§ Ms. LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing care beds for elderly people were available in hospitals in each regional health authority in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Yeo[holding answer 19 February 1993]: The average number of available beds in wards caring for elderly patients is given in the table. There is no separate classification of "nursing care beds".
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Average number of available beds in wards caring for elderly patients 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 England 55,646 55,801 55,571 55,320 54,588 53,275 51,042 48,733 45,902 42,107 Northern 3,809 3,885 3,894 3,940 3,949 4,075 3,958 3,834 3,683 3,435 Yorkshire 5,090 5,041 4,938 4,960 4,827 4,621 4,291 4,136 3,909 3,575 Trent 5,204 5,229 5,233 5,237 5,263 5,116 4,901 4,655 4,411 4,050 East Anglian 2,372 2,417 2,452 2,467 2,497 2,539 2,500 2,432 2,373 2,240 North West Thames 3,366 3,329 3,380 3,417 3,460 3,386 3,305 3,329 3,173 2,808 North East Thames 4,555 4,574 4,635 4,636 4,614 4,260 3,972 3,878 3,483 3,179 South East Thames 4,237 4,233 4,088 3,985 3,740 3,535 3,384 3,324 3,212 2,903 South West Thames 3,064 3,035 2,975 2,907 2,878 2,832 2,834 2,555 2,566 2,422 Wessex 3,543 3,510 3,477 3,468 3,433 3,203 3,022 2,923 2,780 2,765 Oxford 2,027 2,006 1,974 1,866 1,825 2,054 1,832 1,819 1,647 1,457 South Western 3,771 3,848 3,807 3,782 3,720 3,486 3,464 3,366 3,240 2,925 West Midlands 6,256 6,230 6,235 6,176 6,054 6,004 5,665 5,084 4,846 4,434 Mersey 3,136 3,171 3,180 3,120 3,042 2,909 2,786 2,523 2,047 1,870 North Western 5,135 5,193 5,175 5,230 5,161 5,128 5,001 4,747 4,406 3,916 Special Health Authorities 80 102 127 130 126 128 128 128 127 127 Source: SH3 1982–1986
KHO3 1987–88 to 1991–92