§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will specify the number of intensive care cots(a) in each region and (b) in each district of the last five years.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 28 June 1990]: The tables showing the daily average numbers of neonatal cots which are not in a maternity unit for the period from 1985 to 1989–90 are as follows, although it should be noted that some health authorities also provide intensive care facilities within maternity units.
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Health Authority 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–902 North Bedfordshire 14 14 14 14 14 South Bedfordshire 26 26 26 26 26 North Hertfordshire 20 20 20 20 13 East Hertfordshire 16 16 15 14 14 North West Hertfordshire 24 24 17 18 12 South West Hertfordshire 20 20 20 20 20 Barnet 34 38 36 26 26 Harrow 24 24 24 24 24 Hillingdon 22 22 22 22 22 Hounslow and Spelthorne 27 27 27 26 23 Ealing 10 10 10 10 10 Riverside 21 21 21 18 15 Parkside 34 35 28 30 30 North East Thames RHA 318 300 295 291 291 Basildon and Thurrock 21 21 17 21 21 Mid Essex 21 21 21 21 21 North East Essex 20 18 18 18 18 West Essex 16 16 16 16 16 Southend 16 16 16 16 16 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 31 27 27 27 27 Hampstead 18 16 19 18 18 Bloomsbury 30 31 22 22 23 Islington 20 20 20 20 20 City and Hackney 23 14 21 21 21 Newham 21 20 20 20 18 Tower Hamlets 12 13 12 12 12 Enfield 20 20 15 10 10 Haringey 17 16 18 18 18 Redbridge 18 18 18 18 18 Waltham Forest 14 14 14 14 14 South East Thames RHA 281 277 279 282 278 Brighton 22 21 24 24 24 Eastbourne 12 12 12 12 12 Hastings 12 12 12 12 12 South East Kent 19 18 19 19 19 Canterbury and Thanet 22 22 22 22 22 Dartford and Gravesham 14 14 14 14 14 Maidstone 10 10 10 10 10 Medway 19 19 20 20 20 Tunbridge Wells 17 17 17 17 17 Bexley 14 14 14 14 14 Greenwich 20 20 20 20 20 Bromley 19 16 15 15 15 West Lambeth 20 20 20 20 20 Camberwell 21 21 20 20 21 Lewisham and North Southwark 40 40 40 42 38 South West Thames RHA 187 188 185 188 189 North West Surrey 15 15 16 15 15 West Surrey and North East Hants 20 20 20 12 12 South West Surrey 14 14 14 14 14 Mid Surrey 14 14 14 13 14 East Surrey 12 12 12 12 11 Chichester 10 10 10 9 10 Mid Downs 18 18 18 20 19 Worthing 11 10 10 10 9 Croydon 19 20 19 20 20 Kingston and Esher 13 13 13 13 13 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 8 8 8 8 8 Wandsworth 18 19 16 17 19 Merton and Sutton 15 15 16 25 25 Wessex RHA 193 180 179 182 183 East Dorset 28 28 28 28 28 West Dorset 13 13 14 15 15 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 25 25 25 25 25 Southampton and South West Hampshire 22 22 22 22 22 Winchester 16 16 16 16 16 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 14 14 14 14 14 Salisbury 14 14 14 14 14 Swindon 31 18 18 18 19 Bath 21 21 19 21 21 Isle of Wight 9 9 9 9 9 Oxford RHA 194 192 193 193 183 668W669W
Health Authority 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–902 East Berkshire 33 35 35 35 27 West Berkshire 30 30 30 30 28 Aylesbury Vale 13 13 13 13 13 Wycombe 18 16 16 16 16 Milton Keynes 17 20 21 21 21 Kettering 16 16 16 16 16 Northampton 32 27 27 27 27 Oxfordshire 35 35 35 35 35 South Western RHA 208 200 198 166 168 Bristol and Weston 32 32 32 32 32 Southmead 32 30 30 30 30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 20 20 20 20 20 Exeter 31 31 31 28 27 North Devon 6 6 7 0 2 Plymouth 24 24 24 24 24 Torbay 5 5 2 0 1 Cheltenham 12 12 12 12 12 Gloucester 20 20 20 20 20 Somerset 26 20 20 0 0 West Midlands RHA 434 428 400 402 387 Bromsgrove and Redditch 12 10 12 12 12 Herefordshire 12 12 12 14 12 Worcester and District 20 20 12 12 12 Shropshire 22 22 24 22 22 Mid Staffordshire 12 12 12 12 12 North Staffordshire 30 30 30 30 30 South East Staffordshire 14 14 14 14 15 Rugby 8 8 6 8 8 North Warwickshire 20 20 20 20 20 South Warwickshire 15 15 15 15 15 Central Birmingham 45 45 36 36 30 North Birmingham 22 22 22 22 22 South Birmingham 30 26 14 14 14 West Birmingham 25 25 25 24 23 Coventry 29 29 29 29 29 Dudley 20 20 20 18 18 Sandwell 14 14 13 14 14 Solihull 39 39 39 39 38 Walsall 20 20 20 21 21 Wolverhampton 26 26 26 26 20 Mersey RHA 188 188 178 175 172 Chester 29 29 23 20 20 Crewe 15 15 15 15 15 Macclesfield 10 10 10 10 10 Warrington 18 18 18 18 15 Liverpool 37 37 37 37 37 St Helens and Knowsley 24 24 20 20 20 Southport and Formby 11 11 11 11 11 South Sefton 20 20 20 20 20 Wirral 24 24 24 24 24 North Western RHA 341 328 333 332 334 Lancaster 16 16 15 16 16 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 24 24 18 18 18 Preston 29 21 21 20 20 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 20 20 20 20 20 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 17 17 17 17 17 West Lancashire 9 9 9 9 9 Bolton 21 21 21 21 21 Bury 17 17 17 17 16 North Manchester 18 18 18 18 18 Central Manchester 30 30 43 41 41 South Manchester 29 28 27 28 28 Oldham 16 16 16 16 16 Rochdale 15 13 15 15 15 Salford 16 16 15 15 18 Stockport 22 22 20 20 20 Tameside and Glossop 20 19 19 19 19 Trafford 9 8 8 8 8 Wigan 14 14 14 14 14 Special Health Authorities 40 40 47 46 41 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's 40 40 47 46 41 England 3,754 3,651 3,567 3,513 3,451 1 Figures for 1987–88 to 1989–90 are not strictly comparable with earlier figures.
2 Provisional.
Source:
SH3 return (special care baby unit cots) 1985 and 1986.
KHO3 return (neonate cots not on maternity units) 1977–88 onwards.