Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total of hospital beds in each of the past five years within the constituency of Wiltshire, North.
§ Mr. DorrellInformation about hospital beds is collected centrally by district health authority and is not available for individual parliamentary constituencies. Figures for Swindon and Bath district health authorities are given in the table.
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Average daily available beds and in-patient cases treated Swindon and Bath district health authorities, 1984–1988–89 Year Available beds In-patient cases treated In-patient cases treated per available bed Swindon DHA 1984 1,377 27,731 20.1 1985 1,311 28,458 21.7 1986 1,280 29,072 22.7 1987–88 1,142 33,396 29.2 1988–89 1,123 31,187 27.8 Bath DHA 1984 2,737 48,023 17.5 1985 2,681 49,135 18.3 1986 2,645 50,213 19.0
Year Available beds In-patient cases treated In-patient cases treated per available bed 1987–88 2,360 54,521 23.1 1988–89 2,226 49,552 22.3 Source: SH3 return, 1984–1986
KHO3 & SH3a returns, 1987–88 onwards