HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc737-40W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in theOfficial Report the hospitals for the mentally ill and handicapped which he told the Committee on the National Health Service and Community Care Bill on 27 February, column 129, would become empty over the next five years, the number of patients in each at the latest available date, the district health authority in which each is situated; and whether it is in or near an urban area.

Mr. Freeman

The tables show mental handicap and mental illness hospitals planned to close over the next five years, the latest patient numbers and the district health authority in which each hospital is situated. The other information requested is not held centrally.

Table 1
Mental handicap hospitals Latest numbers of patients District health authority
South East Thames
Leybourne Grange 360 Maidstone1
Eastry 84 Canterbury and Thanet
Grove Park 70 Lewisham and North Southwark
Laughton Lodge 45 Eastbourne
Mount Pleasant 39 Hastings
Yorkshire
Brandesburten 221 Hull
Claypenny 167 York
Whixley 46 Harrogate
Stansfield 60 Calderdale
Caistor 35 Grimby2
Oxford
Wayland Hospital 63 West Berkshire
Trent
Aston Hall 327 Southern Derbyshire
Balderton 176 Central Nottinghamshire
Wessex
Coldharbour 40 West Dorset
Burderop 65 Swindon
Pewsey 85 Swindon
East Anglian
Risbridge 119 West Suffolk
Mental handicap hospitals Latest numbers of patients District healh authority
Lothingland 67 Great Yarmouth and Waveney
Jane Walker 83 East Suffolk
Hadleigh House3 19 East Suffolk
Hales Hospital 42 Norwich
North Western4
Brockhall Hospital 400 Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
Scott House 14 Rochdale
Offerton House 80 Stockport
1 Managed by Tunbridge Wells.
2 Located in North Lincolnshire but managed by Grimsby DHA.
3 Mental handicap unit within St. Clement's mental illness hospital.
4 Numbers of beds.
Table 2
Mental illness hospitals Latest numbers of inpatients District health authority
Yorkshire
Storthes Hall Hospital, near Huddersfield 389 Huddersfield
Trent
Rauceby Hospital 304 South Lincolnshire
The Pastures 454 Southern Derbyshire
Carlton Hayes Hospital 470 Leicestershire
Mapperley Hospital 305 Nottingham
Middlewood Hospital 606 Sheffield
The Towers 394 Leicestershire
Kingsway Hospital 363 Southern Derbyshire
East Anglian
St. Audry's Hospital, Woodbridge 372 East Suffolk
St. Nicholas' Hospital 131 Great Yarmouth and Waverney
St. Andrews 335 Norwich
North East Thames
Friern Hospital1 673 Hampstead
Claybury Hospital 722 Waltham Forest
South East Thames
Cane Hill Hospital 343 Croydon2
Tooting Bec Hospital 420 Wandsworth3
Hellingly Hospital 154 Eastbourne
St. Augustines Hospital 235 Canterbury and Thanet
South West Thames
Long Grove Hospital, Epsom 404 Kingston and Esher
Brookwood Hospital 489 South West Surrey
Wessex
Whitecroft Hospital 75 Isle of Wight
Herrison Hospital, Dorchester 263 West Dorset
Old Manor Hospital1 216 Salisbury
Oxford
St. John's Hospital 282 Aylesbury Vale
St. Crispin's Hospital 263 Northampton
Littlemore Hospital 226 Oxfordshire
West Midlands
Barnsley Hall Hospital 169 Bromsgrove and Redditch
Rubery Hill Hospital 211 South Birmingham
Central Hospital 298 South Warwickshire
Hollymoor Hospital 279 Solihull
Mental illness hospitals Latest numbers of inpatients District health authority
Mersey
Rainhill Hospital 487 St. Helens and Knowsley
Parkside Hospital 485 Macclesfield
Winwick Hospital 815 Warrington
North Western
North Manchester (Springfield) Hospital1 145 North Manchester
Northern
St. Mary's Stannington 495 Gateshead
South Western
Mendip Hospital 96 Somerset
Moorhaven Hospital 157 Plymouth

In-patient cases treated, North Western Region, 1983–1988–89
Health Authority 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89
Lancaster 21,738 22,963 24,538 23,113 23,592 21,331
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 34,023 35,896 37,146 37,972 39,159 40,963
Preston 35,178 35,882 38,803 39,907 40,499 41,544
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 38,888 40,454 41,507 40,465 43,315 41,988
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 28,951 29,533 29,658 31,912 31,695 31,431
West Lancashire 15,501 15,965 17,359 17,580 17,540 16,117
Chorley and South Ribble 4,429 4,496 4,415 4,434 4,503 5,037
Bolton 33,471 33,837 35,289 35,385 37,205 37,812
Bury 20,362 20,988 21,166 22,125 23,130 22,702
North Manchester 41,236 40,534 40,496 40,133 39,332 41,224
Central Manchester 43,053 44,975 46,418 46,288 50,285 46,423
South Manchester 67,532 68,509 69,361 69,798 72,719 72,389
Oldham 26,480 27,581 29,273 28,902 30,707 31,392
Rochdale 20,137 20,973 21,597 22,962 22,494 21,769
Salford 43,591 42,806 42,860 43,636 44,220 43,934
Stockport 34,637 34,822 36,718 37,623 38,004 37,375
Tameside and Glossop 23,555 23,480 26,858 27,894 28,766 28,877
Trafford 18,604 18,982 18,487 17,678 17,570 16,914
Wigan 34,301 35,080 35,679 36,871 39,805 41,326

Source: 1983–1986, SH3 return, 1987–88 onwards, SH3a return

Qualified Nurses and Midwives1 30 September 1983–1988 (Excluding Agency)
North Western by District Whole-time Equivalent2
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
North Western HQ 20 10 20 20 20 20
Lancaster 1,170 1,190 1,170 1,190 1,170 1,150
Blackpool Wyre and Fylde 1,320 1,350 1,370 1,390 1,400 1,450
Preston 1,400 1,510 1,590 1,580 1,600 1,550
Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribb 1,530 1,640 1,690 1,680 1,320 1,310
Burnley Pendle and Rossendale 1,550 1,600 1,660 1,680 1,880 1,860
West Lancaster 570 560 580 600 600 560
Chorley and South Ribble 400 430 450 450 450 450
Bolton 970 1,010 1,060 1,140 1,160 1,190
Bury 650 680 660 670 670 680
North Manchester 1,310 1,350 1,420 1,440 1,440 1,560
Central Manchester 1,230 1,250 1,340 1,318 1,320 1,400
South Manchester 1,740 1,820 1,860 1,890 1,990 1,930
Oldham 850 880 930 960 940 920
Rochdale 740 750 770 770 720 720
Salford 1,590 1,640 1,740 1,800 1,780 1,870
Stockport 1,270 1,340 1,310 1,280 1,360 1,310
Tameside and Glossop 730 770 790 810 840 870
Trafford 690 710 740 760 750 770
Wigan 1,310 1,320 1,330 1,380 1,370 1,400

Source: Department of Health (SM 13) annual census of NHS non-medical manpower.

1 Excludes qualified nurses and midwives under further training.

2 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest (10) whole time equivalent.

1 With some facilities remaining on site.

2 Managed by Bromley.

3 Managed by West Lambeth.