camberwell 124.7 120.2 123.3 105.9 61.7 61.4 70.2 97.1
Lewisham and North Southwark 50.0 135.5 130.8 131.0 139.7 129.4 150.6 181.5
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 462.5 340.0 261.6 169.0 169.0 169.0 169.0 217.0
West Surrey and NE Hants 1,257.5 959.8 938.3 896.0 880.0 880.0 880.1 880.0
South West Surrey — — 23.6 79.6 90.8 90.0 90.0 90.0
Mid Surrey 1,490.9 1,183.8 1,128.6 985.0 934.2 884.7 815.5 806.1
East Surrey 1,229.0 1,054.6 1,005.0 961.7 923.4 880.1 780.0 718.0
Chichester 748.1 609.0 601.0 596.8 582.1 566.2 544.3 526.5
Mid Downs 757.4 532.7 547.3 563.5 538.9 554.1 511.9 512.0
Worthing — — — — — 16.4 23.6 33.2
Croydon 793.9 554.0 554.0 536.9 490.5 487.0 486.6 470.7
Kingston and Esher na na na na 839.3 805.8 746.8 721.6
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton na na na na 37.7 380 37.2 37.5
Wandsworth 2,218.3 1,183.0 1,148.2 1,082.0 1,023.8 1,028.4 1,025.2 999.2
Merton and Sutton 157.4 191.5 191.8 189.0 184.7 185.1 184.8 184.6
1 Prior to 1985, Victoria District Health Authority and Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority.

n/a Comparable figures are not available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.

Average daily number of available mental handicap beds in the District Health Authorities within the four Thames Regions
District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 457.0 369.0 369.0 367.7 364.0 367.8 354.8 348.2
South Bedfordshire — 48.0 41.5 40.8 40.0 38.3 32.5 39.6
North Hertfordshire — — — — — — — —
East Hertfordshire — — — — — — — —
North West Hertfordshire 2,281.0 1,996.8 1,999.0 1,999.0 1,994.0 1,916.5 1,905.0 1,890.0
South West Hertfordshire 1,759.8 1,443.0 1,384.0 1,356.0 1,356.0 1,286.3 1,243.0 1,216.0
Barnet 300 29.5 28.0 30.7 31.0 31.0 31.0 30.0
Harrow — — — — — — — —
Hillingdon — — — — — — — —
Hounslow and Spelthorne n/a — — — — — — —
Ealing — — — — — — — —
Brent 62.0 76.1 82.3 90.0 90.6 91.2 92.0 92.0
Paddington and North Kensington — — — — 9.3 11.0 11.0 11.0
Riverside1 — — — — — — — —
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon and Thurrock 948.0 789.0 768.0 752.0 740.4 742.3 747.6 692.9
Mid Essex 349.8 339.6 325.0 309.1 297.9 293.3 294.5 279.8
North East Essex 1,255.3 1,028.3 925.3 911.4 906.5 910.4 808.7 763.4
West Essex 70.0 47.0 47.0 47.0 47.0 47.0 47.0 47.0
Southend — — — — — — — —
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 153.0 153.0 153.0 153.0 152.0 145.0 145.0 145.6

District Health Authority 1974 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Hampstead n/a — — — — — 0.2 —
Bloomsbury n/a — — — — — — —
Islington n/a — — — — — — —
City and Hackney 44.7 46.0 46.5 54.0 46.0 46.0 46.2 46.0
Newham — — — — — — — 15.0
Tower Hamlets 10.1 11.9 11.9 12.0 12.2 2.3 — —
Enfield 36.2 89.3 93.7 94.0 56.4 64.3 70.9 76.3
Haringey — — — — 3.8 8.0 8.0 7.3
Redbridge 18.5 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0
Waltham Forest 332.0 294.0 294.0 294.0 221.5 234.4 227.6 219.5
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 122.0 134.7 129.7 116.9 120.0 120.0 120.0 111.3
Eastbourne 150.0 140.0 135.4 121.5 124.0 124.0 117.0 106.0
Hastings 253.3 224.8 224.2 225.0 225.0 184.5 157.0 134.5
South East Kent 39.0 39.0 13.5 36.0 36.0 47.5 52.5 46.0
Canterbury and Thanet 296.3 290.6 280.2 273.0 273.0 267.0 245.2 221.3
Dartford and Gravesham 1,542.0 1,054.0 1,000.3 939.0 926.3 827.4 739.9 651.9
Maidstone 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 92.9
Medway — 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0
Tunbridge Wells 1,257.0 1,180.5 1,154.5 1,101.7 1,032.8 993.5 960.4 853.1
Bexley — — — — — — — —
Greenwich 94.0 118.0 111.2 110.0 98.0 94.0 86.0 73.4
Bromley 3.8 52.2 57.4 66.0 78.0 78.6 82.2 73.0
West Lambeth — — — — — — — —
Camberwell — — — — — — — —
Lewisham and North Southwark 60.2 61.0 92.0 116.0 165.0 164.3 163.0 163.0
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 1,142.8 978.2 944.8 943.5 939.1 931.0 902.3 726.2
West Surrey and NE Hants — 46.0 52.5 82.0 82.0 82.0 107.8 139.3
South West Surrey 53.1 57.0 55.0 55.0 55.0 55.0 55.0 55.0
Mid Surrey 1,042.0 963.5 968.2 943.9 944.9 8770 840.6 809.5
East Surrey 722.0 819.0 818.1 782.2 739.5 747.0 747.0 717.0
Chichester — 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0
Mid Downs 532.0 331.2 314.0 303.6 272.7 272.0 272.0 272.0
Worthing — 47.9 46.8 46.0 46.0 46.0 46.0 46.0
Croydon 1,731.0 1,466.6 1,394.9 1,346.3 1,309.1 1,275.8 1,224.3 1,164.2
Kingston and Esher n/a — — — — — — —
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton n/a n/a n/a n/a 199.0 174.8 167.0 167.0
Wandsworth — 16.3 33.0 40.0 45.7 53.8 48.2 48.0
Merton and Sutton 1,161.9 1,114.3 1,079.4 1,029.5 1,032.9 1,041.2 995.5 975.9
1 Prior to 1985, Victoria District Health Authority and Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority.

n/a Comparable figures are not available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.