§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) national health service hospital beds and (b) national health service private hospital beds there were in each region in each year since 1979.
Average of daily number of available beds, 1979 to 1991–92 Regions 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Northern 25,305 25,283 24,192 24,679 24,728 24,332 23,773 23,240 22,469 21,520 21,024 20,195 19,456 Yorkshire 29,946 29,298 28,959 28,488 28,034 27,470 26,793 25,676 24,001 22,731 21,702 20,387 18,968 Trent 31,712 31,516 30,944 30,744 30,481 30,000 29,391 28,902 27,568 25,992 24,554 22,882 21,723 East Anglian 13,094 13,088 13,038 12,914 13,001 12,727 12,534 12,452 12,180 11,827 11,291 10,797 10,418 North West Thames 27,905 27,116 26,947 25,852 25,342 24,529 23,816 22,905 21,119 20,145 19,221 18,105 17,414 North East Thames 29,443 28,703 28,357 29,298 28,741 27,951 26,854 25,982 24,369 23,290 22,199 20,608 18,727 South East Thames 28,408 27,720 27,217 26,816 26,357 25,260 24,297 23,096 21,250 19,552 18,461 17,333 16,442 South West Thames 26,242 25,417 25,267 24,021 23,719 22,994 22,210 21,141 20,140 19,073 17,888 16,980 16,678 Wessex 19,021 18,844 18,662 18,547 18,310 18,074 17,654 17,170 15,316 14,826 14,458 13,939 13,701 Oxford 13,664 13,422 13,247 13,113 12,817 12,722 12,555 12,216 11,584 11,027 10,746 10,220 9,693 South Western 24,456 24,245 24,143 23,861 23,459 22,676 21,932 21,259 20,145 19,166 18,310 17,511 16,677 West Midlands 36,263 35,782 35,437 35,228 34,544 33,761 33,108 32,286 30,351 28,784 27,897 26,591 24,774 Mersey 21,982 21,332 21,025 20,519 19,849 19,028 18,464 17,959 16,665 15,776 14,685 13,290 12,091 North Western 30,812 30,839 30,662 30,677 30,384 29,756 29,021 28,406 27,320 26,409 25,204 24,057 22,974 Special Health Authorities and Boards of Governors 3,419 3,376 3,407 3,346 3,327 3,236 3,086 3,025 2,860 2,780 2,669 2,544 2,619 England1 361,670 355,978 351,505 348,104 343,091 334,513 325,487 315,714 297,338 282,897 270,309 255,438 242,356 1 Numbers may not add up to England total due to rounding. Source: SD2A, SH3 returns for years (1979, 1980, 1981.)
KHO3 returns for years 1982 to 1992.
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Number of authorised pay beds in NHS hospitals Regions 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Northern 56 56 78 103 103 105 95 101 96 99 97 97 Yorkshire 140 140 154 182 199 199 193 193 187 192 188 188 Trent 130 130 150 143 143 143 138 136 128 136 136 136 East Anglian 90 90 94 106 106 108 108 108 96 108 108 108 North West Thames 339 339 352 292 292 292 287 285 271 285 283 283 North East Thames 278 278 286 398 404 410 413 411 347 393 411 411 South East Thames 263 263 302 332 337 337 339 341 322 333 333 333 South West Thames 156 156 168 180 182 194 182 180 141 180 180 180 Wessex 99 99 106 117 120 120 116 116 105 115 116 116 Oxford 164 164 180 180 180 180 183 193 188 193 194 194 South Western 78 78 82 102 104 104 104 102 96 100 100 100 West Midlands 181 181 217 258 267 276 273 270 209 281 276 276 Mersey 67 67 92 112 123 123 123 129 123 129 129 129 North Western 170 170 214 231 244 245 243 237 207 233 233 227 Special Health Authorities and Boards of Governors 194 194 202 183 183 183 178 178 177 160 178 178 England1 2,405 2,405 2,677 2,919 2,987 3,019 2,975 2,980 2,693 2,937 2,962 2,956 1 Numbers may not add to England total due to rounding.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is shown in the tables. Over the same period, total hospital in-patient activity rose by 29 per cent.