HC Deb 22 October 1991 vol 196 cc584-5W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current availability of the number of beds available to(a) national health service patients and (b) private patients, in (i) Doncaster royal infirmary and (ii) Mexborough Montagu hospital; and what the position was 12 months ago.

Mr. Dorrell

The information is given in the table.

NHS and private beds
NHS beds Private beds
March Doncaster Royal Infirmary Montagu Hospital Doncaster Health Authority2
1990 857 154 3
19911 829 160 3

1 Provisional.

2 No amenity beds recorded in Doncaster health authority.

Source: NHS bed figures KH03 (KH3Q) return (site level);

Private bed figures KHO2 return (district level).

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the current(a) waiting time and (b) waiting

Doncaster District Health Authority
31 March 1990 31 March 1991
Specialty Total patients waiting Patients waiting over 1 year Patients waiting over 2 years In-patients treated in year 1989–90 Total patients waiting Patients waiting over 1 year Patients waiting over 2 years In-patients treated in year 1990–911
100—General Surgery 1,029 109 13 7,645 1,298 217 13 7,851
101—Urology 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0
110—Trauma and Orthopaedics 533 131 52 3,185 428 47 0 3,198
120—ENT 1,786 445 24 2,447 1,824 598 70 2,496
130—Ophthalmology 439 61 6 982 563 161 6 963
140—Oral Surgery 230 20 5 518 268 20 4 498
180—Accident and Emergency 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0
190—Anaesthetics 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
501—Obs and Gyn (Obs) 0 0 0 6,164 0 0 0 6,703
502—Obs and Gyn (Gyn) 621 13 1 5,301 472 58 1 5,093
300—General Medicine 1 0 0 8,927 0 0 0 8,758
303—Haematology (Clinical) 0 0 0 217 0 0 0 116
330—Dermatology 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 221
340—Thoracic Medicine 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 33
360—Genito-urinary Medicine 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 51
410—Rheumatology 25 1 0 464 18 3 0 507
420—Paediatrics 0 0 0 7,782 0 0 0 7,788
430—Geriatric Medicine 0 0 0 2,462 2 0 0 2,877
610—General Practice (Maternity) 0 0 0 399 0 0 0 300
700—Mental Handicap 0 0 0 106 2 0 0 58
710—Mental Illness 33 16 1 1,130 3 0 0 1,060
711—Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 32
715—Old Age Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 16 4 3 253
888—Total 4,680 795 102 47,926 4,898 1,108 97 48,887
1 In-paitents treated figures for 1990–91 are provisional.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital beds are currently available in Doncaster for(a) medical, (b) surgical, (c) maternity, (d) geriatric and (e) other health care; and what the comparable figures were (i) 12 months, (ii) 24 months, (iii) 36 months and (iv) 48 months previously.

Mr. Dorrell

I will write to the hon. Member.