HC Deb 30 October 2001 vol 373 cc655-8W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the extent of bed blocking in each health authority and trust at the most recent available date; what was the basis on which the social services authorities with the most serious bed blocking problem, requiring extra priority allocations were identified; and for what reason the Newcastle city and North Tyneside borough social services authorities were not on the priority list. [10933]

Jacqui Smith

The latest figures on delayed discharges for each health authority and National Health Service trust are shown in the table. The decision on which councils should receive extra help was taken on the basis of the councils with the highest rate of delayed discharge and also councils, which the Department has identified as needing extra help through our performance monitoring arrangements. Newcastle city and North Tyneside borough social services did not meet these criteria.

Delayed discharges of patients all ages Collection: Quarter 1 2001–02
Area Total delayed Delayed discharge rate (percentage)
National summary:
England 6,361 6.3
Regional summary:
Northern and Yorkshire 687 4.6
Trent 325 2.8
West Midlands 1,080 8.4
Delayed discharges of patients all ages Collection: Quarter 1 2001–02
Area Total delayed Delayed discharge rate (percentage)
North West 607 4.4
Eastern 421 7.2
London 792 6.0
South East 1,550 9.5
South West 899 7.8
Health authority summary:
Bradford 20 1.7
Durham 69 7.5
East Riding 20 1.6
Gateshead and South Tyneside 56 6.4
Leeds 90 3.9
Newcastle and North Tyneside 69 3.9
North Cumbria 101 13.8
Northumberland 8 2.4
Sunderland 25 3.7
Tees 76 5.5
Wakefield 33 4.5
North Yorkshire 92 5.6
Calderdale and Kirklees 28 2.4
Barnsley 7 1.5
North Derbyshire 16 1.9
South Derbyshire 10 0.9
Doncaster 18 3.0
Leicestershire 47 2.4
Lincolnshire 31 2.2
North Nottinghamshire 29 3.4
Nottingham 53 2.9
Rotherham 16 2.9
Sheffield 53 3.8
South Humber 45 6.3
Birmingham 474 14.7
Coventry 62 5.4
Dudley 56 8.5
Herefordshire 18 5.8
Sandwell 42 4.4
Shropshire 27 3.2
Solihull 26 7.0
North Staffordshire 99 7.7
South Staffordshire 102 12.4
Walsall 31 5.9
Warwickshire 56 5.4
Wolverhampton 27 4.1
Worcestershire 60 5.8
South Lancashire 11 4.2
Liverpool 84 5.3
Manchester 31 2.3
Morecambe Bay 66 8.3
St Helens and Knowsley 68 6.8
Salford and Trafford 43 3.2
Sefton 38 5.3
Stockport 12 1.8
West Pennine 30 3.0
Bury and Rochdale 16 2.9
North Cheshire 33 4.6
South Cheshire 42 4.6
East Lancashire 2 0.2
North West Lancashire 111 10.6
Wigan and Bolton — —
Wirral 20 2.0
Bedfordshire 37 3.9
North Essex — —
South Essex — —
Suffolk 195 13.6
Cambridgeshire 100 5.4
Norfolk 89 5.5
Hertfordshire — —
Hillingdon 60 16.1
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster — —
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 107 10.0
Delayed discharges of patients all ages Collection: Quarter 1 2001–02
Area Total delayed Delayed discharge rate (percentage)
Croydon 37 5.0
Kingston and Richmond 59 5.4
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 39 2.1
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 49 3.7
Barking and Havering 68 9.2
Brent and Harrow 41 18.2
Camden and Islington 62 6.8
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 108 7.7
East London and City 53 2.6
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 109 7.4
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich — —
Berkshire 183 13.3
Buckinghamshire 170 17.4
East Kent 60 4.8
West Kent 63 4.3
East Surrey 59 6.5
West Surrey 183 12.8
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove — —
West Sussex 219 7.8
Northamptonshire 136 12.3
Oxfordshire 66 5.4
North and Mid Hampshire 160 18.6
Southampton and South West Hampshire 172 14.3
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 79 4.8
Somerset 46 6.5
South and West Devon 64 5.6
Wiltshire 125 9.7
Avon 233 9.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 87 6.1
Delayed discharges of patients all ages Collection: Quarter 1 2001–02
Area Total delayed Delayed discharge rate {percentage)
Dorset 92 5.5
North and East Devon 139 9.3
Gloucestershire 113 9.0

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