HC Deb 18 March 1988 vol 129 cc699-703W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give figures for the last five years(a) by region, (b) by district and (c) nationally, and the

Average daily available beds, GP maternity specialty, 1979 and 1982 to 1986
Health Authority 1979 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Percentage change 1979–86
Hartlepool 1.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.5 0.5 -64.3
North Tees 13.0 13.1 15.0 14.4 14.8 14.3 10.0
South Tees 58.6 37.0 37.0 37.0 37.0 36.5 -37.7
East Cumbria n/a 12.0 12.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 n/a
South Cumbria n/a 26.7 26.0 23.7 16.5 17.3 n/a
West Cumbria 13.5 10.0 9.9 9.2 10.0 10.0 -25.9
Northumberland 47.0 43.0 43.0 44.7 43.4 40.6 -13.6
Gateshead 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Northern RHA 190.5 151.8 152.9 148.0 138.2 133.2 -30.1
Hull 17-4 1.0 0.9 2.8 4.0 3.8 -78.2
East Yorkshire 64.5 61.6 61.3 60.7 36.7 27.1 -58.0
Grimsby 24.4 24.5 21.0 20.6 20.0 19.6 -19.7
Scunthorpe 40.6 45.8 42.0 31.0 27.0 27.0 -33.5
York 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.5 8.5 6.8 -51.4
Scarborough 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0
Harrogate 19.0 23.0 23.0 21.5 21.9 15.2 -20.0
Bradford 9.1 8.6 9.2 8.1 7.1 6.3 -30.8
Airedale 19.6 19.7 20.0 17.9 14.2 12.6 -35.7
Calderdale 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.0 9.8 -2.0
Leeds Western n/a 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 n/a
Pontefract 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0
Yorkshire RHA 258.6 248.2 241.3 227.2 189.4 168.2 -35.0
North Derbyshire 51.0 51.0 37.7 41.8 41.9 42.6 -16.5
South Derbyshire 74.3 83.0 82.9 80.3 82.0 75.0 0-9
Leicestershire 98.8 98.1 94.6 88.7 89.1 77.6 -21.5
North Lincolnshire 29.6 22.9 22.5 14.6 3.1 1.3 -95.6
South Lincolnshire 29.0 14.0 14.0 11.0 11.0 10.9 -62.4
Central Nottinghamshire 42.0 20.4 18.5 17.4 18.3 18.1 -56.9
Barnsley 17.9 14.2 14.9 15.6 14.1 10.2 -43.0
Doncaster n/a 17.5 19.5 18.7 18.3 14.7 n/a
Rotherham n/a 6.2 5.2 6.8 9.1 9.8 n/a
Trent RHA 382.3 327.3 309.8 294.9 286.9 260.2 -31.9
Peterborough 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0
West Suffolk n/a 12.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 n/a
East Suffolk n/a 26.8 28.0 28.2 28.2 28.0 n/a
Norwich 34.0 33.4 34.0 19.3 17.0 16.8 -50.6
Great Yarmouth 13.9 14.0 13.9 13.7 11.7 10.0 -28.1
Huntingdon n/a 22.0 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
East Anglian RHA 140.3 120.9 103.6 73.9 69.4 67.2 -52.1
North Bedfordshire 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 n/a
North Hertfordshire 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 3.6 0.0 n/a
North West Hertfordshire 10.0 8.8 8.0 8.0 1.3 0.0 n/a
South West Hertfordshire 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0
North West Thames RHA 34.0 32.8 32.0 31.8 22.9 18.0 -47.1
Basildon and Thurrock 7.0 5.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.0
Mid Essex 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 0.0
North East Essex 63.0 49.2 47.0 45.2 36.4 35.1 -44.3
West Essex 21.6 12.5 0.0 11.9 11.8 8.6 -60.2

percentage change since 1979 for (i) the number of general practitioner maternity beds, (ii) the number of maternity units in hospitals and (iii) the number of maternity hospitals.

Mrs. Currie

The available information about general practitioner maternity beds is given in the table. Maternity beds is given in the table Consultant obstetric wards may also have beds available for use by general practitioners.

Information about individual units and maternity hospitals could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Health Authority 1979 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Percentage change 1979–86
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 1.7 2.0 2.5 3.3 3.3 2.0 17.6
Islington n/a 5.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
Enfield 8.1 10.9 14.9 14.8 14.6 14.9 84.0
North East Thames RHA 136.1 113.4 100.9 110.2 101.1 95.6 -29.8
Eastbourne 7.8 8.0 7.6 7.5 7.6 3.9 -50.0
Hastings 10.0 6.0 5.4 5.9 5.4 6.0 -40.0
Canterbury and Thanet 10.0 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 -98.0
Dartford and Gravesham 12.0 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.3 -97.5
Maidstone 20.0 20.0 16.1 4.8 3.8 3.7 -81.5
Tunbridge Wells 37.0 33.7 24.7 23.6 19.0 17.6 -52.4
Bexley 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 -11.1
South East Thames RHA 105.8 77.4 63.3 51.2 44.8 39.7 -62.5
North West Surrey 53.4 30.0 30.0 30.0 8.4 5.8 -89.1
West Surrey and North East Hampshire 5.8 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.2 2.0 -65.5
South West Surrey 10.0 9.9 9.8 5.7 0.0 0.0 n/a
Mid Surrey 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
East Surrey 11.0 11.0 11.0 1.0 0.6 0.0 n/a
Mid Downs 26.3 21.0 21.0 21.0 11.6 7.5 -71.5
South West Thames RHA 115.1 80.7 80.3 66.6 28.8 20.3 -82.4
East Dorset 20.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 -70.0
West Dorset 11.1 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.5 3.6
Portsmouth 70.3 60.9 60.4 57.8 52.9 52.7 -25.0
South West Hampshire and Southampton 52.8 56.1 48.8 52.5 57.0 49.7 -5.9
Winchester 12.8 11.5 10.5 10.8 11.0 10.8 -15.6
Basingstoke 24.8 21.5 21.4 11.8 6.8 1.7 -93.1
Salisbury 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
Swindon 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
West Wiltshire and Bath 122.0 103.0 96.2 92.7 91.8 89.7 -26.5
Wessex RHA 323.8 281.0 265.3 251.6 239.5 224.1 -30.8
West Berkshire 64.5 53.5 43.1 49.0 48.9 48.5 -24.8
Aylesbury n/a 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 9.2 n/a
Wycombe 31.9 31.1 25.8 15.8 19.7 21.7 -32.0
Milton Keynes n/a 36.0 36.0 25.2 17.2 14.1 n/a
Kettering 20.0 20.0 15.0 14.0 10.5 0.0 n/a
Northampton 12.0 11.9 11.1 12.0 12.0 11.1 -7.5
Oxfordshire 57.7 45.9 45.4 45.6 45.7 38.9 -32.6
Oxford RHA 240.1 216.4 194.4 179.6 172.0 143.5 -40.2
Bristol and Weston 24.4 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.6 12.2 -50.0
Frenchay 10.3 10.4 10.2 9.8 10.5 10.2 -1.0
Southmead 16.0 16.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
Cornwall and Isles of Stilly 45.0 43.0 43.0 36.2 36.7 37.0 -17.8
Exeter 53.0 46.8 48.6 48.2 49.1 37.1 -30.0
North Devon n/a 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 16.4 n/a
Plymouth n/a 42.7 42.2 42.7 40.9 21.0 n/a
Torbay 32.1 33.3 31.9 31.9 1.9 0.2 -99.4
Cheltenham n/a 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 n/a
Gloucester n/a 57.0 57.7 47.5 46.0 40.4 n/a
Somerset 56.8 52.1 51.1 53.0 40.7 41.5 -26.9
South Western RHA 365.8 359.1 353.3 327.1 283.4 2240 -38.8
Bromsgrove and Redditch 17.0 12.0 8.2 1.6 0.1 0.0 n/a
Herefordshire 11.6 9.6 9.3 8.9 8.2 9.0 -22.4
Kidderminster and District 39.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 23.4 24.0 -38.5
Worcester and District 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 26.5 -8.6
Shropshire 85.1 70.1 71.3 72.2 77.8 72.5 -14.8
Mid Staffordshire 36.0 27.7 20.2 8.6 7.3 7.7 -78.6
North Staffordshire 30.0 30.0 29.5 24.4 23.3 22.6 -24.7
South East Staffordshire 11.8 14.0 14.0 14.0 9.3 15.8 33.9
North Warwickshire n/a 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.2 8.3 n/a
South Warwickshire n/a 11.0 10.5 11.0 9.7 4.0 n/a
Central Birmingham n/a 20.0 20.0 18.4 20.0 20.0 n/a
North Birmingham 27.7 28.2 28.4 15.3 14.2 1.8 -93.5
Coventry 22.4 21.4 22.1 23.0 23.0 19.0 -15.2
Dudley 70.9 63.2 67.0 52.4 42.0 42.0 -40.8

Health Authority 1979 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Percentage change 1979–86
Sandwell 3.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.6 5.6 86.7
Solihull n/a 3.1 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.7 n/a
Walsall 23.0 11.1 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.6 -53.9
Wolverhampton 23.0 23.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 -8.7
West Midlands RHA 485.2 410.3 400.4 349.2 335.0 312.1 -35.7
Chester 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 -47.1
Crewe n/a 19.7 16.6 16.1 16.4 15.5 n/a
Halton 18.0 17.6 18.0 9.3 0.0 0.0 n/a
Macclesfield n/a 11.0 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
Wirral 11.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
Mersey RHA 97.8 51.9 43.3 26.5 17.4 16.4 -83.2
Lancaster 2.2 2.3 2.9 3.0 0.9 0.0 n/a
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 10.6 17.0 4.3 17.0 11.1 0.0 n/a
Preston n/a 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 4.9 n/a
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 53.1 55.3 54.0 54.0 53.8 53.6 0.9
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 19.7 13.8 11.1 7.1 5.8 6.1 -69.0
Chorley and South Ribble n/a 23.2 25.6 28.1 28.0 25.9 n/a
Bolton 2.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a
Bury 8.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 -38.3
North Manchester 5.2 4.8 4.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a
Oldham 5.8 3.3 4.2 5.8 5.9 5.9 1.7
Stockport 15.8 14.6 15.5 16.8 14.7 14.7 -7.0
Tameside and Glossop 10.2 14.1 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 -95.1
Trafford 20.1 6.0 6.0 5.4 6.0 6.0 -70.1
Wigan 32.9 33.0 21.9 6.0 1.8 0.3 -99.1
North Western RHA 223.5 202.5 165.4 157.7 142.6 122.9 -45.0
England 3,098.9 2,673.7 2,506.2 2,295.5 2,071.4 1,845.4 -40.4
n/a = Comparable data not available for 1979, due to NHS restructuring in 1982.