§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS hospitals there were in England(a) by region and (b) in total in each year since 1979. [17068]
§ Mr. Malone[pursuant to the reply, 30 March 1995, c. 716]: The number of national health service hospitals as defined by section 128 of the NHS Act 1977 is not
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Table A: Number of hospitals with available overnight beds by regional health authority in England, 1979 to 1990–91 RHA 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Northern 135 131 129 129 128 127 124 124 112 109 105 105 Yorkshire 164 159 157 155 155 149 147 144 133 124 120 128 Trent 199 194 188 185 185 187 170 170 173 166 150 143 East Anglian 93 94 90 88 90 85 80 79 78 78 76 75 North West Thames 118 112 109 102 101 99 99 100 95 102 88 88 North East Thames 121 114 114 122 121 114 114 114 117 120 117 122
§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 21 April,Official Report, column 309, what is her latest estimate of the trend of temazepam production and amount of imports and the amount required for prescriptions by the national health care service over the last five years; if she will give these figures in kilograms, prescription units and the percentage change from year to year and from 1990 to 1994; and if she will make a statement. [22069]
§ Mr. Bowis[holding answer 1 May 1995]: Information on the total quantity of temazepam manufactured, held in stock, imported and exported in the United Kingdom during the last five years is shown in table A. Information on total quantities dispensed in family health services authorities in England is given in table B.
available centrally. The information on the number of NHS hospitals in 1994 in the previous reply was estimated from energy consumption returns submitted to NHS Estates by NHS trusts and directly managed units. This number should be treated with caution. Comparable information for previous years is not available centrally. Returns based on a count of hospitals providing residential facilities is available from 1979 until 1991 as follows.
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Table A: Number of hospitals with available overnight beds by regional health authority in England, 1979 to 1990–91 RHA 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 South East Thames 145 141 135 137 138 137 130 129 123 118 122 117 South West Thames 124 119 112 113 115 112 106 99 115 115 107 108 Wessex 147 146 146 148 154 163 178 187 138 137 134 130 Oxford 92 88 88 88 88 88 84 89 83 83 79 77 South Western 223 221 226 224 223 221 221 227 202 203 192 200 West Midlands 202 201 200 201 203 196 204 203 187 182 174 165 Mersey 87 83 79 79 74 68 65 66 64 62 59 55 North Western 130 129 128 126 128 125 123 124 114 105 104 100 Special Health Authorities 27 26 26 20 20 20 17 17 18 18 17 16 Notes:
1. 1987–88 numbers for South West Thames were estimated as complete numbers were not available.
2. Numbers may include a small number of community units for patients with learning disabilities.
3. From 1987–88 collection of data changed from years ended 31 December to years ended 31 March.
4. Numbers are based on a count of hospitals which provided residential facilities.
5. The table has been estimated from available data which was not used to compile the total figures given in table B. Where possible, account has been taken of changes in the way data was collected over the period, and of boundary charges.
Table B: Total number of hospitals in England Year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Total hospitals 2,023 1,984 1,926 1,917 1,923 1,891 1,862 1,870 1,737 1,722 1,646 1,624 These figures are taken from the annual published health and personal social services statistics and were not collected after 1990–91. The analysis from which these figures were compiled is no longer available.