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Geriatric Beds

Volume 974: debated on Tuesday 27 November 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many

Area Health AuthorityAverage daily number of beds available in departments of Geriatric medicine per 1,000 population aged 65 and over
1. Northern Regional Health Authority:
Cleveland10·0
Cumbria9·9
Durham10·4
Northumberland6·5
Gateshead6·5
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne7·1
North Tyneside7·8
South Tyneside6·3
Sunderland9·8
2. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority:
Humberside9·8
North Yorkshire9·2
Bradford10·5
Calderdale12·0
Kirkless11·7
Leeds9·2
Wakefield12·5
3. Trent Regional Health Authority:
Derbyshire7·7
Leicestershire8·1
Lincolnshire8·9
Nottinghamshire7·3
Barnsley8·1
Doncaster8·2
Rotherham9·0
Sheffield9·3
4. East Anglia Regional Health Authority:
Cambridgeshire8·9
Norfolk6·6
Suffolk11·5
5. North-West Thames Regional Health Authority:
Bedfordshire7·5
Hertfordshire8·6
Barnet6·0
Brent/Harrow6·9
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow3·7
Hillingdon6·6
Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster7·1
6. North-East Thames Regional Health Authority:
Essex7·3
Barking/Havering9·4
Camden/Islington8·1
City and East London8·2
Enfield/Haringey6·4
Redbridge/Waltham Forest10·6
7. South-East Thames Regional Health Authority:
East Sussex6·8
Kent7·8
Bexley/Greenwich8·4
Bromley8·1
Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham5·7

geriatric hospital beds there are in each area health authority in England and Wales per head of population aged over 60 years.

Information in the terms requested is not available.The average daily number of beds available in departments of geriatric medicine per 1,000 population aged 65 and over in each area health authority in England and Wales is set out below.

Area Health Authority

Average daily number of beds available in departments of Geriatric medicine per 1,000 population aged 65 and over

8. South-West Thames Regional Health Authority:
Surrey7·7
West Sussex4·2
Croydon9·5
Kingston/Richmond6·0
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth7·6
9. Wessex Regional Health Authority:
Dorset7·9
Hampshire7·0
Wiltshire11·8
Isle of Wight7·7
10. Oxford Regional Health Authority:
Berkshire6·9
Buckinghamshire8·8
Northamptonshire9·2
Oxfordshire6·7
11. South-Western Regional Health Authority:
Avon6·9
Cronwall and Isles of Scilly7·1
Devon7·5
Gloucestershire9·0
Somerset8·5
12. West Midlands Regional Health Authority:
Hereford and Worcester9·0
Salop12·2
Staffordshire9·2
Warwickshire6·6
Birmingham13·2
Coventry10·4
Dudley7·1
Sandwell4·3
Solihull1·9
Walsall5·3
Wolverhampton7·1
13. Mersey Regional Health Authority:
Cheshire10·9
Liverpool9·2
St. Helen's with Knowsley5·7
Sefton12·8
Wirral8·1
14. North-Western Regional Health Authority:
Lancashire6·9
Bolton11·3
Bury8·8
Manchester10·6
Oldham7·9
Rochdale7·8
Salford7·7
Stockport8·0
Tameside7·7
Trafford5·1
Wigan10·9
Wales:
Clwyd10·3
Dyfed10·5
Gwent8·8
Gwynedd10·1
Mid-Glamorgan10·8
Powys14·7
South Glamorgan8·0
West Glamorgan8·0