HC Deb 02 February 1988 vol 126 cc581-3W
Mr. Evennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the number of in-patient beds currently available in each outer London health district; and if he will identify what proportion of beds in each district is available for patients requiring intensive care;

Average daily number of available beds in the National Health Service, Outer London, 1986
District Health Authority Acute Maternity Geriatric Units for Younger disabled Mental handicap Mental illness Total
Barnet 740.0 110.3 509.3 30.0 30.0 904.4 2,324.0
Harrow 544.7 100.0 155.6 — — 86.0 886.3
Hillingdon 920.5 77.0 262.6 15.0 — 54.0 1,329.1
Hounslow and Spelthorne 803.1 109.6 286.4 — — 157.2 1,356.3
Ealing 381.9 55.0 158.2 — — 914.1 1,509.2
Brent 433.7 57.9 302.3 16.0 92.0 981.0 1,882.9
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 1,188.8 101.1 505.1 33.8 133.6 802.4 2,764.8
Enfield 519.8 88.6 229.8 16.8 76.9 123.3 1,055.2
Haringey 715.3 69.0 211.5 — 7.0 69.1 1,071.9
Redbridge 422.9 103.0 276.0 7.3 20.0 723.6 1,552.8
Waltham Forest 713.1 88.5 383.3 15.0 218.0 988.7 2,406.6
Bexley 322.2 83.0 129.8 18.1 — 833.2 1,386.3
Greenwich 811.2 90.4 316.9 — 64.0 51.1 1,333.6
Bromley 643.1 77.3 270.1 — 73.0 823.5 1,887.0
Croydon 562.5 63.6 292.2 — 1,061.8 416.4 2,396.5
Kingston and Esher 447.1 59.4 174.6 — — 696.5 1,377.6
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 357.2 35.3 262.5 — 167.0 37.5 859.5
Merton and Sutton 744.9 55.0 282.1 15.0 946.7 191.3 2,235.0

In-patient cases treated in the National Health Service, Outer London, 1986
District Health Authority Acute Maternity Geriatric Units for younger disabled Mental handicap Mental illness Total
Barnet 26,743 4,831 2,624 51 355 1,111 35,715
Harrow 21,352 4,474 1,234 — — 807 27,867
Hillingdon 33,915 3,899 1,328 39 — 256 39,477
Hounslow and Spelthorne 30,003 5,132 2,150 — — 792 38,077
Ealing 13,257 2,511 791 — — 3,085 19,644
Brent 16,224 2,863 1,889 81 113 1,176 22,346
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 38,069 5,577 1,532 97 322 1,462 47,059
Enfield 17,590 4,116 1,104 63 181 527 23,581
Haringey 17,494 3,928 1,765 — 3 501 23,691
Redbridge 13,438 4,093 1,038 28 1 1,311 19,909
Waltham Forest 28,724 4,810 3,741 51 200 1,337 38,863
Bexley 12,791 4,015 1,642 253 — 1,593 20,294
Greenwich 29,017 4,490 2,020 — 248 583 36,358
Bromley 21,278 3,770 2,367 — 213 1,327 28,955
Croydon 22,457 5,056 1,661 — 303 1,932 31,409
Kingston and Esher 19,203 3,026 1,325 — — 1,261 24,815
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 14,002 1,775 1,793 — 75 341 17,986
Merton and Sutton 27,927 4,145 1,490 34 516 835 34,947

In-patient average length of stay in 1986 for:
District Health Authority Acute Maternity Geriatric Units for younger disabled
Barnet 8.5 4.5 65.4 194.0
Harrow 7.4 4.8 43.2 —
Hillingdon 8.3 4.3 51.8 135.6
Hounslow and Spelthorne 7.8 4.8 47.1 —
Ealing 8.7 5.0 69.1 —

(2) if he will list the total number of (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients treated in each of the outer London health districts in the last year for which figures are available;

(3) if he will list the average length of stay for in-patients in each of the outer London health districts.

Mrs. Currie

The tables show the available information. No information is available centrally on the number of beds used for intensive care treatment, or on the average lengths of stay of mental handicap and mental illness inpatients.

District Health Authority Acute Maternity Geriatric Units for younger disabled
Brent 15.8 4.6 49.6 60.7
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 9.1 5.4 115.7 116.2
Enfield 8.6 6.2 68.5 95.6
Haringey 12.2 5.3 40.7 —
Redbridge 9.6 4.4 94.5 84.7
Waltham Forest 7.2 4.3 31.6 68.0
Bexley 7.3 5.7 25.3 15.9
Greenwich 8.1 4.7 56.1 —
Bromley 8.3 4.0 45.0 —
Croydon 7.4 3.9 56.9 —
Kingston and Esher 7.2 4.9 45.7 —
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 7.3 4.9 330.8 —
Merton and Sutton 7.7 3.7 63.6 73.6

New out-patients treated in the National Health Service, Outer London, 1986
District Health Authority Acute Maternity Geriatric Units for younger disabled Mental handicap Mental illness Total
Barnet 45,754 4,895 237 — — 1,269 52,155
Harrow 28,817 3,450 85 — 3 445 32,800
Hillingdon 49,361 3,750 13 — 9 913 54,046
Hounslow and Spelthorne 57,704 6,509 382 — — 1,944 66,589
Ealing 23,080 2,208 266 — — 994 26,548
Brent 37,127 2,640 12 — 15 1,015 40,809
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 61,411 5,666 48 — — 1,132 68,257
Enfield 26,952 3,250 153 — 21 460 30,836
Haringey 37,990 3,323 235 — 17 490 42,055
Redbridge 26,889 5,403 254 — 92 1,147 33,785
Waltham Forest 43,047 4,262 314 — 8 827 48,458
Bexley 21,439 3,668 414 — 12 662 26,195
Greenwich 45,455 4,196 124 — 6 985 50,766
Bromley 35,875 4,334 237 — — 1,320 41,766
Croydon 43,148 4,051 193 — 51 1,619 49,062
Kingston and Esher 33,863 3,175 217 — — 799 38,054
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 21,275 2,441 428 — 16 1,159 25,319
Merton and Sutton 55,412 4,058 152 — — 1,366 60,988

Total attendances by out-patients, National Health Service, Outer London, 1986
District Health Authority Acute Maternity Geriatric Units for younger disabled Mental handicap Mental illness Total
Barnet 182,996 27,314 863 — — 10,594 221,767
Harrow 125,290 25,252 697 — 37 4,606 155,882
Hillingdon 200,822 18,371 41 — 106 7,546 226,886
Hounslow and Spelthorne 220,383 29,210 2,001 — — 18,320 269,914
Ealing 81,102 13,273 913 — — 9,390 104,678
Brent 146,482 15,603 1,393 — 128 7,434 171,040
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 264,984 32,524 310 — — 7,701 305,519
Enfield 106,932 15,939 881 — 476 3,349 127,577
Haringey 162,178 18,129 1,502 — 180 4,735 186,724
Redbridge 111,855 26,036 1,573 — 750 8,354 148,568
Waltham Forest 159,028 23,186 1,722 — 173 3,608 187,717
Bexley 84,031 23,962 1,673 — 85 12,606 122,357
Greenwich 195,964 24,294 1,007 — 67 9,434 230,766
Bromley 152,912 23,562 756 — — 10,964 188,194
Croydon 158,526 14,894 1,243 — 346 13,832 188,841
Kingston and Esher 129,643 15,093 986 — — 6,567 152,289
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 85,835 12,957 3,443 — 222 12,672 115,129
Merton and Sutton 224,601 22,358 1,132 — — 11,251 259,342