HC Deb 30 March 1987 vol 113 c411W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (I) if he will give for each district health authority in England in 1985 (a) the total number of beds in non-psychiatric National Health Service hospitals, (b) the total number of beds in private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics registered under section 23 of the Registered Nursing Homes Act 1984 and (c) the number of beds in private institutions expressed as a percentage of the number of non-psychiatric hospital beds;

(2) if he will give for each district health authority in England in 1985 (a) the total number of beds per 100,000 population in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984, (b) the total number of beds for .care of the elderly (those over 65 years requiring long-stay nursing care) in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984 and (c) the number of beds for the care of the elderly per 100,000 population aged over 65 years in institutions registered under the Nursing Homes Act 1984.