HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 cc680-1W
Mr. Etherington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of(a) day care beds, (b) pay beds for day care in each national health service hospital in the Sunderland district health authority area in each year since 1989. [5469]

Mr. Horam

Information on numbers of pay beds is not available centrally. The available information is shown in the table.

Average of daily number of available beds—wards open day only—Sunderland area
Number
1989–901 14
1990–911 17
1991–921 17
1992–931 21
1993–942 30
1994–953 31
1Sunderland District Health Authority.
2City Hospitals (Sunderland) and Priority Health Care Wearside Directly Managed Units.
3City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust and Priority Healthcare Wearside NHS Trust.