HC Deb 15 December 1987 vol 124 cc486-7W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current bed availability, by district health authority, for London as at the latest date and the comparative figures for each year since 1979.

Mrs. Currie

The information requested is given in the table. The number of in-patient cases treated in London rose 5.7 per cent. between 1979 and 1986 from 1,045,877 to 1,105,481.

Health authorities 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's 1 1 1 891 900 917 868 845
London3 64,376 62,205 61,356 60,697 59,591 57,381 55,144 52,708
1 Comparable figures not readily available due to National Health Service restructuring in 1982.
2 Hammersmith and Fulham district health authority and Victoria district health authority prior to 1985.
3 Figures for 1979 to 1981 include data for districts which were split up in the 1982 National Health Service restructuring.