asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for 1985 for each health authority and for Wales as a whole (a) the number of pay beds, (b) the number of discharges and deaths of private patients, (c) the average number of pay beds occupied by private patients, (d) the percentage occupancy and (e) the number of private out-patient attendances.
The required information is given in the following table:number occupied by private patients,
(c) the occupancy rate as a percentage, (d) the number of private in-patients and (e) the number of private out-patients.
The required information for Wales is given in the following table:
The statutory auditor has recently re-reported on some of the control weaknesses identified in the 1984 audit review of the management of private practice in respect of the following authorities: Clwyd, East Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire.
The Department is continuing its follow-up action on the original reports but clearance will not be considered until all outstanding points have been resolved. In re-reporting on these outstanding matters, the statutory auditor has acknowledged the progress made in remedying many of the points made in his original reports.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for 1985 for each health authority and for Wales
| Income from private patients 1985–86 | |||
| Private resident patients (section 65 of the NHS Act 1977)£ | Private non-resident patients (section 66 of the NHS Act 1977)£ | Accommodation and services Provided Under Section 58 of the NHS Act 1977 £ | |
| Clwyd | 284,301 | 79,143 | — |
| East Dyfed | 119,515 | 33,824 | 17 |
| Gwent | — | — | 16,063 |
| Gwynedd | 189,176 | 8,302 | 3,642 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 18,186 | 8,972 | — |
| Pembrokeshire | 49,752 | 12,498 | — |
| Powys | — | — | 342 |
| South Glamorgan | 66,618 | 24,557 | — |
| West Glamorgan | 43,087 | 43,252 | — |
| Wales | 770,635 | 210,548 | 20,064 |
| Bad debts written off 1985–86 | ||
| Private resident patients £ | Private non-resident patients £ | |
| Clwyd | 2,379 | 557 |
| East Dyfed | 304 | 196 |
| Gwent | — | — |
| Gwynedd | — | 47 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 466 | 158 |
| Pembrokeshire | 478 | 1,715 |
| Powys | — | — |
| South Glamorgan | — | 8 |
| West Glamorgan | — | — |
| Wales | 3,627 | 2,681 |
Source: The Annual Accounts of Health Authorities.
Notes:
(1) Figures for 1985–86 are, at this stage, provisional.
(2) Income collected under section 58 of the NHS Act 1977 covers income for services provided to private medical institutions. No information is held centrally about bad debts written off in respect of section 58 income.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals for private hospital development have been
| Date of notification | Notified by | Number of beds | Health district |
| 16 September 1980 | BUPA Hospitals Ltd. | 60 (48 in first phase) | South Glamorgan |
| 14 October 1980 | HAI (UK) Ltd. | 56/70 | South Glamorgan |
| 30 August 1984 | Land Authority for Wales | 30 | Clwyd |
| October 1985 | Clwyd County Council | 30 | Clwyd |
| 23 December 1985 | W. Griffiths, Son & Lewis | 17 | East Dyfed |