HC Deb 24 November 1986 vol 106 cc98-103W
Mr. John Browne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the average value per bed of hospitals included in the National Health Service estate;

(2) what is the current average cost of providing a new bed in a district general hospital broken down into, land, buildings, equipment, fees and other overheads, together with figures for different sizes of hospital, including ones of 300 beds and 450 beds.

Mrs. Currie

A meaningful answer cannot readily be given.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1979 and for each district health authority the total number of beds in National Health Service hospitals.

Mrs Currie

The information requested is given in the table.

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
North Tyneside 719 724 723 719 733 740 725
South Tyneside 771 762 828 825 829 821 813
Sunderland 2,426 2,379 2,356 2,338 2,351 2,349 2,312
Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
Hull 2,145 2,128 2,024 1,955 1,948 1,935 1,934
East Yorkshire 2,184 2,113 2,004 1,934 1,951 1,904 1,871
Grimsby 797 800 806 800 807 800 957
Scunthorpe 993 983 962 936 931 913 933
Northallerton 437 448 448 444 413 406 404
York 2,985 2,960 2,933 2,847 2,548 2,473 2,377
Scarborough 689 701 674 688 694 682 676
Harrogate 995 927 954 959 1,142 1,068 1,027
Bradford 2,721 2,719 2,724 2,711 2,680 2,621 2,510
Airedale 1,528 1,533 1,501 1,464 1,402 1,376 1,353
Calderdale 1,370 1,385 1,344 1,357 1,302 1,258 1,228
Huddersfield 2,625 2,389 2,391 2,391 2,321 2,235 2,059
Dewsbury 777 778 785 756 761 752 736
Leeds Western * * * 3,327 3,218 3,172 3,156
Leeds Eastern * * * 2,734 2,726 2,698 2,561
Wakefield 2,607 2,505 2,473 2,321 2,309 2,273 2,128
Pontefract 854 848 873 865 883 904 885
Trent Regional Health Authority
North Derbyshire 1,722 1,674 1,701 1,668 1,673 1,684 1,749
South Derbyshire 4,208 4,323 3,913 3,935 3,929 3,734 3,535
Leicestershire 5,140 5,221 5,221 5,225 5,149 5,070 5,045
North Lincolnshire 2,815 2,749 2,693 2,653 2,581 2,420 2,100
South Lincolnshire 1,894 1,868 1,835 1,794 1,801 1,819 1,768
Bassetlaw 403 408 412 424 424 419 433
Central Nottinghamshire 1,997 1,967 1,949 1,934 1,888 1,851 1,794
Nottingham 4,198 4,088 4,041 4,029 4,000 3,958 3,931
Barnsley 962 1,013 1,014 971 1,032 1,073 1,134
Doncaster * * * 1,946 1,954 1,929 1,879
Rotherham * * * 1,244 1,250 1,246 1,251
Sheffield 5,233 5,075 5,032 4,922 4,800 4,799 4,771
East Anglian Regional Health Authority
Cambridge * * * 1,926 1,933 1,875 1,844
Peterborough 1,122 1,120 1,149 1,144 1,129 1,161 1,146
West Suffolk * * * 1,236 1,241 1,247 1,247
East Suffolk * * * 2,668 2,637 2,537 2,477
Norwich 3,928 3,979 3,991 3,822 3,915 3,697 3,512
Great Yarmouth 852 862 875 1,000 995 991 1,051
West Norfolk & Wisbech 830 882 833 817 831 841 847
Huntingdon * * * 300 320 378 409
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
North Bedfordshire 1,233 1,259 1,230 1,224 1,243 1,216 1,204
South Bedfordshire 1,653 1,649 1,649 1,630 1,606 1,549 1,553
North Hertfordshire 849 851 857 858 855 855 842
East Hertfordshire 829 763 772 791 765 742 714
North West Hertfordshire 3,288 3,310 3,277 3,198 3,175 3,185 3,175
South West Hertfordshire 2,385 2,308 2,237 2,233 2,176 2,124 2,061
Barnet 2,841 2,800 2,771 2,748 2,670 2,551 2,445
Harrow 908 902 914 938 935 878 905
Hillingdon 1,628 1,480 1,528 1,526 1,499 1,406 1,378
Hounslow & Spelthorne * * * 1,548 1,497 1,447 1,382
Ealing 1,709 1,713 1,753 1,725 1,663 1,622 1,543
Brent 2,316 2,332 2,263 2,273 2,203 2,059 1,939
Paddington 1,365 1,276 1,236 1,216 1,211 1,187 1,211
Riverside** 3,226 3,042 3,035 3,946 3,845 3,708 3,465
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Basildon & Thurrock 1,893 1,880 1,922 1,960 1,976 1,984 1,945
Mid Essex 1,282 1,276 1,260 1,260 1,271 1,276 1,429
North East Essex 3,381 3,244 3,137 3,066 2,972 2,853 2,541
West Essex 1,256 1,174 1,187 1,214 1,210 1,199 1,192
Southend 1,937 1,941 1,924 1,942 1,933 1,912 1,793
Barking, Havering & Brentwood 3,283 3,238 3,183 3,095 3,033 2,984 2,878
Hampstead * * * 1,963 1,919 1,894 1,875
Bloomsbury * * * 2,487 2,490 2,344 2,116
Islington * * * 1,177 1,105 1,018 917
City & Hackney 1,990 1,867 1,743 1,887 1,884 1,853 1,754
Newham 941 924 936 887 845 877 880
Tower Hamlets 1,561 1,484 1,605 1,433 1,396 1,363 1,355

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Enfield 1,234 1,217 1,137 1,087 1,114 1,076 1,069
Haringey 1,236 1,122 1,143 1,157 1,109 1,028 986
Redbridge 1,655 1,655 1,650 1,633 1,644 1,630 1,617
Waltham Forest 3,311 3,318 3,245 3,051 2,842 2,667 2,508
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
Brighton 1,896 1,851 1,770 1,794 1,803 1,796 1,704
Eastbourne 1,714 1,710 1,702 1,660 1,593 1,487 1,390
Hastings 1,064 1,016 974 995 955 927 901
South East Kent 1,004 1,043 1,081 1,087 1,093 1,073 1,064
Canterbury & Thanet 2,926 2,838 2,762 2,743 2,693 2,524 2,376
Dartford & Gravesham 2,646 2,552 2,478 2,454 2,290 2,125 1,990
Maidstone 1,741 1,697 1,680 1,689 1,680 1,618 1,563
Medway 991 982 972 992 994 1,011 1,030
Tunbridge Wells 2,419 2,396 2,338 2,268 2,213 2,174 2,033
Bexley 1,653 1,667 1,635 1,585 1,543 1,468 1,435
Greenwich 1,777 1,666 1,623 1,598 1,611 1,586 1,517
Bromley 2,591 2,491 2,466 2,377 2,296 2,116 1,989
West Lambeth * * * 2,100 2,119 2,066 1,993
Camberwell 1,432 1,366 1,332 1,289 1,279 1,232 1,264
Lewisham & North Southwark 2,336 2,257 2,208 2,185 2,194 2,058 2,048
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
North West Surrey 2,138 2,041 2,001 1,996 1,970 1,886 1,721
West Surrey & North East Hants 1,743 1,773 1,712 1,704 1,688 1,725 1,757
South West Surrey 857 872 930 959 951 927 902
Mid Surrey 2,901 2,835 2,592 2,579 2,466 2,356 2,275
East Surrey 2,776 2,666 2,597 2,512 2,444 2,267 2,171
Chichester 1,255 1,244 1,250 1,237 1,225 1,204 1,180
Mid Downs 1,576 1,572 1,625 1,647 1,676 1,621 1,617
Worthing 933 925 952 945 980 982 996
Croydon 3,192 3,089 3,006 2,929 2,860 2,728 2,637
Kingston & Esher * * * 1,564 1,517 1,457 1,416
Richmond, Twickenham & Roehampton * * * 979 970 916 868
Wandsworth 2,871 2,689 2,543 2,476 2,494 2,534 2,338
Merton & Sutton 2,687 2,610 2,510 2,495 2,477 2,390 2,332
Wessex Regional Health Authority
East Dorset 2,126 2,135 2,093 2,128 2,187 2,233 2,258
West Dorset 1,704 1,702 1,693 1,693 1,653 1,640 1,551
Portsmouth 3,058 3,032 3,037 3,028 2,978 2,835 2,751
South West Hants. & Southampton 3,112 3,106 3,129 3,073 3,037 3,017 3,009
Winchester 921 915 910 899 875 867 866
Basingstoke 1,634 1,623 1,617 1,598 1,573 1,545 1,458
Salisbury 999 959 960 970 968 1,030 1,036
Swindon 1,478 1,435 1,382 1,336 1,347 1,377 1,311
West Wiltshire & Bath 3,044 3,029 2,974 2,947 2,838 2,737 2,681
Isle of Wight 946 909 868 875 855 794 734
Oxford Regional Health Authority
East Berkshire 1,773 1,775 1,759 1,726 1,668 1,642 1,607
West Berkshire 2,987 2,820 2,758 2,704 2,626 2,489 2,425
Aylesbury * * * 1,610 1,556 1,546 1,483
Wycombe 778 737 724 760 757 742 741
Milton Keynes * * * 209 209 354 458
Kettering 849 875 896 918 891 902 936
Northampton 2,116 2,129 2,163 2,068 2,087 2,013 1,936
Oxfordshire 3,288 3,246 3,155 3,120 3,024 3,034 2,970
South Western Regional Health Authority
Bristol & Weston 2,276 2,278 2,254 2,220 2,140 2,105 2,035
Frenchay 2,968 2,941 2,894 2,811 2,734 2,666 2,529
Southmead 2,175 2,089 2,060 2,005 1,917 1,802 1,688
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 2,670 2,693 2,747 2,745 2,691 2,621 2,521
Exeter 3,848 3,792 3,738 3,613 3,471 3,134 2,957
North Devon * * * 640 647 659 666
Plymouth * * * 2,226 2,200 2,167 2,167
Torbay 1,021 1,048 1,057 1,075 1,177 1,170 1,161
Cheltenham * * * 932 942 939 929
Gloucester * * * 2,248 2,201 2,088 2,060
Somerset 3,478 3,440 3,392 3,347 3,339 3,326 3,219
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,227 1,206 1,101 1,081 1,023 986 917
Herefordshire 1,174 1,151 1,126 1,106 1,064 1,019 976

Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Kidderminster & District 1,313 1,238 1,214 1,226 1,094 1,093 1,078
Worcester & District 1,684 1,645 1,619 1,630 1,603 1,567 1,461
Shropshire 2,603 2,573 2,578 2,573 2,564 2,480 2,448
Mid Staffordshire 1,372 1,399 1,372 1,309 1,319 1,309 1,301
North Staffordshire 3,492 3,499 3,504 3,448 3,406 3,358 3,336
South East Staffordshire 1,514 1,483 1,482 1,474 1,451 1,468 1,451
Rugby 327 327 328 334 324 318 326
North Warwickshire * * * 1,212 1,210 1,165 1,136
South Warwickshire * * * 1,893 1,866 1,834 1,755
Central Birmingham * * * 1,729 1,793 1,829 1,776
East Birmingham 966 966 988 997 990 972 961
North Birmingham 1,879 1,753 1,680 1,658 1,595 1,507 1,493
South Birmingham * * * 2,723 2,525 2,353 2,262
West Birmingham * * * 2,247 2,202 2,130 2,038
Coventry 1,871 1,937 1,930 1,937 1,909 1,839 1,886
Dudley 1,492 1,476 1,510 1,523 1,544 1,514 1,525
Sandwell 747 771 805 851 858 872 882
Solihull * * * 1,140 1,102 1,057 1,048
Walsall 1,762 1,697 1,676 1,628 1,598 1,614 1,568
Wolverhampton 1,543 1,503 1,484 1,510 1,506 1,479 1,485
Mersey Regional Health Authority
Chester 2,031 1,943 1,911 1,847 1,836 1,771 1,714
Crewe 2,310 2,201 2,180 1,789 1,760 1,692 1,668
Halton 452 438 445 449 406 358 396
Macclesfield 1,572 1,526 1,548 1,863 1,758 1,668 1,593
Warrington 2,991 2,974 2,917 2,797 2,705 2,620 2,496
Liverpool 4,024 4,003 3,805 3,766 3,740 3,561 3,359
St. Helens & Knowsley 2,734 2,561 2,606 2,620 2,535 2,462 2,353
Southport & Formby 1,324 1,275 1,250 1,299 1,281 1,207 1,170
South Sefton 1,755 1,709 1,740 1,750 1,681 1,668 1,718
Wirral 2,789 2,703 2,622 2,341 2,149 2,022 1,996
North Western Regional Health Authority
Lancaster 2,645 2,601 2,508 2,512 2,406 2,352 2,217
Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde 1,564 1,576 1,664 1,733 1,732 1,737 1,756
Preston * * * 2,318 2,239 2,196 2,173
Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley 2,825 2,781 2,746 2,706 2,665 2,624 2,579
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale 2,591 2,591 2,522 2,513 2,516 2,438 2,399
West Lancashire 886 862 854 851 851 867 812
Chorley & South Ribble * * * 374 378 357 345
Bolton 1,361 1,315 1,328 1,303 1,294 1,285 1,246
Bury 716 740 786 801 812 822 810
North Manchester 2,041 2,038 2,026 1,982 1,950 1,831 1,752
Central Manchester 1,137 1,201 1,227 1,254 1,250 1,242 1,272
South Manchester 2,408 2,423 2,389 2,401 2,417 2,355 2,277
Oldham 1,045 1,028 1,004 1,003 1,029 1,019 1,026
Rochdale 953 904 875 879 869 827 824
Salford 3,098 3,089 3,017 3,008 2,972 2,876 2,688
Stockport 1,677 1,692 1,759 1,816 1,793 1,749 1,724
Tameside & Glossop 869 965 981 941 917 942 945
Trafford 836 864 869 837 827 814 775
Wigan 1,479 1,450 1,430 1,446 1,467 1,426 1,403
Special Health Authorities
The Hospital for Sick Children 517 506 544 494 474 418 410
National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 357 355 345 356 351 341 349
Moorfields Eye Hospital 208 204 204 208 210 181 163
Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals 472 492 497 501 498 506 504
National Heart & Chest Hospitals 603 570 577 556 552 540 449
The Royal Marsden Hospital 361 361 350 340 343 333 344
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's * * * 891 900 917 868
* Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.
** Hammersmith and Fulham DHA and Victoria DHA prior to 1985.

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