HC Deb 31 October 1990 vol 178 c524W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the number of hospital beds in the West Midlands regional health authority(a) in 1979, (b) in 1985 and (c) in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Dorrell

The information requested is given in the table.

Average number of beds available daily
Year All Beds Acute Beds Acute Inpatients treated Acute Inpatients per Bed
1979 36,263 14,669 434,673 29
1985 33,108 14,114 520,806 36
1988–89 28,784 12,528 529,934 42

Source: SH3: 1979.

KHO3: 1988–89.