§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each health authority in each year since 1979 the total number of hospital beds and the number of acute beds.
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Average daily number of available beds in NHS hospitals for all specialties and for the acute1 specialties for years 1979 and 1985. Average daily number of available beds District Health Authority All specialties Acute1 specialties 1979 1985 1979 1985 Northern Regional Health Authority 25,305.3 23,772.5 10,509.1 9,698.0 Hartlepool 592.3 607.0 359.3 344.1 North Tees 956.1 940.9 468.7 438.2 South Tees 2,282.3 1,902.4 1,418.2 1,095.8 East Cumbria n/a 1,490.5 n/a 500.5 South Cumbria n/a 874.1 n/a 411.4 West Cumbria 1,113.1 1,046.9 380.9 330.3 Darlington 1,309.9 1,225.4 397.8 425.1 Durham 1,191.7 1,102.6 505.6 443.2 North West Durham 717.0 611.3 425.9 327.2 South West Durham 1,921.2 1,690.1 295.5 288.2 Northumberland 3,995.8 3,664.3 742.7 668.4 Gateshead 1,368.2 1,365.2 508.1 479.1 Newcastle 3,479.2 3,401.0 2,038.5 2,045.1 North Tyneside 719.0 725.3 436.4 448.3 South Tyneside 770.7 813.4 412.8 385.1 Sunderland 2,426.3 2,312.1 1,155.9 1,068.0 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 29,945.6 26,793.4 11,854.7 11,168.4 Hull 2,145.4 1,933.5 1,058.3 1,038.5 East Yorkshire 2,184.0 1,870.8 635.1 605.4 Grimsby 797.1 957.4 470.5 476.8 Scunthorpe 992.5 932.6 448.3 444.0 Northallerton 437.1 403.9 276.1 239.4 York n/a 2,377.1 n/a 711.8 Scarborough 688.8 676.3 391.0 371.4 Harrogate n/a 1,026.9 n/a 532.0 Bradford 2,721.4 2,509.6 1,224.1 1,172.3 Airedale 1,528.2 1,352.6 512.5 451.0 Calderdale 1,370.2 1,227.8 580.0 509.7 Huddersfield 2,625.0 2,058.6 592.0 524.5 Dewsbury 776.8 735.9 408.1 412.1 Leeds Western n/a 3,156.3 n/a 1,367.2 Leeds Eastern n/a 2,560.9 n/a 1,260.9 Wakefield 2,606.9 2,128.3 701.9 602.2 Pontefract 853.5 884.9 438.8 449.2 Trent Regional Health Authority 31,711.7 29,390.6 12,197.1 11,664.9 North Derbyshire 1,721.8 1,749.4 589.1 621.6 Southern Derbyshire 4,208.4 3,534.8 1,360.5 1,137.5 Leicestershire 5,140.2 5,045.0 1,849.7 1,852.4 North Lincolnshire 2,814.6 2,100.1 849.2 740.5 South Lincolnshire 1,893.9 1,768.4 647.4 669.5 Bassetlaw 403.0 432.7 240.0 229.1 Central Nottinghamshire 1,997.2 1,794.3 829.3 764.6 Nottingham 4,197.7 3,931.0 1,765.4 1,715.2 Barnsley 962.1 1,134.4 512.5 528.4 Doncaster n/a 1,879.3 n/a 716.5 Rotherham n/a 1,250.7 n/a 555.5 Sheffield 5,233.3 4,770.5 2,203.0 2,134.1 East Anglian Regional Health Authority 13,093.6 12,533.7 5,275.5 5,204.4 Cambridge n/a 1,844.2 n/a 784.6 Peterborough 1,121.7 1,146.1 660.9 626.1 West Suffolk n/a 1,247.2 n/a 531.0 East Suffolk n/a 2,476.8 n/a 830.2 Norwich 3,927.5 3,512.4 1,394.9 1,316.3 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 852.2 1,051.0 369.9 465.1 West Norfolk and Wisbech 830.2 847.3 438.2 389.0 Huntingdon n/a 408.7 n/a 262.1 North West Thames Regional Health Authority2 27,904.5 23,816.4 11,287.9 9,052.3 North Bedfordshire 1,232.6 1,204.1 503.4 502.3 South Bedfordshire 1,653.2 1,553.4 468.2 476.4 North Hertfordshire 848.6 841.9 505.8 484.2
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 8 December 1986, c. 67]: I regret I cannot provide the hon. Member with all the information he seeks. Figures for all the years requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The available information is given in the table.
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Average daily number of available beds District Health Authority All specialties Acute1 specialties 1979 1985 1979 1985 East Hertfordshire 828.5 713.8 416.4 363.8 North West Hertfordshire 3,288.2 3,175.0 478.1 485.0 South West Hertfordshire 2,384.9 2,060.7 470.9 442.9 Barnet 2,840.7 2,444.8 1,231.6 909.7 Harrow 908.1 904.5 559.2 556.6 Hillingdon 1,627.5 1,378.2 1,232.8 980.5 Hounslow and Spelthorne n/a 1,381.7 n/a 819.6 Ealing 1,708.9 1,543.4 241.6 372.7 Brent 2,315.9 1,939.0 528.3 456.3 Paddington and North Kensington 1,364.7 1,211.3 1,082.2 902.7 Riverside 5,255.6 3,464.6 2,359.2 1,299.6 North East Thames Regional Health Authority2 29,442.8 26,854.1 13,500.6 12,261.6 Basildon and Thurrock 1,892.7 1,945.4 671.2 708.4 Mid Essex 1,281.8 1,429.0 502.3 614.6 North East Essex 3,381.3 2,541.3 924.4 644.6 West Essex 1,256.2 1,192.1 683.5 614.1 Southend 1,937.0 1,792.5 633.6 646.3 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 3,283.2 2,877.9 1,437.0 1,215.6 Hampstead n/a 1,874.6 n/a 742.3 Bloomsbury n/a 2,115.8 n/a 1,641.3 Islington n/a 916.6 n/a 584.8 City and Hackney n/a 1,754.2 n/a 1,096.2 Newham 940.6 879.8 761.1 523.4 Tower Hamlets n/a 1,354.7 n/a 856.5 Enfield 1,233.8 1,068.9 678.5 539.2 Haringey 1,235.8 986.4 878.2 636.3 Redbridge 1,654.8 1,616.9 414.7 443.3 Waltham Forest 3,310.7 2,508.0 1,000.7 754.7 South East Thames Regional Health Authority2 28,407.9 24,296.6 12,082.8 10,509.8 Brighton 1,896.2 1,704.2 1,183.9 1,032.2 Eastbourne 1,714.4 1,390.2 465.6 447.6 Hastings 1,064.3 901.0 520.6 456.8 South East Kent 1,003.5 1,063.9 549.2 558.9 Canterbury and Thanet 2,925.6 2,375.8 990.2 771.6 Dartford and Gravesham 2,645.8 1,990.2 661.0 565.5 Maidstone 1,740.5 1,563.3 414.7 389.4 Medway 991.2 1,030.3 569.8 598.2 Tunbridge Wells 2,418.6 2,032.7 829.4 775.5 Bexley 1,653.2 1,435.3 391.6 339.2 Greenwich 1,776.9 1,516.6 1,074.1 958.9 Bromley 2,590.8 1,988.9 879.2 676.4 West Lambeth n/a 1,992.8 n/a 811.9 Camberwell 1,432.3 1,263.7 968.4 854.5 Lewisham and North Southwark 2,335.5 2,047.7 1,703.9 1,273.2 South West Thames Regional Health Authority2 26,242.0 22,209.6 8,347.5 7,131.2 North West Surrey 2,138.4 1,721.3 543.6 514.1 West Surrey and North East Hampshire 1,742.8 1,756.6 456.8 465.5 South West Surrey 857.3 902.1 567.3 552.9 Mid Surrey 2,900.6 2,275.0 462.0 411.9 East Surrey 2,775.7 2,170.8 584.1 437.3 Chichester 1,254.8 1,180.3 413.7 409.5 Mid Downs 1,575.9 1,616.5 524.9 562.1 Worthing 933.0 995.9 494.8 519.6 Croydon 3,191.8 2,637.3 648.4 566.2 Kingston and Esher n/a 1,416.2 n/a 493.3 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton n/a 867.7 n/a 374.5 Wandsworth 2,870.9 2,337.5 1,343.9 1,019.9 Merton and Sutton 2,687.1 2,332.4 954.9 804.4 Wessex Regional Health Authority 19,021.2 17,653.8 7,599.5 7,409.1 East Dorset 2,126.2 2,258.2 1,118.2 1,083.7 West Dorset 1,704.0 1,551.3 457.4 462.1 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,057.5 2,751.0 1,142.2 1,129.8 Southampton and South West Hampshire 3,112.4 3,008.6 1,369.7 1,361.8 Winchester 920.9 865.6 413.1 384.7 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 1,633.7 1,458.3 487.8 524.1 Salisbury 999.4 1,035.5 462.7 485.2 Swindon 1,477.6 1,310.8 583.1 519.9 West Wiltshire and Bath 3,043.5 2,680.8 1,254.7 1,156.6 Isle of Wight 946.0 733.7 310.6 301.2
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Average daily number of available beds District Health Authority All specialties Acute1 specialties 1979 1985 1979 1985 Oxford Regional Health Authority 13,664.4 12,555.1 5,976.4 5,863.4 East Berkshire 1,773.3 1,607.2 948.5 821.7 West Berkshire 2,987.4 2,424.5 1,029.3 930.5 Aylesbury Vale n/a 1,482.5 n/a 577.3 Wycombe 777.7 741.3 474.6 436.4 Milton Keynes n/a 458.2 n/a 261.4 Kettering 849.3 935.6 468.8 446.7 Northampton 2,116.2 1,935.8 776.8 768.8 Oxfordshire 3,288.4 2,970.0 1,649.8 1,620.6 South Western Regional Health Authority 24,456.3 21,932.1 8,872.2 8,672.2 Bristol and Weston 2,275.9 2,035.1 1,240.3 1,156.6 Frenchay 2,968.4 2,529.4 567.0 579.0 Southmead 2,175.3 1,687.6 778.8 653.7 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,670.2 2,521.0 772.7 793.3 Exeter n/a 2,956.9 n/a 971.2 North Devon 604.6 665.8 327.4 332.3 Plymouth 2,241.3 2,166.5 1,040.2 1,063.0 Torbay n/a 1,161.4 n/a 712.6 Cheltenham n/a 929.1 n/a 535.5 Gloucester n/a 2,060.3 n/a 838.3 Somerset 3,477.7 3,219.0 1,015.7 1,036.7 West Midlands Regional Health Authority 36,263.3 33,108.0 14,490.4 13,966.8 Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,226.8 916.5 528.8 366.0 Herefordshire 1,174.2 976.0 493.4 416.7 Kidderminster and District 1,313.0 1,077.9 211.0 221.6 Worcester and District 1,683.6 1,460.7 581.4 554.2 Shropshire 2,602.5 2,448.4 1,228.0 1,201.8 Mid Staffordshire 1,371.9 1,301.0 401.3 426.9 North Staffordshire 3,491.6 3,335.8 1,182.3 1,206.2 South East Staffordshire 1,513.8 1,451.1 394.0 381.5 Rugby 327.1 326.2 207.5 224.5 North Warwickshire n/a 1,136.1 n/a 318.2 South Warwickshire n/a 1,755.1 n/a 526.1 Central Birmingham n/a 1,776.4 n/a 1,155.5 East Birmingham 966.2 960.5 770.3 764.3 North Birmingham 1,879.4 1,493.2 496.4 489.9 South Birmingham n/a 2,262.1 n/a 953.7 West Birmingham n/a 2,037.6 n/a 833.2 Coventry 1,871.3 1,885.9 1,018.1 1,033.3 Dudley 1,491.8 1,524.7 846.7 808.6 Sandwell 747.2 882.1 484.3 540.9 Solihull n/a 1,048.2 n/a 263.4 Walsall 1,761.9 1,567.5 507.3 478.8 Wolverhampton 1,542.6 1,485.0 898.8 801.5 Mersey Regional Health Authority 21,981.5 18,463.9 8,722.1 7,092.2 Chester 2,030.5 1,714.2 548.7 512.7 Crewe n/a 1,667.8 n/a 525.2 Halton 452.0 396.4 60.0 96.5 Macclesfield n/a 1,593.2 n/a 366.3 Warrington 2,991.0 2,496.2 481.4 482.3 Liverpool 4,023.7 3,359.0 2,482.6 1,958.3 St. Helens and Knowsley n/a 2,353.3 n/a 674.9 Southport and Formby 1,323.7 1,170.0 418.7 358.7 South Sefton 1,755.1 1,718.0 1,230.4 1,070.2 Wirral 2,789.4 1,995.8 1,815.4 1,047.1 North Western Regional Health Authority 30,811.5 29,021.0 13,467.0 12,471.5 Lancaster 2,644.8 2,216.7 446.5 432.5 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 1,563.5 1,755.7 858.0 840.8 Preston n/a 2,172.7 n/a 802.9 Blackburn, Hynburn and Ribble Valley 2,824.6 2,579.3 739.7 786.6 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,591.1 2,399.1 724.1 681.7 West Lancashire 885.5 811.7 604.4 503.0 Chorley and South Ribble n/a 345.1 n/a 68.5 Bolton 1,360.8 1,245.5 680.5 579.6 Bury 716.2 810.0 396.3 406.4 North Manchester 2,040.8 1,752.2 1,219.1 984.3 Central Manchester 1,136.6 1,272.0 934.6 914.9 South Manchester 2,407.6 2,277.3 1,545.3 1,438.9 Oldham 1,044.9 1,025.6 510.2 456.3 Rochdale 953.1 823.8 550.5 430.4
Average daily number of available beds District Health Authority All specialties Acute1 specialties 1979 1985 1979 1985 Salford 3,097.6 2,687.6 982.7 925.1 Stockport 1,677.1 1,723.8 868.3 784.2 Tameside and Glossop 868.9 944.9 419.4 444.6 Trafford 835.9 774.7 476.8 370.9 Wigan 1,478.5 1,403.3 640.7 619.9 Directly Administered Hospitals2 3,418.6 3,086.2 2,861.3 2,302.8 The Hospitals for Sick Children 517.4 409.8 511.9 401.8 National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 356.5 348.7 356.5 337.7 Moorfields Eye Hospital 207.7 163.1 207.7 163.1 Bethlem and Royal Maudsley Hospitals 471.9 504.2 58.0 56.5 National Heart and Chest Hospitals 602.9 448.6 602.9 448.6 Royal Marsden Hospital 360.7 343.7 360.7 343.7 Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 277.5 868.1 139.6 551.4 Eastman Dental Hospital 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ENGLAND 361,670.2 325,487.0 147,044.1 134,468.6 1Acute is all specialties less geriatrics, younger disabled, GP maternity, obstetrics, mental handicap and mental illness. 2Figures for 1979 not comparable with those given for 1985 because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982. n/a Comparable figures for 1979 not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982 or because of subsequent inter DHA movement of hospitals.