HC Deb 03 May 1989 vol 152 cc140-5W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give, for the latest available year, the total number of hospital beds in each district health authority in England for each of the following service:(a) general medical services, (b) general surgical services, (c) all non-psychiatric acute services, (d) geriatrics, (e) maternity, (f) mental illness, (g) mental handicap and (h) all hospital beds.

Mr. Mellor

The available information for England is given in the table.

District Health Authority 1Acute General patients elderly Maternity Mental illness 2Mental handicap 2Total
Southern Derbyshire 1,080 548 138 1,057 398 3,221
Leicestershire 1,865 844 299 1,149 640 4,796
North Lincolnshire 763 293 68 459 195 1,778
South Lincolnshire 638 315 95 414 211 1,672
Bassetlaw 217 131 30 82 20 480
Central Nottinghamshire 757 315 89 149 257 1,567
Nottingham 1,729 609 271 965 98 3,671
Barnsley 524 269 56 202 60 1,110
Doncaster 738 310 103 290 239 1,681
Rotherham 567 265 67 207 152 1,258
Sheffield 2,279 827 218 966 389 4,679
East Anglian
Cambridge 769 324 94 409 185 1,781
Peterborough 633 230 106 115 64 1,148
West Suffolk 551 310 86 128 153 1,227
East Suffolk 785 539 96 691 154 2,265
Norwich 1,350 560 107 847 544 3,408
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 509 214 56 168 77 1,024
West Norfolk and Wisbech 380 253 59 137 42 871
Huntingdon 295 108 40 15 0 458
North West Thames
North Bedfordshire 493 245 45 68 298 1,149
South Bedfordshire 484 196 92 733 26 1,531
North Hertfordshire 411 228 76 71 0 786
East Hertfordshire 366 194 54 95 0 709
North West Hertfordshire 437 256 54 397 2,686 3,830
South West Hertfordshire 362 229 75 53 0 719
Barnet 672 552 103 840 0 2,167
Harrow 487 158 89 86 0 819
Hillingdon 830 266 71 54 0 1,221
Hounslow and Spelthorne 759 219 118 157 0 1,254
Ealing 353 163 55 835 0 1,405
Brent 378 270 56 846 89 1,639
Paddington and North Kensington 749 139 55 108 11 1,062
Riverside 1,220 272 82 1,255 0 2,829
North East Thames
Basildon and Thurrock 642 270 120 134 637 1,802
Mid Essex 628 356 92 55 247 1,377
North East Essex 579 352 82 628 529 2,170
West Essex 575 283 73 154 81 1,167
Southend 592 302 86 620 0 1,600
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 1,206 516 98 767 132 2,719
Hampstead 599 129 60 878 0 1,666
Bloomsbury 1,468 102 85 157 0 1,812
Islington 458 224 77 81 0 839
City and Hackney 1,161 72 105 148 0 1,485
Newham 474 280 87 6 29 877
Tower Hamlets 767 231 88 156 0 1,242
Enfield 432 271 86 128 73 990
Haringey 581 242 102 68 7 1,001
Redbridge 391 258 78 705 14 1,446
Waltham Forest 626 372 67 888 223 2,176
South East Thames
Brighton 919 334 61 164 43 1,521
Eastbourne 518 273 52 321 99 1,262
Hastings 380 270 62 46 101 859
South East Kent 606 319 79 50 29 1,083
Canterbury and Thanet 774 301 99 644 156 1,975
Dartford and Gravesham 548 188 88 394 391 1,608
Maidstone 355 158 116 686 32 1,346
Medway 575 238 107 55 20 996
Tunbridge Wells 717 246 64 79 584 1,689
Bexley 302 177 82 738 0 1,299
Greenwich 797 244 90 69 49 1,249
Bromley 570 234 64 691 119 1,677
West Lambeth 744 135 89 747 0 1,715
Camberwell 862 189 93 98 0 1,242
Lewisham and North Southwark 1,092 230 103 155 138 1,718
South West Thames
North West Surrey 478 167 75 192 620 1,532

District Health Authority 1Acute General patients elderly Maternity Mental illness 2Mental handicap 2Total
West Surrey and North East Hants 398 235 35 80 172 920
South West Surrey 580 170 27 710 0 1,487
Mid Surrey 395 150 55 716 740 2,054
East Surrey 375 209 39 557 617 1,797
Chichester 435 92 47 461 54 1,088
Mid Downs 457 242 77 497 282 1,554
Worthing 477 420 33 29 44 1,003
Croydon 660 298 74 447 878 2,356
Kingston and Esher 454 154 26 708 0 1,342
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 385 224 37 15 172 834
Wandsworth 954 188 65 832 37 2,075
Merton and Sutton 710 284 105 174 825 2,098
Wessex
East Dorset 1,085 658 153 235 0 2,132
West Dorset 405 249 96 252 166 1,168
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 1,023 440 146 370 354 2,332
Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,246 318 150 599 400 2,712
Winchester 399 233 66 55 0 753
Basingstoke and North Hampshire 472 182 44 554 0 1,251
Salisbury 455 174 47 223 0 899
Swindon 501 229 79 58 275 1,143
Bath 1,015 578 139 596 32 2,360
Isle of Wight 296 143 36 105 11 591
Oxford
East Berkshire 690 235 107 149 315 1,495
West Berkshire 897 290 129 436 451 2,203
Aylesbury Vale 548 132 47 372 184 1,283
Wycombe 400 237 65 34 3 738
Milton Keynes 253 88 65 42 0 448
Kettering 431 294 61 129 11 925
Northampton 669 302 76 398 297 1,742
Oxfordshire 1,390 478 196 441 247 2,751
South Western
Bristol and Weston 1,137 193 135 304 244 2,012
Frenchay 533 406 12 475 867 2,293
Southmead 573 89 110 55 651 1,477
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 793 454 113 746 217 2,322
Exeter 1,050 398 80 450 259 2,236
North Devon 335 201 41 109 26 712
Plymouth 1,125 451 133 348 30 2,087
Torbay 675 270 54 166 14 1,179
Cheltenham 515 301 45 4 34 899
Gloucester 817 285 119 627 130 1,978
Somerset 1,151 440 128 909 323 2,951
West Midlands
Bromsgrove and Redditch 388 108 51 351 0 898
Herefordshire 450 180 44 186 75 935
Kidderminster and District 225 138 24 77 368 832
Worcester and District 492 246 65 331 0 1,134
Shropshire 1,096 492 145 409 2 2,144
Mid Staffordshire 440 239 66 445 0 1,189
North Staffordshire 1,181 656 179 778 490 3,283
South East Staffordshire 500 391 68 735 0 1,694
Rugby 142 49 23 0 0 213
North Warwickshire 313 119 71 30 557 1,090
South Warwickshire 592 277 54 438 255 1,615
Central Birmingham 1,072 224 125 199 0 1,619
East Birmingham 668 194 0 0 0 862
North Birmingham 350 137 88 476 0 1,050
South Birmingham 879 388 73 361 363 2,063
West Birmingham 760 494 90 540 0 1,884
Coventry 881 343 125 277 0 1,626
Dudley 803 327 89 153 155 1,527
Sandwell 521 260 73 17 0 871
Solihull 248 97 117 329 134 925
Walsall 420 313 66 14 649 1,463
Wolverhampton 760 335 126 208 0 1,429
Mersey
Chester 438 265 90 667 89 1,548
Crewe 435 310 75 231 427 1,479

District Health Authority 1Acute General patients elderly Maternity Mental illness 2Mental handicap 2Total
Walton 142 132 0 70 42 386
Macclesfield 259 274 35 609 222 1,399
Warrington 473 186 70 1,066 385 2,180
Liverpool 1,878 525 202 321 134 3,060
St. Helens and Knowsley 615 281 102 1,075 0 2,073
Southport and Formby 334 209 33 137 289 1,002
South Sefton 1,079 296 90 181 0 1,647
Wirral 1,000 432 109 288 52 1,880
North Western
Lancaster 414 201 49 658 499 1,821
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 844 351 89 346 0 1,630
Preston 975 130 94 881 0 2,079
Blackburn, Hyndhurn and Ribble Valley 691 318 124 183 0 1,315
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 612 286 70 262 1,986 3,216
West Lancashire 464 133 34 93 10 735
Chorley and South Ribble 59 159 26 78 1 323
Bolton 562 354 108 230 0 1,254
Bury 401 203 67 117 0 788
North Manchester 923 285 89 351 0 1,648
Central Manchester 872 162 119 85 0 1,238
South Manchester 1,327 403 140 243 0 2,112
Oldham 452 248 86 208 0 993
Rochdale 404 193 48 120 0 765
Salford 899 325 81 1,115 85 2,506
Stockport 735 474 100 279 105 1,693
Tameside and Glossop 431 307 81 162 0 982
Trafford 324 219 39 173 0 755
Wigan 697 379 103 291 0 1,469
Special Health Authorities
The Hospitals for Sick Children 409 0 0 6 0 415
The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 264 0 0 8 0 272
Moorfields Eye Hospital 149 0 0 0 0 149
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 52 0 0 411 21 484
The National Heart and Chest Hospitals 413 0 0 0 0 413
The Royal Marsden Hospital 327 0 0 0 0 327
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's 518 128 154 0 0 800
The Eastman Dental Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Wards for general patients, excluding elderly, younger physically disabled, neonate cots not in maternity units.
2 Excludes mental handicap community units.