§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of geriatric beds for each district health authority for each of the last five years up to 1990–91.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 24 January 1992]: The information requested is given in the table. Over the period, the number of geriatric cases treated increased nationally from 396,000 to 468,000, as a result of substantial improvements in acute care, rehabilitation and community health services.
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1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Darlington 188 163 142 144 144 Durham 224 235 211 193 173 North West Durham 185 171 158 155 121 South West Durham 212 216 217 198 179 Northumberland 300 341 359 346 339 Gateshead 234 236 218 215 216 Newcastle 457 489 499 474 457 North Tyneside 217 209 190 183 185 South Tyneside 155 173 170 172 171 Sunderland 386 408 393 391 395 Yorkshire RHA 4,827 4,621 4,291 4,136 3,909 Hull 268 264 259 253 239 East Yorkshire 276 236 196 184 178 Grimsby 232 224 211 172 152 Scunthorpe 251 235 237 230 223 Northallerton 103 80 81 97 95 York 341 324 296 264 236 Scarborough 199 177 173 174 177 Harrogate 191 210 185 177 176 Bradford 470 436 370 368 340 Airedale 247 226 241 232 218 Calderdale 301 310 294 265 240 Huddersfield 330 339 291 273 256 Dewsbury 238 230 208 215 175 Leeds Western 492 507 490 478 442 Leeds Eastern 467 412 376 376 386 Wakefield 175 170 168 167 168 Pontefract 248 241 216 210 209 Trent RHA 5,263 5,116 4,901 4,655 4,411 North Derbyshire 359 390 405 346 333 South Derbyshire 560 548 502 452 434 Leicestershire 862 844 854 827 758 North Lincolnshire 298 293 279 262 257 South Lincolnshire 416 315 281 272 276 Bassetlaw 131 131 119 105 105 Central Nottinghamshire 383 315 331 293 282 Nottingham 610 609 580 578 572 Barnsley 272 269 274 276 273 Doncaster 344 310 293 292 283 Rotherham 277 265 265 258 250 Sheffield 752 827 717 694 588 East Anglian RHA 2,497 2,539 2,500 2,432 2,373 Cambridge 300 324 322 320 344 Peterborough 230 230 240 246 238 West Suffolk 321 310 308 308 295 East Suffolk 541 539 514 468 426 Norwich 529 560 529 505 503 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 210 214 228 222 204 West Norfolk and Wisbech 255 253 252 254 251 Huntingdon 112 108 108 109 112 North West Thames RHA 3,460 3,386 3,305 3,329 3,173 North Bedfordshire 244 245 218 257 238 South Bedfordshire 182 196 196 189 169 North Hertfordshire 202 228 216 220 203 East Hertfordshire 207 194 212 212 209 North West Hertfordshire 235 256 244 241 256 South West Hertfordshire 235 229 220 198 184 Barnet 509 552 529 524 473 Harrow 156 158 172 176 169 Hillingdon 263 266 248 246 238 Hounslow and Spelthorne 286 219 219 239 230 Ealing 158 162 164 178 131 Riverside 325 272 253 235 255 Parkside 458 409 414 414 418 North East Thames RHA 4,614 4,260 3,972 3,878 3,483 Basildon and Thurrock 282 270 273 280 285 Mid Essex 367 356 305 305 253 North East Essex 381 351 322 315 241 West Essex 296 283 253 256 214 Southend 335 302 239 222 214 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 505 516 512 457 335 Hampstead 130 129 125 131 130 Bloomsbury 247 102 100 70 76
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1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Islington 179 224 196 155 102 City and Hackney 304 72 72 121 149 Newham 250 280 268 273 248 Tower Hamlets 237 231 231 232 225 Enfield 230 271 248 239 209 Haringey 212 242 226 215 221 Redbridge 276 258 253 245 236 Waltham Forest 383 372 349 361 346 South East Thames RHA 3,740 3,533 3,384 3,324 3,212 Brighton 330 334 320 282 229 Eastbourne 307 271 279 249 290 Hastings 265 270 260 252 254 South East Kent 348 319 302 312 316 Canterbury and Thanet 393 301 282 307 298 Dartford and Gravesham 189 188 182 165 166 Maidstone 169 158 138 135 129 Medway 239 238 236 220 228 Tunbridge Wells 244 246 213 191 163 Bexley 130 177 167 152 138 Greenwich 317 243 214 212 189 Bromley 270 234 237 267 249 West Lambeth 163 135 138 149 142 Camberwell 188 189 172 167 164 Lewisham and North Southwark 190 230 244 263 259 South West Thames RHA 2,878 2,832 2,834 2,555 2,566 North West Surrey 188 167 205 153 157 West Surrey and North East Hampshire 218 235 186 185 174 South West Surrey 172 170 274 238 224 Mid Surrey 189 150 173 2 133 East Surrey 223 209 208 189 180 Chichester 145 92 123 129 98 Mid Downs 184 242 185 179 218 Worthing 356 420 377 357 352 Croydon 292 298 252 248 200 Kingston and Esher 175 154 235 230 231 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 263 224 141 165 166 Wandsworth 192 188 191 199 189 Merton and Sutton 282 284 286 282 244 Wessex RHA 3,433 3,203 3,022 2,923 2,780 East Dorset 690 658 627 580 583 West Dorset 286 249 241 243 238 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 475 440 442 444 441 South West Hampshire and Southampton 337 318 301 329 322 Winchester 250 233 201 192 186 Basingstoke 189 182 187 177 165 Salisbury 186 174 170 168 164 Swindon 249 229 228 204 174 Bath 624 578 500 459 378 Isle of Wight 147 143 125 127 127 Oxford RHA 1,825 2,054 1,832 1,819 1,647 East Berkshire 209 234 203 184 165 West Berkshire 310 290 296 322 328 Aylesbury Vale 135 132 127 136 124 Wycombe 190 237 241 229 205 Milton Keynes 84 88 90 87 83 Kettering 286 294 293 293 295 Northampton 298 301 286 287 220 Oxfordshire 312 477 296 282 227 South Western RHA 3,720 3,486 3,464 3,366 3,240 Bristol and Weston 163 193 172 194 206 Frenchay 447 406 405 404 396 Southmead 99 89 88 87 84 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 472 453 421 420 395 Exeter 389 398 409 369 367 North Devon 197 201 167 176 183 Plymouth 497 451 461 433 414 Torbay 267 270 253 214 221 Cheltenham 329 301 267 258 262 Gloucester 380 285 355 352 296 Somerset 479 440 466 459 417 West Midlands RHA 6,054 6,004 5,665 5,084 4,846
1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Bromsgrove and Redditch 94 108 100 94 87 Herefordshire 186 180 196 176 157 Kidderminster and district 138 138 138 138 136 Worcester and district 279 246 239 239 214 Shropshire 606 492 441 321 263 Mid Staffordshire 247 239 237 240 210 North Staffordshire 634 656 644 578 643 South East Staffordshire 407 391 389 380 372 Rugby 64 49 97 82 75 North Warwickshire 88 119 131 131 131 South Warwickshire 284 277 260 245 226 Central Birmingham 233 224 216 167 162 East Birmingham 196 193 194 201 206 North Birmingham 136 136 144 158 160 South Birmingham 400 388 377 367 334 West Birmingham 482 494 428 374 341 Coventry 410 343 212 39 4 Dudley 327 326 261 220 196 Sandwell 252 260 253 245 234 Solihull 38 97 77 85 84 Walsall 217 313 269 269 286 Wolverhampton 335 335 359 335 326 Mersey RHA 3,042 2,909 2,786 2,523 2,047 Chester 243 265 249 239 206 Crewe 319 310 294 292 259 Halton 155 132 118 99 67 Macclesfield 200 274 196 157 108 Warrington 185 186 180 135 96 Liverpool 620 525 519 464 368 St. Helen's and Knowsley 270 281 277 246 192 Southport and Formby 226 209 203 178 153 South Sefton 360 296 298 286 212 Wirral 462 432 452 427 387 North Western RHA 5,161 5,128 5,001 4,747 4,406 Lancaster 209 201 202 193 189 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 445 351 468 432 409 Preston 122 130 132 129 138 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble 277 318 270 272 258 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 284 286 287 277 264 West Lancashire 132 133 129 112 78 Chorley and South Ribble 170 159 139 131 118 Bolton 329 353 318 312 283 Bury 211 203 191 192 210 North Manchester 297 285 250 232 230 Central Manchester 173 162 149 142 142 South Manchester 419 403 358 320 298 Oldham 265 248 238 208 194 Rochdale 211 193 185 183 166 Salford 329 325 320 313 290 Stockport 447 474 459 406 382 Tameside and Glossop 255 307 308 305 230 Trafford 210 219 218 223 210 Wigan 378 379 379 365 317 Special Health Authorities (SHA's) 126 128 128 128 127 The Hospital for Sick Children 0 0 0 0 0 National Hospital for Nervous Diseases 0 0 0 0 0 Moorfields Eye Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 Bethlem Royal Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 National Heart and Lung Hospitals SHA 0 0 0 0 0 The Royal Marsden Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte 126 128 128 128 127 The Eastman Dental Hospital 0 0 0 0 0