§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the number of hospital beds by district health authority in the Trent regional health authority(a) in 1979, (b) in 1985 and (c) for the latest date for which he has figures.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information requested is given in the tables.
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Number of beds available in Trent regional health authority and district health authorities 1979, 1985. 1989–90 Years 1979 1985 1989–90 Regional total 31,711 29,391 24,554 North Derbyshire 1,722 1,749 1,574 South Derbyshire 4,208 3,535 2,700 Leicestershire 5,140 5,045 4,436 North Lincolnshire 2,815 2,110 1,413 South Lincolnshire 1,894 1,768 1,481 Bassetlaw 403 433 409 Central Nottinghamshire 1,997 1,794 1,484 Nottingham 4,198 3,931 3,334 Barnsley 962 1,134 1,111 Doncaster 1,808 1,879 1,657 Rotherham 1,331 1,251 1,129 Sheffield 5,233 4,771 3,828
Number of inpatients treated in Trent RHA and DHAs—1979, 1985, 1989–90 Finished hospital stays (discharges and deaths) Finished consultant episodes 1979 1985 11989–90 Trent regional health authority 464,917 578,370 698,776 North Derbyshire 22,989 28,185 37,345 Southern Derbyshire 47,540 53,724 61,608 Leicestershire 74,454 95,365 110,970 North Lincolnshire 25,751 29,279 36,600 South Lincolnshire 23,535 31,003 39,124 Bassetlaw 9,111 11,953 15,110 Central Nottinghamshire 32,095 36,472 43,221 Nottingham 73,992 97,291 117,018 Barnsley 21,449 27,512 32,908 Doncaster 28,103 39,936 47,926 Rotherham 27,805 30,727 38,380 Sheffield 78,093 96,923 118,566 1 Figures for 1989–90 refer to finished consultant episodes and should not be directly compared with earlier figures (discharges and deaths). In 1988–89 when data were collected on both bases, finished consultant episodes in Trent regional health authority exceeded discharges and deaths by 8 per cent.