§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of psychiatric hospitals in each region for each year from 1974 to April 1988 and the number of beds in each hospital.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe table shows the number of National Health Service mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units by each health authority in England for each year between 1974 and 1986, the latest year for which information is available. The table shows the average daily number of available beds by region, as it would incur disproportionate cost to provide from central information the number of beds in each hospital.
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Numbers of Psychiatric Hospitals and available beds by Region, England Regional Health Authority 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Northern Hospitals 28 28 29 28 29 31 29 30 31 33 32 37 38 Beds 10,647 10,566 10,243 9,900 9,585 9,405 9,300 9,170 9,041 9,004 8,781 8,682 8,346 Yorkshire Hospitals 37 37 40 40 39 38 38 41 41 41 43 45 47 Beds 11,862 11,748 11,703 11,489 11,383 11,029 10,572 10,369 10,101 9,731 9,508 9,140 8,572 Trent Hospitals 46 52 56 62 61 61 62 63 63 64 68 65 67 Beds 12,938 12,793 12,782 12,765 12,572 12,432 12,483 11,968 11,754 11,552 11,228 10,641 10,304 East Anglia Hospitals 20 21 21 22 21 21 21 22 22 28 29 28 29 Beds 5,134 5,076 5,074 4,933 4,860 4,769 4,657 4,687 4,550 4,616 4,439 4,190 4,054 North West Thames Hospitals 32 34 34 35 35 34 35 35 33 33 33 36 36 Beds 14,755 14,052 13,664 12,870 12,514 11,959 11,696 11,514 11,297 11.011 10,599 10,150 9,659 North East Thames Hospitals 25 29 35 36 36 36 36 35 39 41 41 41 43 Beds 10,946 10,451 10,221 10,202 10,021 9,739 9,522 9,268 9,140 8,921 8,761 8,347 8,052 South East Thames Hospitals 43 45 44 43 42 43 43 43 42 42 45 46 53 Beds 11,450 12,114 11,431 11,013 10,760 10,451 10,176 10,012 9,758 9,415 8,939 8,379 7,851 South West Thames Hospitals 35 35 37 38 38 38 41 42 42 43 44 44 43 Beds 17,582 15,763 15,288 14,804 14,183 13,697 13,343 12,875 12,403 12,170 11,741 11,358 10,675 Wessex Hospitals 27 27 28 29 28 28 28 30 31 47 55 64 69 Beds 8,568 7,592 7,274 7,122 6,885 6,748 6,629 6,508 6,443 6,324 6,099 5,752 5,484 Oxford Hospitals 28 28 31 30 28 26 28 29 29 32 34 34 36 Beds 5,554 5,102 5,079 4,842 4,695 4,577 4,488 4,332 4,185 4,082 4,005 3,919 3,665 South Western Hospitals 30 30 34 35 37 38 43 45 45 50 52 54 61 Beds 12,780 11,997 11,436 11,068 10,889 10,588 10,423 10,223 9,921 9,540 8,930 8,283 7,579 West Midlands Hospitals 39 39 40 41 43 42 43 43 45 46 46 61 72 Beds 15,655 14,702 14,182 13,824 13,663 13,315 12,878 12,536 12,365 11,869 11,370 10,964 10,565 Mersey Hospitals 29 31 30 28 29 29 29 31 33 32 31 32 35 Beds 9,633 9,609 9,494 9,316 9,300 9,002 8,741 8,681 8,523 8,136 7,751 7,392 7,099 North Western Hospitals 35 34 35 37 38 40 42 43 45 48 48 50 52 Beds 11,569 11,309 11,176 10,942 10,648 10,666 10,672 10,569 10,564 10,426 10,144 9,700 9,417 England Hospitals 458 470 494 504 504 505 518 532 541 580 601 637 681 Beds 159,073 152,874 149,047 145,090 141,958 138,377 138,580 132,712 130,045 126,797 122,315 116,900 111,322 1 Changes to Health Authority boundaries occurred in 1979 and 1982. 2 The Special Hospitals and Special Health Authority hospitals are not included as they provide a national service.