§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 15 July 1997,Official Report, columns 162–63, on long-stay facilities, if he will provide the same information for each year since 1989. [13056]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 5 November 1997]The average daily number of available beds in the three main service areas where long stay provision is concentrated are set out in the tables.
I regret that the information provided in my reply of 15 July 1997 at columns 162–63 was incorrect. The figure in the table for 1993–94 under the heading Learning Disability reads 17,000. The correct figure is 16,000 as shown in the table. The figure for 1994–95 reads 14,000. This too is incorrect and should read 13,000.
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Table 1: Average daily number of available beds in NHS hospitals in England since 1988–89 Sector Geriatric Mental health Learning disability 1988–89 51,000 63,000 30,000 1989–90 49,000 59,000 26,000 1990–91 46,000 55,000 23,000 1991–92 42,000 50,000 21,000 1992–93 40,000 47,000 19,000 1993–94 37,000 44,000 16,000
Table 1: Average daily number of available beds in NHS hospitals in England since 1988–89 Sector Geriatric Mental health Learning disability 1994–95 37,000 42,000 13,000 1995–96 34,000 39,000 13,000 1996–97 32,000 38,000 10,000 Source
DH form KHO3 1988–89 onwards.
For 1996–97, beds in Residential care wards, managed by the National Health Service, were counted separately for the first time. These figures are not included in table 1.
Table 2: Average daily number of available beds in Residential care wards managed by the NHS in England 1996–97 Sector Mental illness> Learning disability Other 1996–97 1,000 3,000 0 Source:
DH from KH03 1996–97.
Note:
"O" denotes "500" or less.