§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how the reduction in the average daily number of National Health Service beds between 1979 and now is distributed(a) by region and (b) by each district health authority.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 21 January 1987, c. 623]: The information requested is given in the table. Between 1979 and 1985 the total number of in-patient cases rose by 17.7 per cent. from 5,400,120 to 6,353,812. Many of the bed reductions are in mental illness and mental handicap as a result of the push for community care.
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Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1985 Change in available beds 1979 to 1985 Trent Regional Health Authority North Derbyshire 1,722 1,749 28 South Derbyshire 4,208 3,535 -674 Leicestershire 5,140 5,045 -95 North Lincolnshire 2,815 2,100 -715 South Lincolnshire 1,894 1,768 -126 Bassetlaw 403 433 30 Central Nottinghamshire 1,997 1,794 -203 Nottingham 4,198 3,931 -267 Barnsley 962 1,134 172 Doncaster 1 1,879 1 Rotherham 1 1,251 1 Sheffield 5,233 4,771 -463 RHA Total 31,712 29,391 -2,321 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge 1 1,844 1 Peterborough 1,122 1,146 24 West Suffolk 1 1,247 1 East Suffolk 1 2,477 1 Norwich 3,928 3,512 -415 Great Yarmouth 852 1,051 199 West Norfolk & Wisbech 830 847 17 Huntingdon 1 409 1 RHA Total 13,094 12,534 -560 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 1,233 1,204 -29 South Bedfordshire 1,653 1,553 -100 North Hertfordshire 849 842 -7 East Hertfordshire 829 714 -115 North West Hertfordshire 3,288 3,175 -113 South West Hertfordshire 2,385 2,061 -324 Barnet 2,841 2,445 -396 Harrow 908 905 -4 Hillingdon 1,628 1,378 -249 Hounslow & Spelthorne 1 1,382 1 Ealing 1,709 1,543 -166 Brent 2,316 1,939 -377 Paddington 1,365 1,211 -153 Riverside 3,226 3,465 239 RHA Total 27,904 23,816 -4,088 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon and Thurrock 1,893 1,945 53 Mid Essex 1,282 1,429 147 North East Essex 3,381 2,541 -840 West Essex 1,256 1,192 -64 Southend 1,937 1,793 -145 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 3,283 2,878 -405 Hampstead 1 1,875 1 Bloomsbury 1 2,116 1 Islington 1 917 1 City and Hackney 1,990 1,754 -236 Newham 941 880 -61 Tower Hamlets 1,561 1,355 -207 Enfield 1,234 1,069 -165 Haringey 1,236 986 -249 Redbridge 1,655 1,617 -38 Waltham Forest 3,311 2,508 -803 RHA Total 29,443 26,854 -2,589 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton 1,896 1,704 -192 Eastbourne 1,714 1,390 -324 Hastings 1,064 901 -163 South East Kent 1,004 1,064 60 Canterbury and Thanet 2,926 2,376 -550
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Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1985 Change in available beds 1979 to 1985 Dartford and Gravesham 2,646 1,990 -656 Maidstone 1,741 1,563 -177 Medway 991 1,030 39 Tunbridge Wells 2,419 2,033 -386 Bexley 1,653 1,435 -218 Greenwich 1,777 1,517 -260 Bromley 2,591 1,989 -602 West Lambeth 1 1,993 1 Camberwell 1,432 1,264 -169 Lewisham and North Southwark 2,336 2,048 -288 RHA Total 28,408 24,297 -4,111 South-West Thames Regional Health Authority North West Surrey 2,138 1,721 -417 West Surrey & North East Hants 1,743 1,757 14 South West Surrey 857 902 45 Mid Surrey 2,901 2,275 -626 East Surrey 2,776 2,171 -605 Chichester 1,255 1,180 -75 Mid Downs 1,576 1,617 41 Worthing 933 996 63 Croydon 3,192 2,637 -555 Kingston & Esher 1 1,416 1 Richmond, Twickenham &Roehampton 1 868 1 Wandsworth 2,871 2,338 -533 Merton & Sutton 2,687 2,332 -355 RHA Total 26,242 22,210 -4,032 Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorset 2,126 2,258 132 West Dorset 1,704 1,551 -153 Portsmouth 3,058 2,751 -307 South West Hants. & Southampton 3,112 3,009 -104 Winchester 921 866 -55 Basingstoke 1,634 1,458 -175 Salisbury 999 1,036 36 Swindon 1,478 1,311 -167 West Wiltshire & Bath 3,044 2,681 -363 Isle of Wight 946 734 -212 RHA Total 19,021 17,654 -1,367 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 1,773 1,607 -166 West Berkshire 2,987 2,425 -563 Aylesbury 1 1,483 1 Wycombe 778 741 -36 Milton Keynes 1 458 1 Kettering 849 936 86 Northampton 2,116 1,936 -180 Oxfordshire 3,288 2,970 -318 RHA Total 13,664 12,555 -1,109 South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol and Weston 2,276 2,035 -241 Frenchay 2,968 2,529 -439 Southmead 2,175 1,688 -488 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,670 2,521 -149 Exeter 3,848 2,957 -891 North Devon 1 666 1 Plymouth 1 2,167 1 Torbay 1,021 1,161 140 Cheltenham 1 929 1 Gloucester 1 2,060 1 Somerset 3,478 3,219 -259 RHA Total 24,456 21,932 -2,524 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,227 917 -310
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1985 Change in available beds 1979 to 1985 Herefordshire 1,174 976 -198 Kidderminster and District 1,313 1,078 -235 Worcester and District 1,684 1,461 -223 Shropshire 2,603 2,448 -154 Mid Staffordshire 1,372 1,301 -71 North Staffordshire 3,492 3,336 -156 South East Staffordshire 1,514 1,451 -63 Rugby 327 326 -1 North Warwickshire 1 1,136 1 South Warwickshire 1 1,755 1 Central Birmingham 1 1,776 1 East Birmingham 966 961 -6 North Birmingham 1,879 1,493 -386 South Birmingham 1 2,262 1 West Birmingham 1 2,038 1 Coventry 1,871 1,886 15 Dudley 1,492 1,525 33 Sandwell 747 882 135 Solihull 1 1,048 1 Walsall 1,762 1,568 -194 Wolverhampton 1,543 1,485 -58 RHA Total 36,263 33,108 -3,155 Mersey Regional Health Authority Chester 2,031 1,714 -316 Crewe 2,310 1,668 -643 Halton 452 396 -56 Macclesfield 1,572 1,593 21 Warrington 2,991 2,496 -495 Liverpool 4,024 3,359 -665 St. Helens and Knowsley 2,734 2,353 -380 Southport and Formby 1,324 1,170 -154 South Sefton 1,755 1,718 -37 Wirral 2,789 1,996 -794 RHA Total 21,981 18,464 -3,517 North Western Regional Health Authority Lancaster 2,645 2,217 -428 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 1,564 1,756 192 Preston 1 2,173 1 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,825 2,579 -245 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,591 2,399 -192 West Lancashire 886 812 -74 Chorley and South Ribble 1 345 1 Bolton 1,361 1,246 -115 Bury 716 810 94 North Manchester 2,041 1,752 -289 Central Manchester 1,137 1,272 135 South Manchester 2,408 2,277 -130 Oldham 1,045 1,026 -19 Rochdale 953 824 -129 Salford 3,098 2,688 -410 Stockport 1,677 1,724 47 Tameside and Glossop 869 945 76 Trafford 836 775 -61 Wigan 1,479 1,403 -75 RHA Total 30,811 29,021 -1,790
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Average daily number of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in England Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1985 Change inavailable beds 1979–85 Special Health Authorities The Hospital For Sick Children 517 410 -108 National Hospitals For Nervous Diseases 357 349 -8 Moorfields Eye Hospital 208 163 -45 Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals 472 504 32 National Heart & Chest Hospitals 603 449 -154
Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1985 Change inavailable beds 1979–85 The Royal Marsden Hospital 361 344 -17 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's 1 868 2 SHA Total 3,419 3,086 -333 England Total 361,670 325,488 -36,182 1Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982 and therefore district figures may not sum to regional totals. 2Hammersmith and Fulham D H A and Victoria D H A prior to 1985