HC Deb 16 June 1993 vol 226 c613W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of acute psychiatric beds, by region and in London.

Mr. Bowis

The information is shown in the table. Psychiatric beds are classified as short or long stay rather than acute or non-acute.

Average daily number of available short stay beds, psychiatric wards 1991–92
Number
England 22,159
Northern RHA 1,610
Yorkshire RHA 1,750
Trent RHA 1,964
East Anglian RHA 790
North West Thames RHA 1,350
North East Thames RHA 1,786
South East Thames RHA 1,366
South West Thames RHA 1,509
Wessex RHA 1,186
Oxford RHA 906
South Western RHA 1,735
West Midlands RHA 2,263
Mersey RHA 1,323
North Western RHA 2,156
Special health authorities 466
London 3,9831
1 Figure also included in Thames RHAs.
Regional totals may not add up to the England total due to rounding.