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Mrs. Currie
[holding answer 9 December 1987]: The available information for the years 1979 to 1981 is given in the table. For the later years requested I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 8 December 1987 at column 138. Data for 1987 are not yet available. For England as a whole the number of available beds decreased by 12.7 per cent. between 1979 and 1986, whilst the number of inpatient cases treated rose by 18.8 per cent.
| Average daily number of available beds in NHS hospitals, England |
| Regional, District and Special Health Authority |
Average daily number of available beds |
|
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
| Northern RHA |
|
|
|
| Hartlepool |
592 |
614 |
600 |
| North Tees |
956 |
971 |
954 |
| South Tees |
2,282 |
2,232 |
2,122 |
| East Cumbria |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| South Cumbria |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| West Cumbria |
1,113 |
1,094 |
1,045 |
| Darlington |
1,310 |
1,336 |
1,326 |
| Durham |
1,192 |
1,188 |
1,181 |
| North West Durham |
717 |
697 |
685 |
| South West Durham |
1,921 |
1,890 |
1,847 |
| Northumberland |
3,996 |
3,988 |
3,870 |
| Gateshead |
1,368 |
1,378 |
1,357 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
3,479 |
3,570 |
3,567 |
| North Tyneside |
719 |
724 |
723 |
| South Tyneside |
771 |
762 |
828 |
| Sunderland |
2,426 |
2,379 |
2,356 |
| Yorkshire RHA |
|
|
|
| Hull |
2,145 |
2,128 |
2,024 |
| East Yorkshire |
2,184 |
2,113 |
2,004 |
| Grimsby |
797 |
800 |
806 |
| Scunthorpe |
993 |
983 |
962 |
| Northallerton |
437 |
448 |
448 |
| York |
2,985 |
2,960 |
2,933 |
| Scarborough |
689 |
701 |
674 |
| Harrogate |
995 |
927 |
954 |
| Bradford |
2,721 |
2,719 |
2,724 |
| Airedale |
1,528 |
1,533 |
1,501 |
| Calderdale |
1,370 |
1,385 |
1,344 |
| Huddersfield |
2,625 |
2,389 |
2,391 |
| Dewsbury |
777 |
778 |
785 |
| Leeds Western |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Leeds Eastern |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Wakefield |
2,607 |
2,505 |
2,473 |
| Pontefract |
854 |
848 |
873 |
| Trent RHA |
|
|
|
| North Derbyshire |
1,722 |
1,674 |
1,701 |
| South Derbyshire |
4,208 |
4,323 |
3,913 |
| Leicestershire |
5,140 |
5,221 |
5,221 |
| North Lincolnshire |
2,815 |
2,749 |
2,693 |
| South Lincolnshire |
1,894 |
1,868 |
1,835 |
| Bassetlaw |
403 |
408 |
412 |
| Central Nottinghamshire |
1,997 |
1,967 |
1,949 |
| Nottingham |
4,198 |
4,088 |
4,041 |
| Barnsley |
962 |
1,013 |
1,014 |
| Doncaster |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Rotherham |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Sheffield |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| East Anglian RHA |
|
|
|
| Cambridge |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Peterborough |
1,122 |
1,120 |
1,149 |
588W
| Regional, District and Special Health Authority |
Average daily number of available beds |
|
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
| West Suffolk |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| East Suffolk |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Norwich |
3,928 |
3,979 |
3,991 |
| Great Yarmouth |
852 |
862 |
875 |
| West Norfolk and Wisbech |
830 |
882 |
833 |
| Huntingdon |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| North West Thames RHA |
|
|
|
| North Bedfordshire |
1,233 |
1,259 |
1,230 |
| South Bedfordshire |
813 |
1,649 |
1,649 |
| North Hertfordshire |
849 |
851 |
857 |
| East Hertfordshire |
829 |
763 |
772 |
| North West Hertfordshire |
3,288 |
3,310 |
3,277 |
| South West Hertfordshire |
2,385 |
2,308 |
2,237 |
| Barnet |
2,841 |
2,800 |
2,771 |
| Harrow |
908 |
902 |
914 |
| Hillingdon |
1,628 |
1,480 |
1,528 |
| Hounslow and Spelthorne |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Ealing |
1,709 |
1,713 |
1,753 |
| Brent |
2,316 |
2,332 |
2,263 |
| Paddington and North Kensington |
1,365 |
1,276 |
1,236 |
| Riverside2 |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| North East Thames RHA |
|
|
|
| Basildon and Thurrock |
1,893 |
1,880 |
1,922 |
| Mid Essex |
1,282 |
1,276 |
1,260 |
| North East Essex |
3,381 |
3,244 |
3,137 |
| West Essex |
1,256 |
1,174 |
1,187 |
| Southend |
1,937 |
1,941 |
1,924 |
| Barking, Havering and Brentwood |
3,283 |
3,238 |
3,183 |
| Hampstead |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Bloomsbury |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Islington |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| City and Hackney |
1,990 |
1,867 |
1,743 |
| Newham |
941 |
924 |
936 |
| Tower Hamlets |
1,561 |
1,484 |
1,605 |
| Enfield |
1,234 |
1,217 |
1,137 |
| Haringey |
1,236 |
1,122 |
1,143 |
| Redbridge |
1,655 |
1,655 |
1,650 |
| Waltham Forest |
3,311 |
3,318 |
3,245 |
| South East Thames RHA |
|
|
|
| Brighton |
1,896 |
1,851 |
1,770 |
| Eastbourne |
1,714 |
1,710 |
1,702 |
| Hastings |
1,064 |
1,016 |
974 |
| South East Kent |
1,004 |
1,043 |
1,081 |
| Canterbury and Thanct |
2,926 |
2,838 |
2,762 |
| Dartford and Gravesham |
2,646 |
2,552 |
2,478 |
| Maidstone |
1,741 |
1,697 |
1,680 |
| Medway |
991 |
982 |
972 |
| Tunbridge Wells |
2,419 |
2,396 |
2,338 |
| Bexley |
1,653 |
1,667 |
1,635 |
| Greenwich |
1,777 |
1,666 |
1,623 |
| Bromley |
2,591 |
2,491 |
2,466 |
| West Lambeth |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Camberwell |
1,432 |
1,366 |
1,332 |
| Lewisham and North Southwark |
2,336 |
2,257 |
2,208 |
| South West Thames RHA |
|
|
|
| North West Surrey |
2,138 |
2,041 |
2,001 |
| West Surrey and North East Hants |
1,743 |
1,773 |
1,712 |
| South West Surrey |
857 |
872 |
930 |
| Mid Surrey |
2,901 |
2,835 |
2,592 |
| East Surrey |
2,776 |
2,666 |
2,597 |
| Chichester |
1,255 |
1,244 |
1,250 |
| Mid Downs |
1,576 |
1,572 |
1,625 |
| Worthing |
933 |
925 |
952 |
| Croydon |
3,192 |
3,089 |
3,006 |
| Kingston and Esher |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Wandsworth |
2,871 |
2,689 |
2,543 |
| Merton and Sutton |
2,687 |
2,610 |
2,510 |
| Wessex RHA |
|
|
|
589W
| Regional, District and Special Health Authority |
Average daily number of available beds |
|
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
| East Dorset |
2,126 |
2,135 |
2,093 |
| West Dorset |
1,704 |
1,702 |
1,693 |
| Portsmouth |
3,058 |
3,032 |
3,037 |
| South West Hampshire and Southampton |
3,112 |
3,106 |
3,129 |
| Winchester |
921 |
915 |
910 |
| Basingstoke |
1,634 |
1,623 |
1,617 |
| Salisbury |
999 |
959 |
960 |
| Swindon |
1,478 |
1,435 |
1,382 |
| West Wiltshire and Bath |
3,044 |
3,029 |
2,974 |
| Isle of Wight |
946 |
909 |
868 |
| Oxford RHA |
|
|
|
| East Berkshire |
1,773 |
1,775 |
1,759 |
| West Berkshire |
2,987 |
2,820 |
2,758 |
| Aylesbury |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Wycombe |
778 |
737 |
724 |
| Milton Keynes |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Kettering |
849 |
875 |
896 |
| Northampton |
2,116 |
2,129 |
2,163 |
| Oxfordshire |
3,288 |
3,246 |
3,155 |
| South Western RHA |
|
|
|
| Bristol and Weston |
2,276 |
2,278 |
2,254 |
| Frenchay |
2,968 |
2,941 |
2,894 |
| Southmead |
2,175 |
2,089 |
2,060 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
2,670 |
2,693 |
2,747 |
| Exeter |
3,848 |
3,792 |
3,738 |
| North Devon |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Plymouth |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Torbay |
1,021 |
1,048 |
1,057 |
| Cheltenham |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Gloucester |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Somerset |
3,478 |
3,389 |
3,392 |
| West Midlands RHA |
|
|
|
| Herefordshire |
1,174 |
1,151 |
1,126 |
| Bromsgrove and Redditch |
1,227 |
1,206 |
1,101 |
| Kidderminster & District |
1,313 |
1,238 |
1,214 |
| Worcester and District |
1,684 |
1,645 |
1,619 |
| Shropshire |
2,603 |
2,573 |
2,578 |
| Mid Staffordshire |
1,372 |
1,399 |
1,372 |
| North Staffordshire |
3,492 |
3,499 |
3,504 |
| South East Staffordshire |
1,514 |
1,483 |
1,482 |
| Rugby |
327 |
327 |
328 |
| North Warwickshire |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| South Warwickshire |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Central Birmingham |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| East Birmingham |
966 |
966 |
988 |
| North Birmingham |
1,879 |
1,753 |
1,680 |
| South Birmingham |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| West Birmingham |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Coventry |
1,871 |
1,937 |
1,930 |
| Dudley |
1,492 |
1,476 |
1,510 |
| Sandwell |
747 |
771 |
805 |
| Solihull |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Walsall |
1,762 |
1,697 |
1,676 |
| Wolverhampton |
1,543 |
1,503 |
1,484 |
| Mersey RHA |
|
|
|
| Chester |
2,031 |
1,943 |
1,911 |
| Crewe |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Halton |
452 |
438 |
445 |
| Macclesfield |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Warrington |
2,991 |
2,974 |
2,917 |
| Liverpool |
4,024 |
4,003 |
3,805 |
| St. Helens and Knowsley |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Southport and Formby |
1,324 |
1,275 |
1,250 |
| South Sefton |
1,755 |
1,709 |
1,740 |
| Wirral |
2,789 |
2,703 |
2,622 |
| North Western RHA |
|
|
|
| Lancaster |
2,645 |
2,601 |
2,508 |
| Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde |
1,564 |
1,576 |
1,664 |
590W
| Regional, District and Special Health Authority |
Average daily number of available beds |
|
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
| Preston |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley |
2,825 |
2,781 |
2,746 |
| Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale |
2,591 |
2,591 |
2,522 |
| West Lancashire |
886 |
862 |
854 |
| Chorley and South Ribble |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| Bolton |
1,361 |
1,315 |
1,328 |
| Bury |
716 |
740 |
786 |
| North Manchester |
2,041 |
2,038 |
2,026 |
| Central Manchester |
1,137 |
1,201 |
1,227 |
| South Manchester |
2,408 |
2,423 |
2,389 |
| Oldham |
1,045 |
1,028 |
1,004 |
| Rochdale |
953 |
904 |
875 |
| Salford |
3,098 |
3,089 |
3,017 |
| Stockport |
1,677 |
1,692 |
1,759 |
| Tameside and Glossop |
869 |
965 |
981 |
| Trafford |
836 |
864 |
869 |
| Wigan |
1,479 |
1,450 |
1,430 |
| Special health Authority |
|
|
|
| The Hospital For Sick Children |
517 |
506 |
544 |
| National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases |
357 |
355 |
345 |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital |
208 |
204 |
204 |
| Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals |
472 |
492 |
497 |
| National Heart and Chest Hospitals |
603 |
570 |
577 |
| The Royal Marsden Hospital |
361 |
361 |
350 |
| Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's |
1— |
1— |
1— |
| 1 Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982. |
| 2 Hammersmith and Fulham DHA and Victoria DHA prior to 1985. |