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Mr. Cartwright
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were awaiting operations in each of the main specialties at St. Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead, Greenwich District
| 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | |||
| St. Nicholas | ||||||||
| General surgery | … | … | 263 | 311 | 522 | 428 | 402 | 306 |
| Traumatic/Orthopaedic | … | … | 30 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Ophthalmology | … | … | 170 | 202 | 329 | 420 | 100 | * |
| Gynaecology | … | … | 123 | 134 | 144 | 107 | 196 | 128 |
| Urology | … | … | 136 | 57 | 72 | 71 | Nil | Nil |
| Greenwich District | ||||||||
| General surgery | … | … | 34 | 101 | 175 | 150 | 232 | 238 |
| Traumatic/Orthopaedic | … | … | 51 | 39 | 40 | 87 | 82 | 66 |
| Ophthalmology | … | … | 25 | 66 | 55 | 79 | 147 | 154 |
| Gynaecology | … | … | 106 | 111 | 134 | 95 | 108 | 123 |
| Urology | … | … | 46 | 28 | 81 | 72 | 183 | 64 |
| Brook General | ||||||||
| General surgery | … | … | 329 | 347 | 379 | 346 | 304 | 248 |
| Traumatic/Orthopaedic | … | … | 107 | 108 | 108 | 102 | 122 | 111 |
| Urology | … | … | 122 | 75 | 97 | 111 | 34 | 40 |
| Neurosurgery | … | … | 77 | 54 | 63 | 36 | 40 | 32 |
| Thoracic | … | … | 47 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 23 |
| Dental | … | … | 147 | 103 | 82 | 8 | 1 | Nil |
| ENT | … | … | 73 | 90 | 69 | 76 | 65 | 52 |
| * Transferred to Greenwich District Hospital. | ||||||||
Mr. Cartwright
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out the current rate of bed occupancy for (a) medical and (b) surgical beds at each
| Surgical including Gynaecology | |||||||
| Average available beds | Medical Average occupied beds | Percentage rate | Average available beds | Average occupied beds | Percentage rate | ||
| St. Nicholas' | … | 94·3 | 79·4 | 84·2 | 132·6 | 94·1 | 71·0 |
| Dreadnought | … | 63·2 | 43·3 | 68·5 | 77·4 | 55·5 | 71·7 |
| Greenwich District | … | 153·6 | 119·0 | 77·5 | 206·4 | 147·9 | 71·7 |
| Brook General | … | 170·4 | 130·8 | 76·8 | 202·0 | 127·6 | 63·2 |
| Memorial | … | — | — | — | 25·1 | 10·9 | 43·4 |
| Goldie Leigh | … | 22·1 | 7·5 | 33·9 | — | — | — |
| Eltham and Mottingham | … | * | 6·9 | * | * | 17·2 | * |
| * Beds not allocated to specialities—no comparison possible. | |||||||