HC Deb 06 November 1987 vol 121 c906W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for 1984 for each region and for England as a whole the number of deaths and discharges a month compared to the number of beds occupied.

Mrs. Currie

Information about discharges and deaths is not collected centrally on a monthly basis. The annual figures are given in the table.

1984
Regional health authority Discharges and deaths Average number of beds occupied daily
Northern 420,080 19,145
Yorkshire 499,895 21,424
Trent 557,930 23,512
East Anglian 238,332 9,959
North West Thames 415,559 20,219
North East Thames 534,760 23,277
South East Thames 487,772 20,430
South West Thames 338,587 19,405
Wessex 345,528 14,249
Oxford 284,583 10,066
South Western 399,018 18,136
West Midlands 644,202 27,119
Mersey 322,138 15,923
North Western 597,756 23,994
Special hospital areas 91,405 2,466
England 6,177,545 269,324