asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the bed occupancy rate for each year since 1978 within the Islington district health authority for: (a) acute, (b) geriatric, (c) psychiatric and (d) maternity patients in each hospital.
The available information is given in the tables. Bed occupancy figures are based on a midnight count and do not therefore reflect the use of beds by patients who do not stay overnight.
Average daily number of occupied beds as a percentage of average daily number of available beds
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Hospital
| 1978
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
|
| Whittington Hospital | 90·5 | 94·2 | 94·5 | 94·3 | 94·5 | 89·9 |
| Whittington Home¶ | 75·8 | 62·4 | — | — | — | — |
NHS hospitals in Islington DHA *—Mental illness beds | ||||||
Average daily number of occupied beds a a percentage of average daily number of available beds
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Hospital
| 1978
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
|
| City of London Maternity Home‡ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Friern Hospital║ | 95·1 | 94·4 | 93·1 | 91·6 | 87·3 | 90·3 |
| Hornsey Central Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Royal Northern Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southwood Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whittington Hospital | 96·8 | 99·8 | 99·1 | 93·7 | 94·6 | 90·7 |
| Whittington Home¶ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
NHS hospitals in Islington DHA *—Maternity beds● | ||||||
Average daily number of occupied beds as a percentage of average daily number of available beds
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Hospital
| 1978
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
|
| City of London Maternity Home‡ | 58·3 | 61·3 | 63·9 | 52·1 | 41·3 | 37·4 |
| Friern Hospital≑ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hornsey Central Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Royal Northern Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southwood Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whittington Hospital | 55·1 | 71·1 | 70·9 | 79·0 | 73·5 | 70·7 |
| Whittington Home¶ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* Islington health district prior to 1.4.1982. | ||||||
| † "Acute" is defined as all specialties except geriatrics, younger disabled, GP maternity, obstetrics, mental handicap, and mental illness. | ||||||
| ‡ Closed 20.3.1983. | ||||||
| ║ Management responsibility passed from Islington HD to Hampstead DHA in 1982 but access to the hospital is shared by patients from Islington, Hampstead, Bloomsbury, and Haringey DHAs. | ||||||
| ¶ Closed 4.10.1979. | ||||||
| ● "Maternity" includes GP maternity and obstetrics. | ||||||