§ Mr. JanmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the population served of each district health authority; and how many accident and emergency centres each district has.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 11 May 1990]: The available information is given in the table.
Comparisons between district health authorities based on the number of accident and emergency departments per head of resident population may be misleading as factors such as the population density, the numbers of holidaymakers or workers coming into the district, and ready access to specialised services in adjacent districts are taken into account when planning services. Furthermore the heading "accident and emergency" includes departments offering a wide range of levels of service.
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Resident population estimates, by district health authority, as at 30 June 1988, and numbers of NHS hospital sites having accident and emergency departments, by health authority, as at 31 March 1989 Northern RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Hartlepool 88.4 1 North Tees 176.8 1 South Tees 287.9 11 East Cumbria 179.4 13 South Cumbria 172.6 2 West Cumbria 137.2 13 Darlington 124.5 1 Durham 233.9 1 North West Durham 85.9 1 South West Durham 152.5 1 Northumberland 301.4 17 Gateshead 206.2 1 Newcastle 279.6 2 North Tyneside 192.9 5 South Tyneside 155.7 2 Sunderland 296.1 2
Yorkshire RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Hull 297.6 9 East Yorkshire 198.8 9 Grimsby 157.5 1 Scunthorpe 196.6 3 Northallerton 117.2 7 York 264.7 7 Scarborough 145.8 7 Harrogate 135.8 2 Bradford 337.0 2 Airedale 176.7 4 Calderdale 195.9 1 Huddersfield 211.5 1 Dewsbury 163.8 1 Leeds Western 365.3 2 Leeds Eastern 344.3 2 Wakefield 145.2 1 Pontefract 166.4 4
Trent RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments North Derbyshire 363.2 10 Southern Derbyshire 530.8 13 Leicestershire 885.5 23 North Lincolnshire 273.2 12 South Lincolnshire 309.4 14 Bassetlaw 104.8 1 Central Nottinghamshire 289.2 2 Nottingham 613.7 1 Barnsley 220.9 1 Doncaster 291.6 3 Rotherham 251.8 1 Sheffield 528.3 5
East Anglian RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Cambridge 275.6 1 Peterborough 208.5 5 West Suffolk 228.1 5 East Suffolk 322.6 9 Norwich 472.4 11 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 200.1 4 West Norfolk and Wisbech 191.4 7 Huntingdon 135.7 1
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North West Thames RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments North Bedfordshire 251.6 1 South Bedfordshire 279.1 1 North Hertfordshire 186.0 4 East Hertfordshire 294.6 1 North West Hertfordshire 261.4 2 South West Hertfordshire 243.9 1 Barnet 301.4 3 Harrow 197.1 1 Hillingdon 231.7 2 Hounslow and Spelthorne 276.6 6 Ealing 297.3 I Riverside 276.0 4 Parkside 373.7 4
North East Thames Regional Health Authority Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Basildon and Thurrock 282.0 2 Mid Essex 290.8 1 North East Essex 311.6 7 West Essex 249.9 11 Southend 325.3 1 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 453.1 2 Hampstead 108.4 1 Bloomsbury 126.7 1 Islington 169.2 1 City and Hackney 193.3 2 Newham 207.0 1 Tower Hamlets 161.8 2 Enfield 260.9 1 Haringey 192.3 1 Redbridge 230.8 1 Waltham Forest 213.3 I
South East Thames Regional Health Authority Health Authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Brighton 308.2 5 Eastbourne 235.2 4 Hastings 169.3 9 South East Kent 268.4 4 Canterbury and Thanet 309.3 12 Dartford and Gravesham 217.2 3 Maidstone 199.3 2 Med way 330.2 3 Tunbridge Wells 196.0 10 Bexley 220.4 1 Greenwich 214.5 2 Bromley 298.2 3 West Lambeth 158.6 1 Camberwell 210.5 1 Lewisham and North South wark 316.3 3
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South West Thames RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments North West Surrey 206.9 8 West Surrey and North East Hampshire 277.6 1 South West Surrey 181.1 7 Mid Surrey 165.2 5 East Surrey 182.6 10 Chichester 182.6 n/a Mid Downs 276.8 4 Worthing 244.0 4 Croydon 317.2 4 Kingston and Esher 177.2 2 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 229.7 1 Wandsworth 188.2 2 Merton and Sutton 332.3 5
Wessex RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments East Dorset 451.7 11 West Dorset 203.9 17 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 527.9 17 Southampton and South West Hampshire 419.7 2 Winchester 212.3 2 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 220.9 1 Salisbury 121.0 2 Swindon 234.2 4 Bath 407.0 12 Isle of Wight 129.8 1
Oxford RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments East Berkshire 362.1 2 West Berkshire 454.2 5 Aylesbury Vale 145.4 2 Wycombe 268.2 9 Milton Keynes 177.6 1 Kettering 258.3 1 Northampton 312.0 1 Oxfordshire 545.9 32
South Western RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Bristol and Weston 367.7 4 Frenchay 221.8 5 Southmead 232.3 4 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 460.6 23 Exeter 308.6 24 North Devon 135.6 19 Plymouth 334.3 16 Torbay 242.6 21 Cheltenham 212.4 17 Gloucester 315.1 12 Somerset 405.0 18
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West Midlands RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Bromsgrove and Redditch 167.1 3 Herefordshire 157.3 6 Kidderminster and District 102.6 4 Worcester and District 243.9 11 Shropshire 400.8 36 Mid Staffordshire 313.8 4 North Staffordshire 461.5 3 South East Staffordshire 257.6 8 Rugby 86.3 1 North Warwickshire 175.1 1 South Warwickshire 223.3 7 Central Birmingham 180.2 2 East Birmingham 196.9 1 North Birmingham 164.0 1 South Birmingham 246.1 2 West Birmingham 206.6 2 Coventry 306.2 2 Dudley 304.3 1 Sandwell 296.3 1
Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Solihull 204.9 2 Walsall 262.3 1 Wolverhampton 249.4 2
Mersey RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Chester 176.7 1 Crewe 248.5 2 Halton 143.6 2 Macclesfield 179.9 13 Warrington 187.7 1 Liverpool 469.6 13 St. Helens and Knowsley 346.0 2 Southport and Formby 120.1 1 South Sefton 177.5 3 Wirral 354.3 3
North Western RHA Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments Lancaster 131.1 1 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 320.0 13 Preston 128.1 1 Blackburn, Hynburn and Ribble Valley 264.8 3 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 228.3 1 West Lancashire 105.4 1 Chorley and South Ribble 196.8 2 Bolton 263.6 2 Bury 175.0 2 North Manchester 139.7 2 Central Manchester 122.4 6 South Manchester 183.8 2 Oldham 219.5 1 Rochdale 214.2 1 Salford 235.6 1 Stockport 290.9 1 Tameside and Glossop 247.0 1 Trafford 215.8 3 Wigan 307.6 2
Special Health Authorities Health authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments The Hospitals for Sick Children — 1 Moorfields Eye Hospital — 1 Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals — 1 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's — 1 The Eastman Dental Hospital — 2 Source: Population estimates, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
A and E departments, KH03 return.
n/a = not available.