§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish, by district health authority, regional health authority and special health authority lists showing the average daily number of beds available in 1979 and 1986 for all specialties and for acute specialties.
§ Mr. GristThe information is given in the table:
All specialties Acute specialties1 1979 1986 1979 1986 Clwyd 3,052.5 2,769.1 1,420.5 1,337.2 East Dyfed 2,098.2 1,758.2 761.8 694.9 Gwent 3,882.6 3,508.8 1,517.9 1,388.7 Gwynedd 1,569.5 1,629.9 686.2 718.7 Mid Glamorgan 4,943.4 4,498.4 1,915.8 1,813.5 Pembrokeshire 466.4 473.0 245.7 266.6 Powys 1,265.5 1,014.4 292.2 221.0 South Glamorgan 3,583.7 3,460.3 1,864.9 1,751.0 West Glamorgan 2,594.3 2,574.1 1,428.3 1,448.0 Wales 23,456.1 21,686.2 10,133.3 9,639.7 1 All specialties excluding geriatrics, younger disabled, obstetrics, GP Maternity, mental illness, mental handicap, adolescent psychiatry, mental illness children, psychogeriatric and elderly mentally infirm. I remind the hon. Gentleman that bed numbers by themselves are no indicator of the level of health care. The crucial indicator is the number of patients treated, which increased by 24 per cent. between 1979 and 1986.