§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, region by region, the percentage change in average available daily beds for each district health authority for the years 1979–80 and 1986–87.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe available information for the years 1979 and 1986 is given in the table. Over the same period the number of in-patient and day cases treated rose from nearly 6 million to nearly 74½. million, an increase of about 25 per cent.
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Average available beds for the year 1979 and 1986 showing percentage change District Health Authority 1979 1986 Percentage change Northern Regional Health Authority 23,305.3 23,239.6 -8.2 Hartlepool 592.3 638.7 7.8 North Tees 956.1 937.3 -20 South Tees 2,282.3 1,877.3 -17.7 East Cumbria1 — 1,501.4 — South Cumbria1 — 841.2 — West Cumbria 1,113.1 964.9 -13.3 Darlington 1,309.9 1,155.7 -11.8 Durham 1,191.7 1,107.0 -7.1 North West Durham 717.0 603.6 -15.8 South West Durham 1,921.2 1,640.2 -14.6 Northumberland 3,995.8 3,481.7 -12 9 Gateshead 1,368.2 1,353.1 -1.1 Newcastle 3,479.2 3,363.2 -3.3 North Tyneside 719.0 694.3 -3.4 South Tyneside 770.7 806.9 4.7 Sunderland 2,426.3 2,273.1 -6.3 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 29,945.6 25,676.2 -14.3 Hull 2,145.4 1,861.8 -13.2 East Yorkshire 2,184.0 1,676.0 -23.3 Grimsby 797.1 970.0 21.7 Scunthorpe 992.5 920.7 -7.2 Northallerton 437.1 404.7 -7.4 York1 — 2,277.8 — Scarborough 688.8 650.0 -5.6 Harrogate1 — 955.0 — Bradford 2,721.4 2,480.0 -8.9 Airedale 1,528.2 1,311.5 -14.2 Calderdale 1,370.2 1,214.2 -11.4 Huddersfield 2,625.0 1,903.1 -27.5 Dewsbury 776.8 732.8 -5.7 Leeds Western1 — 2,969.1 — Leeds Eastern1 — 2,494.8 — Wakefield 2,606.9 1,974.1 -24.3 Pontefract 853.5 880.6 3.2 Trent Regional Health Authority 31,711.7 28,902.1 -8.9 North Derbyshire 1,721.8 1,746.7 1.4 Southern Derbyshire 4,208.4 3,438.0 -18.3 Leicestershire 5,140.2 5,000.8 -2.7 North Lincolnshire 2,814.6 2,001.5 -28.9 South Lincolnshire 1,893.9 1,803.0 -4.8 Bassetlaw 403.0 478.0 18.6 Central Nottinghamshire 1,997.2 1,718.4 -14.0 Nottingham 4,197.7 3,794.2 -9.6 Barnsley 962.1 1,126.6 17.1 Doncaster1 — 1,847.3 — 701W
District Health Authority 1979 1986 Percentage change Rotherham1 — 1,270.6 — Sheffield 5,233.3 4,677.0 -10.6 East Anglian Regional Health Authority 13,093.6 12,451.9 -4.9 Cambridge1 — 1,827.7 — Peterborough 1,121.7 1,144.7 2.1 West Suffolk1 — 1,255.8 — East Suffolk1 — 2,429.0 — Norwich 3,927.5 3,452.5 -12.1 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 852.2 1,054.1 23.7 West Norfolk and Wisbech 830.2 837.5 0.9 Huntington1 — 450.6 — North West Thames Regional Health Authority2 27,904.5 22,904.7 -17.9 North Bedfordshire 1,232.6 1,183.3 -4.0 South Bedfordshire 1,653.2 1,524.1 -7.8 North Hertfordshire 848.6 803.7 -5.3 East Hertfordshire 828.5 734.8 -11.3 North West Hertfordshire 3,288.2 4,283.7 30.3 South West Hertfordshire 2,384.9 788.3 -66.9 Barnet 2,840.7 2,324.0 -18.2 Harrow 908.1 886.3 -2.4 Hillingdon 1,627.5 1,329.1 -18.3 Hounslow and Spelthorne1 — 1,356.3 — Ealing 1,708.9 1,509.2 -11.7 Brent 2,315.9 1,882.9 -18.7 Paddington and North Kensington 1,364.7 1,208.4 -11.5 Riverside 5,255.6 3,090.6 -41.2 North East Thames Regional Health Authority2 29,442.8 25,982.0 -11.8 Basildon and Thurrock 1,892.7 1,911.2 1.0 Mid Essex 1,281.8 1,352.0 5.5 North East Essex 3,381.3 2,469.3 -27.0 West Essex 1,256.2 1,201.3 -4.4 Southend 1,937.0 1,690.3 -12.7 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 3,283.2 2,764.8 -15.8 Hampstead1 1,818.3 — Bloomsbury1 1,971 0 — Islington1 865.8 — City & Hackney1 1,685.8 — Newham 940.6 876.1 -6.9 Tower Hamlets1 1,289.6 — Enfield 1,223.8 1,055.2 -14.5 Haringey 1,235.8 1,071.9 -13.3 Redbridge 1,654.8 1,552.8 -6.2 Waltham Forest 3,310.7 2,406.6 -27.3 South East Thames Regional Authority2 28,407.9 23,095.6 -18.7 Brighton 1,896.2 1,653.8 -12 8 Eastbourne 1,714.4 1,326.5 -22.6 Hastings 1,064.3 895.4 -15.9 South East Kent 1,003.5 1,076.8 7.3 Canterbury and Thanet 2,925.6 2,202.4 -24.7 Dartford and Gravesham 2,645.8 1,855.5 -29.9 Maidstone 1,740.5 1,489.4 -14.4 Medway 991.2 1,058.2 6.8 Tunbridge Wells 2,418.6 1,902.4 -21.3 Bexley 1,653.2 1,386.3 -16.1 Greenwich 1,776.9 1,333.6 -24.9 Bromley 2,590.8 1,887.0 -27.2 West Lambeth1 1,887.1 — Camberwell 1,432.3 1,231.7 -14.0 Lewisham and North Southwark 2,335.5 1,909.5 -18.2 702W
District Health Authority 1979 1986 Percentage change South West Thames Regional Health Authority2 26,242.0 21,141.4 -19.4 North West Surrey 2,138.4 1,620.9 -24.2 West Surrey and North East Hants 1,742.8 1,627.4 -6.6 South West Surrey 857.3 922.0 7.5 Mid Surrey 2,900.6 2,150.6 -25.9 East Surrey 2,775.7 1,957.4 -29.5 Chichestcr 1,254.8 1,134.7 -9.6 Mid Downs 1,575.9 1,623.4 3.0 Worthing 9330 1,002.1 7.4 Croydon 3,191.8 2,396.5 -24.9 Kingston and Esher1 — 1,377.6 — Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton1 — 859.5 — Wandsworth 2,870.9 2,234.3 -22.2 Merton and Sutton 2,687.1 2,235.0 -16 8 Wessex Regional Health Authority 19,021.2 17,169.5 -9.7 East Dorset 2,126.2 2,274.2 7.0 West Dorset 1,704.0 1,499.9 -12.0 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,057.5 2,656.6 -13.1 Southampton and South West Hampshire 3,112.4 2,859.6 -8.1 Winchester 920.9 842.8 -8.5 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 1,633.7 1,414.9 -13.4 Salisbury 999.4 1,012.7 1.3 Swindon 1,477.6 1,280.0 -3.4 West Wiltshire and Bath 3,043.5 2,645.0 -13.1 Isle of Wight 9460 683.8 -27.7 Oxford Regional Health Authority 13,664.4 12,216.3 -10.6 East Berkshire 1,773.3 1,537.1 -13.3 West Berkshire 2,987.4 2,335.6 -21.8 Aylesbury Vale1 — 1,421.6 — Wycombe 777.7 739.9 -4.9 Milton Keynes1 — 470.3 — Kettering 849.3 919.4 8.3 Northampton 2,116.2 1,841.4 -13.0 Oxfordshire 3,288.4 2,951.0 -10.3 South Western Regional Health Authority 24,456.3 21,258.6 -13.1 Bristol and Weston 2,275.9 1,989.0 -12.6 Frenchay 2,968.4 2,430.6 -18.1 Southmead 2,175.3 1,602.2 -26.3 Cornwall and Isles of Stilly 2,670.2 2,410.3 -9.7 Exeter1 — 2,740.9 — North Devon 604.6 673.6 11.4 Plymouth 2,241.3 2,163.3 -3.5 Torbay1 — 1,177.5 — Cheltenham1 — 968.4 — Gloucester1 — 1,981.8 — Somerset 3,477.7 3,121.0 -10.3 West Midlands Regional Health Authority 36,263.3 32,286.1 -11.0 Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,226.8 916.7 -25.3 Herefordshire 1,174.2 924.7 -21.2 Kidderminister and District 1,313.0 1,025.4 -21.9 Worcester and District 1,683.6 1,294.7 -23.1 Shropshire 2,602.5 2,381.9 -8.5 Mid Staffordshire 1,371.9 1,297.6 -5.4 North Staffordshire 3,491.6 3,296.1 -5.6 South East Staffordshire 1,513.8 1,785.8 18.0 Rugby 327.1 332.7 1.7 North Warwickshire1 — 1,109.3 — 703W
District Health Authority 1979 1986 Percentage change South Warwickshire1 — 1,706.7 — Central Birmingham1 — 1,738.9 — East Birmingham 966.2 9141 -5.4 North Birmingham 1,879.4 1,130.1 -39.9 South Birmingham1 — 2,165.8 — West Birmingham1 — 1,982.1 — Coventry 1,871.3 1,809.5 -3.3 Dudley 1,491.8 1,570.8 5.3 Sandwell 747.2 860.4 15.1 Solihull1 — 1,040.0 — Walsall 1,761.9 1,514.4 -14.0 Wolverhampton 1,542.6 1,488.4 -3.5 Mersey Regional Health Authority 21,981.5 17,959.0 -18.3 Chester 2,030.5 1,672.3 -17.6 Crewe1 — 1,620.6 — Halton 4520 430.4 -4.8 Macclesfield1 — 1,527.1 — Warrington 2,991.0 2,433.7 -18.6 Liverpool 4,023.7 3,238.9 -19.5 St. Helens and Knowsley1 — 2,305.0 — Southport and Formby 1,323.7 1,123.7 -15.1 South Sefton 1,755.1 1,650.8 -5.9 Wirral 2,789.4 1,956.5 -29.9 North Western Regional Health Authority 30,811.5 28,405.7 -7.8 Lancaster 2,644.8 2,105.6 -20.4 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 1,563.5 1,730.3 10.7 Preston1 — 2,059.7 — Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,824.6 2,508.9 -11 2 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,591.1 2,302.5 -11.1 West Lancashire 885.5 790.2 —10.8 Chorley and South Ribble1 — 345.3 — Bolton 1,360.8 1,250.7 -8.1 Bury 716.2 816.2 14.0 North Manchester 2,040.8 1,691.9 -17.1 Central Manchester 1,1366 1,246.2 9.6 South Manchester 2,407.6 2,186.7 -9.2 Oldham 1,044.9 1,004.4 -3.9 Rochdale 9531 843.2 -11.5 Salford 3,097.6 2,665.5 -13.9 Stockport 1,677.1 1,741.3 3.8 Tameside and Glossop 868.9 956.8 10.1 Trafford 835.9 747.4 -10.6 Wigan 1,478.5 1,412.9 -4.4 Directly Administered Hospitals2 3,418.6 3,025.1 -11.5 The Hospitals for Sick Children 517.4 402.2 -22.3 National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 356.5 337.9 -5.2 Moorfields Eye Hospital 207.7 151.7 -27.0 Bethlem and Royal Maudsley Hospitals 471.9 511.3 8.3 National Heart and Chest Hospitals 602.9 423.2 -29.8 Royal Marsden Hospital 360.7 354.2 -1.8 Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 277.5 844.6 204.4 Eastman Dental Hospital 0.0 0.0 — England 361,670.2 315,713.8 -12.7 1 Comparable figures for 1979 not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982 or because of subsequent inter DHA movement of hospitals. 2 Figures for 1979 not comparable with those given for 1986 because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what advice he has given to health authorities about closing any more beds in the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieNone.