§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing for each National Health Service region for 1980 through to 1989(a) the number of geriatric beds, (b) the number of patients per geriatric bed and (c) the population over 65 years of age, in each case as an index taking 1980 as the base.
Mid year population estimates, by Regional Health Authority, aged 65 and over, thousands. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 England 7,067 7,108 7,108 7,061 7,034 7,184 7,295 7,407 7,465 Northern 448 451 451 447 445 456 464 472 476 Yorkshire 549 550 548 543 539 549 556 563 567 Trent 665 670 672 669 669 684 697 710 718 East Anglia 301 305 307 307 308 314 323 331 337 North West Thames 476 479 478 476 474 483 490 496 497 North East Thames 565 563 561 558 553 565 571 576 577 South East Thames 617 617 617 615 609 615 622 628 629 South West Thames 491 492 491 486 484 491 495 500 501 Wessex 456 462 464 465 465 478 486 495 502: Oxford 288 293 296 293 295 306 314 323 329 South Western 539 543 543 543 542 556 565 576 582 West Midlands 699 704 707 702 704 724 740 756 766