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Rev. Martin Smyth
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many hospital beds and qualified nurses there are in Northern Ireland per head of population.
Mr. Chris Patten
[pursuant to his reply, 17 June 1985, c. 39]: In 1983, the last year for which figures are available, the information in respect of hospital beds was as follows:
| Number | Number per 1,000 of the population | |
| General Hospitals | 10,965 | 7·0 |
| Mental Illness Hospitals | 4,513 | 2·9 |
| Mental Handicap Hospitals | 1,501 | 1·0 |
| All Hospitals | 16,979 | 10·8 |
| Number | Number per 1,000 of the population | |
| Hospital Nurses | 12,419 | 7·9 |
| Community Nurses | 1,927 | 1·2 |
| 14,346 | 9·1 |