HC Deb 11 May 1990 vol 172 cc251-2W
Mrs. Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the number of hospital accident and emergency units planned to be closed during 1990;

(2) how many hospital accident and emergency units have been closed in the last three years in England and Wales.

Average number of beds available daily: Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton district health authority
Year Number of beds
1984 916
1985 868
1986 860
1987–88 834
1988–89 684

Source: SH3 1984–86, KH03 1987–88–89.