HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 cc712-7W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of(a) community and (b) district general hospitals indicating the number of beds in each health authority in Wales. [12077]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information is given in the following table. Psychiatric hospitals are excluded.

Community hospitals District general hospitals1
Number2 Beds2 Number2 Beds3
Bro Taf 17 1,253 5 2,458
Dyfed Powys 22 1,064 3 848
Gwent 13 679 3 1,261
Morgannwg 9 379 5 1,964
North Wales 29 1,144 3 1,606
1Hospitals classed as teaching hospitals or acute general hospitals group 1.
2Open at present.
3Average daily available beds 1995–96 (provisional).

Average daily available beds
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–961
Clwyd district health authority
Acute 1,212 1,241 1,284 1,278 1,244 1,237 1,216
Geriatric 559 509 471 469 457 440 430
Maternity 121 115 116 109 106 105 107
Mental illness/learning disability 551 496 432 395 361 300 273
All specialties 2,443 2,362 2,304 2,252 2,168 2,083 2,026
Dyfed district health authority
Acute 932 933 941 928 957 963 980
Geriatric 496 503 476 469 451 370 339
Maternity 88 88 88 88 88 88 88
Mental illness/learning disability 532 498 444 444 395 372 325
All specialties 2,048 2,022 1,950 1,929 1,891 1,793 1,731
Gwent district health authority
Acute 1,385 1,395 1,334 1,335 1,332 1,239 1,116
Geriatric 621 601 566 571 553 500 454
Maternity 143 144 146 137 118 98 99
Mental illness/learning disability 1,059 980 842 735 627 584 540
All specialties 3,208 3,120 2,889 2,778 2,630 2,421 2,210
Gwynedd district health authority
Acute 681 648 649 646 597 627 627
Geriatric 400 382 355 366 348 339 288
Maternity 76 80 75 75 70 106 56
Mental illness/learning disability 430 442 347 348 406 359 338
All specialties 1,587 1,552 1,426 1,434 1,420 1,431 1,309
Mid Glamorgan district health authority
Acute 1,750 1,739 1,606 1,540 1,470 1,464 1,476
Geriatric 724 709 805 783 768 700 633
Maternity 209 192 193 179 174 159 145
Mental illness/learning disability 1,364 1,319 1,221 1,144 1,087 979 828
All specialties 4,047 3,959 3,826 3,646 3,499 3,302 3,081
Powys district health authority
Acute 194 194 200 205 201 209 209
Geriatric 203 193 195 199 187 192 193
Maternity 36 35 33 32 32 32
Mental illness/learning disability 475 475 419 419 395 340 317
All specialties 908 896 848 854 815 773 750
South Glamorgan district health authority
Acute 1,699 1,672 1,613 1,511 1,486 1,505 1,524
Geriatric 447 443 439 428 432 430 394
Maternity 136 137 137 132 113 96 91
Mental illness/learning disability 989 951 922 870 803 777 704
All specialties 3,272 3,203 3,110 2,940 2,834 2,808 2,713

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital beds there were in each health authority in each of the last seven years; and if he will indicate for each authority and year the numbers for(a) acute, (b) geriatric, (c) maternity and (d) mental illness or disability cases. [11621]

Mr. Jones

Information for the eight district health authorities which existed until 31 March 1996 is given in the following tables.

Average daily available beds
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–961
West Glamorgan district health authority
Acute 1,285 1,241 1,206 1,215 1,199 1,280 1,286
Geriatric 466 471 442 403 404 374 342
Maternity 117 125 128 118 104 103 94
Mental illness/learning disability 475 463 512 508 510 467 424
All specialties 2,343 2,300 2,288 2,244 2,217 2,224 2,146
Wales
Acute 9,139 9,064 8,835 8,659 8,485 8,524 8,433
Geriatric 3,915 3,811 3,750 3,687 3,600 3,345 3,073
Maternity 927 916 916 869 806 788 711
mental illness/learning disability 5,874 5,623 5,140 4,863 4,584 4,177 3,748
All specialties 19,855 19,414 18,640 18,078 17,475 16,834 15,964
1 Provisional.

In-patients and day cases
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–961
Clwyd district health authority
Acute 60,552 62,176 74,711 81,114 84,444 90,311 89,320
Geriatric 5,782 5,504 5,899 6,495 7,113 7,352 7,330
Maternity 8,473 8,806 8,979 8,976 8,662 8,730 8,729
Mental illness/learning disability 2,191 2,268 2,341 2,374 2,347 1,959 1,871
All specialties 76,998 78,754 91,930 98,959 102,566 108,352 107,250
Dyfed district health authority
Acute 48,839 53,962 60,636 67,582 73,767 79,215 82,370
Geriatric 5,893 6,678 7,419 7,491 7,870 5,972 6,274
Maternity 4,779 5,346 5,389 5,631 6,094 5,269 5,296
Mental illness/learning disability 1,975 2,028 1,868 1,854 2,048 2,028 1,862
All specialties 61,486 68,014 75,312 82,558 89,779 92,484 95,802
Gwent district health authority
Acute 68,056 71,917 76,463 79,176 82,174 83,805 85,871
Geriatric 4,238 4,781 5,228 5,359 5,590 5,537 5,689
Maternity 9,763 10,190 10,112 9,977 9,740 9,771 10,052
Mental illness/learning disability 2,733 2,915 3,204 3,058 3,082 3,071 3,093
All specialties 84,790 89,803 95,007 97,570 100,568 102,184 104,705
Gwynedd district health authority
Acute 33,799 33,667 37,213 38,178 41,417 42,862 46,871
Geriatric 5,447 5,395 5,726 6,132 6,111 6,422 4,664
Maternity 3,854 3,951 3,769 3,787 3,790 3,715 3,666
Mental illness/learning disability 844 1,076 1,176 1,322 1,469 1,676 1,973
All specialties 43,944 44,089 47,884 49,419 52,787 54,675 57,174
Mid Glamorgan district health authority
Acute 80,014 87,431 94,521 101,840 107,649 118,969 123,486
Geriatric 8,035 7,486 10,088 11,384 11,971 11,344 10,967
Maternity 12,244 12,387 12,210 12,623 12,047 12,146 12,581
Mental illness/learning disability 2,842 1,665 2,694 2,940 3,240 3,870 3,853
All specialties 103,135 109,969 119,513 128,787 134,907 146,329 150,887
Powys district health authority
Acute 5,376 5,861 6,357 6,188 6,446 6,911 7,046
Geriatric 1,015 1,235 1,518 1,896 1,948 2,266 2,263
Maternity 1,308 1,356 1,203 1,228 1,183 1,162 1,064
Mental illness/learning disability 595 666 643 655 676 909 955
All specialties 8,294 9,118 9,721 9,967 10,253 11,248 11,328
South Glamorgan district health authority
Acute 87,429 86,638 93,053 96,127 96,548 101,220 106,995
Geriatric 6,023 5,897 5,550 5,692 5,501 5,406 4,106
Maternity 8,643 8,248 8,861 8,889 10,962 9,757 11,122
Mental illness/learning disability 2,681 2,764 3,114 3,077 2,969 3,029 3,154
All specialties 104,776 103,547 110,578 113,785 115,080 119,412 125,377

In-patients and day cases
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–961
West Glamorgan district health authority
Acute 62,628 63,273 65,149 69,364 86,120 102,427 109,264
Geriatric 5,076 5,921 6,676 6,612 6,403 5,395 4,835
Maternity 8,429 8,805 8,883 8,568 8,423 8,408 8,830
Mental illness/learning disability 2,445 2,371 2,628 2,574 2,661 2,483 2,284
All specialties 78,578 80,370 83,336 87,118 103,607 118,713 125,213
Wales
Acute 446,693 464,925 508,103 539,569 578,565 625,720 651,223
Geriatric 41,509 42,897 48,104 51,061 52,507 49,694 46,128
Maternity 57,493 59,089 59,406 59,679 60,001 58,958 61,340
Mental illness/learning disability 16,306 16,753 17,668 17,854 18,492 19,025 19,045
All specialties 562,001 583,664 633,281 668,163 709,565 753,397 777,736
Provisional.