§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many NHS beds were available in each year since 1978, and for each area of Northern Ireland, in total and by specialty of(a) acute, (b) intensive care, (c) long-term care or geriatric, (d) maternity, (e) paediatric, (f) psychiatric and (g) casualty.
§ Mr. MossInformation is not readily available for the period asked nor in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Available information is given in the table.
Year Acute Non-acute Total 1983 7,040 9,936 16,976 1984 6,934 9,781 16,715 1985 6,960 9,635 16,595 1986 6,479 9,483 15,962 1987 6,223 9,188 15,411 1988–89 5,931 8,755 14,686 1989–90 5,678 8,476 14,154 1990–91 5,463 8,025 13,488 1991–92 5,268 7,332 12,600 1992–93 5,112 6,600 11,712 1993–94 4,872 6,018 10,890 Intensive care, paediatrics, and casualty beds are included in the acute bed numbers. Non-acute comprise geriatrics (geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry, maternity (obstetrics, GP maternity, sick babies and well babies specialties), psychiatric (mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatric, psychotherapy and forensic psychiatry) and mental handicap beds.