HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 cc196-7W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many beds there were in hospitals in the Leicestershire district health authority on 1 January in each of the years 1978 to 1988 inclusive.

Mrs. Currie

The information available centrally is the average daily number of available beds. These are shown in the table. In Leicestershire health authority the number of in-patient cases treated per available bed rose from 14.4 to 19.9 between 1978 and 1986.

Average daily number of available beds
Hospital 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Catmose Vale Hospital 44 44 44 44 44 42 42 38 42
Ashby-de-la-Zouch and District Hospital 28 28 28 28 27 28 29 29 25
Loughborough General Hospital 76 76 73 70 76 71 71 70 74
Groby Road Hospital 241 241 235 243 243 243 221 175 180
Markfield Hospital 188 162 133 119 102 2
Zachary Merton Home 79 84 84 83 83 84 45
Ellen Towle Memorial Home 19 19 19 19 15 19 14
Glenfrith Hospital-Leicester Frith 785 773 385 347 308 297 288 279 278
Hastings House 78 77
Glengate Hospital 56 56 55 54 54 49 48
Mount Sorrell Hospital 89 89 88 87 86 79 78
Stretton Hall Hospital 153 141 136 128 125 122 122
Kibworth Hall Hospital 34 34 34 33 33 32 32
Stoneygate Hospital 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Billesdon Hostel 18 2
Regent Hospital 75 74 74 74 72 72 72
Glenfield Community Hospital 168 168 168 168 168 168 167 167 168
Montrose Court 16 16 16 16 20 24 30 32 32
Gorse Hill Hospital 48 96 96 96 96 96
Glenfield General Hospital 22 163 192
The Leicester Royal Infirmary 518 677 802 819 830 830 805 803 795
Fielding Johnson Hospital 52 49 53 54 52 53 54 54 53
Hinckley and District Hospital 34 36 37 31 35 37 37 36 33
Bosworth Park Infirmary 124 124 121 114 121 118 115 117 118
Higham Grange Rehabilitation Centre 36 37 37 36 37 37 36 36 37
Leicester Royal Infirmary Maternity Hospital 177 178 178 178 178 178 178 178 178
Westcotes Hospital 8 15 20 23 23 21 10
Roundhill Maternity Home 30 30 30 30 30 30 28 30 30
Carlton Hayes Hospital 700 693 692 692 671 685 631 598 565
Hinckley Sunnyside Hospital 38 38 38 37 38 38 38 38 38
Blaby Hospital 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 19
Hinckley Cottages 3 9 9
TOTAL 5,101 5,140 5,221 5,221 5,225 5,149 5,070 5,045 5,001