HC Deb 16 October 1990 vol 177 cc794-7W
Mr. Janman

To 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

[pursuant to his reply, 24 May 1990, c. 341–46]: I regret that the tables published contained inaccuracies.

The corrected infromation is as follows:

Resident population estimates, by District Health Authority, as at

30 June 1988, and numbers of NHS hospital sites having Accident &

Emergency Departments, by Health Authority, as at 31 March 1989

Health Authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments
Northern RHA
Hartlepool 88.4 1
North Tees 176.8 1
South Tees 287.9 5
East Cumbria 179.4 5
South Cumbria 172.6 2
West Cumbria 137.2 4
Darlington 124.5 1
Durham 233.9 1
North West Durham 85.9 1
South West Durham 152.5 1
Northumberland 301.4 7
Gateshead 206.2 1
Newcastle 279.6 2
North Tyneside 192.9 2
South Tyneside 155.7 2
Sunderland 296.1 2
Yorkshire RHA
Hull 297.6 3
East Yorkshire 198.8 3
Grimsby 157.5 1
Scunthorpe 196.6 3
Northallerton 117.2 3
York 264.7 3
Scarborough 145.8 3
Harrogate 135.8 2

Health Authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments
Bradford 337.0 2
Airedale 176.7 2
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 2
Trent RHA
North Derbyshire 363.2 4
Southern Derbyshire 530.8 5
Leicestershire 885.5 8
North Lincolnshire 273.2 5
South Lincolnshire 309.4 6
Bassetlaw 104.8 1
Central Nottinghamshire 289.2 2
Nottingham 613.7 1
Barnsley 220.9 1
Doncaster 291.6 2
Rotherham 251.8 1
Sheffield 528.3 3
East Anglian RHA
Cambridge 275.6 1
Peterborough 208.5 3
West Suffolk 228.1 2
East Suffolk 322.6 3
Norwich 472.4 5
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 200.1 4
West Norfolk and Wisbech 191.4 3
Huntingdon 135.7 1
North West Thames RHA
North Bedfordshire 251.6 1
South Bedfordshire 279.1 1
North Hertfordshire 186.0 2
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 3
Ealing 297.3 1
Riverside 276.0 4
Parkside 373.7 4
North East Thames RHA
Basildon and Thurrock 282.0 2
Mid Essex 290.8 1
North East Essex 311.6 3
West Essex 249.9 5
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 1
South East Thames RHA
Brighton 308.2 4
Eastbourne 235.2 2
Hastings 169.3 3
South East Kent 268.4 3
Canterbury and Thanet 309.3 5

Health Authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments
Dartford and Gravesham 217.2 2
Maidstone 199.3 2
Medway 330.2 2
Tunbridge Wells 196.0 6
Bexley 220.4 1
Greenwich 214.5 2
Bromley 298.2 2
West Lambeth 158.6 1
Camberwell 210.5 1
Lewisham and North Southwark 316.3 3
South West Thames RHA
North West Surrey 206.9 3
West Surrey and North East Hants 277.6 1
South West Surrey 181.1 4
Mid Surrey 165.2 2
East Surrey 182.6 4
Chichester 182.6 na
Mid Downs 276.8 3
Worthing 244.0 2
Croydon 317.2 2
Kingston and Esher 177.2 2
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 229.7 1
Wandsworth 188.2 2
Merton and Sutton 332.3 4
Wessex RHA
East Dorset 451.7 5
West Dorset 203.9 6
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 527.9 6
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 2
Bath 407.0 12
Isle of Wight 129.8 1
Oxford RHA
East Berkshire 362.1 2
West Berkshire 454.2 3
Aylesbury Vale 145.4 2
Wycombe 268.2 3
Milton Keynes 177.6 1
Kettering 258.3 1
Northampton 312.0 1
Oxfordshire 545.9 12
South Western RHA
Bristol and Weston 367.7 4
Frenchay 221.8 2
Southmead 232.3 2
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 460.6 9
Exeter 308.6 10
North Devon 135.6 7
Plymouth 334.3 8
Torbay 242.6 11
Cheltenham 212.4 7
Gloucester 315.1 6
Somerset 405.0 7
West Midlands RHA
Bromsgrove and Redditch 167.1 2
Herefordshire 157.3 6
Kidderminster and District 102.6 2
Worcester and District 243.9 5
Shropshire 400.8 14
Mid Staffordshire 313.8 2
North Staffordshire 461.5 3

Health Authority Resident population (thousands) Number of hospital sites having A and E departments
South East Staffordshire 257.6 4
Rugby 86.3 1
North Warwickshire 175.1 1
South Warwickshire 223.2 3
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
Solihull 204.9 1
Walsall 262.3 1
Wolverhampton 249.4 2
Mersey RHA
Chester 176.7 1
Crewe 248.5 2
Halton 143.6 1
Macclesfield 179.9 4
Warrington 187.7 1
Liverpool 469.6 7
St. Helens and Knowsley 346.0 2
Southport and Formby 120.1 1
South Sefton 177.5 2
Wirral 354.3 2
North Western RHA
Lancaster 131.1 1
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 320.0 4
Preston 128.1 1
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 264.8 2
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 228.3 1
West Lancashire 105.4 1
Chorley and South Ribble 196.8 1
Bolton 263.6 2
Bury 175.0 2
North Manchester 139.7 2
Central Manchester 122.4 4
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 2
Wigan 307.6 2
Special Health Authorities
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 1

Sources: Population estimates, Office of Population, Censuses & Surveys.

A & E depts, KH03 return.

na = not available

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