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Maternity Beds (Eastern England)

Volume 919: debated on Friday 19 November 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average cost of providing a maternity bed in each hospital in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The information is not readily available for hospitals in Lincolnshire. In East Anglia costs per occupied

HospitalCost per dayCost per case
££
Cambridgeshire Area Health Authority (Teaching):
Peterborough District Maternity26·70162·53
March Maternity32·92179·17
Grange Maternity, Ely48·56313·75
Mill Road Maternity, Cambridge34·65196·48
Norfolk Area Health Authority:
King's Lynn District General29·45210·94
Bowthorpe Maternity, Wisbech26·66191·98
Drayton Hall, near Norwich35·12152·09
Longacre Maternity, West Runton40·40202·12
Suffolk Area Health Authority:
Ipswich Maternity28·10211·76
Phyllis Memorial Home, Malton35·53220·93