Acute Beds (Hansard, 26 June 1991)

§ Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of acute beds in national health service hospitals in each health authority in each year since 1979.

Average daily available acute² beds
	Health authority
	Clwyd	East Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid Glamorgan	Pembrokeshire	Powys	South Glamorgan	West Glamorgan
1974	1,459.9	770.2	1,682.9	675.9	1,965.6	218.8	293.2	2,091.4	1,607.1
1975	1,455.6	763.5	1,663.3	673.8	1,933.5	220.2	293.8	1,986.3	1,562.3
1976	1,437.1	754.3	1,586.1	678.6	1,906.0	218.7	296.6	1,931.5	1,569.2
1977	1,424.3	779.7	1,579.1	688.6	1,939.2	220.0	303.3	1,941.7	1,549.4
1978	1,404.7	765.8	1,567.2	686.3	1,933.3	233.1	304.0	1,879.7	1,498.3
1979	1,420.5	761.8	1,517.9	686.2	1,915.8	245.7	292.2	1,864.9	1,428.3
1980	1,434.4	763.9	1,541.1	687.8	1,886.6	246.5	240.4	1,826.3	1,447.8
1981	1,391.1	740.9	1,548.9	681.7	1,859.4	248.7	226.8	1,818.4	1,455.1
1982	1,400.8	742.2	1,535.4	683.6	1,842.4	254.2	229.2	1,820.3	1,440.4
1983	1,399.3	741.6	1,515.1	670.4	1,846.1	264.1	241.5	1,864.1	1,450.0
1984	1,371.2	708.1	1,478.9	685.6	1,844.1	260.9	237.4	1,851.4	1,398.2
1985	1,342.6	690.1	1,466.2	716.5	1,835.5	261.1	237.7	1,839.3	1,421.3
1986	1,337.2	694.9	1,388.7	718.7	1,813.5	266.6	221.0	1,751.0	1,448.0
1987	1,354.9	692.9	1,388.0	705.1	1,784.4	258.0	220.3	1,753.7	1,399.9
1988	1,307.1	691.1	1,382.6	681.7	1,878.3	266.1	195.5	1,733.1	1,336.7
1989–90¹	1,189.6	645.4	1,354.8	680.8	1,744.3	261.9	194.4	1,699.5	1,268.5
¹ Data produced on financial year basis only.
² Excludes geriatrics, younger disabled, obstetrics, GP maternity, mental illness, mental handicap, adolescent psychiatry, mental illness children, psychogeriatric and elderly mentally infirm.