asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year from 1979 to 1986 the total number of hospitals with acute beds and the total number of acute beds in each health district.
[pursuant to her reply, 27 April 1987,c. 33]: For information on the number of acute beds in each district health authority in 1979 and 1985, I refer the hon. Member to my reply on 19 January 1987 at columns 443–50. The information on hospitals that can be provided without incurring disproportionate cost is given in the table.
| Number of National Health Service hospitals1 in England with acute beds. | ||
| Regional, District and Special Health Authority | 1979 | 1985 |
| Northern Regional Health Authority | ||
| Hartlepool | 3 | 2 |
| North Tees | 1 | 1 |
| South Tees | 14 | 11 |
| East Cumbria | 2— | 8 |
| South Cumbria | 2— | 5 |
| West Cumbria | 6 | 5 |
| Darlington | 3 | 3 |
| Durham | 4 | 3 |
| North West Durham | 3 | 2 |
| South West Durham | 6 | 5 |
| Northumberland | 13 | 12 |
| Gateshead | 5 | 5 |
| Newcastle | 9 | 7 |
| North Tyneside | 5 | 4 |
| South Tyneside | 3 | 2 |
| Sunderland | 7 | 7 |
| Yorkshire Regional Health Authority | ||
| Hull | 7 | 6 |
| East Yorkshire | 8 | 8 |
| Grimsby | 5 | 2 |
| Scunthorpe | 6 | 7 |
| Northallerton | 5 | 5 |
| York | 5 | 4 |
| Scarborough | 5 | 5 |
| Harrogate | 5 | 4 |
| Bradford | 10 | 8 |
| Airedale | 7 | 4 |
| Calderdale | 3 | 3 |
| Huddersfield | 3 | 3 |
| Dewsbury | 4 | 4 |
| Leeds Western | 2— | 8 |
| Leeds Eastern | 2— | 4 |
| Wakefield | 4 | 3 |
| Pontefract | 4 | 4 |
| Trent Regional Health Authority | ||
| North Derbyshire | 9 | 6 |
| Southern Derbyshire | 13 | 11 |
| Leicestershire | 18 | 15 |
| North Lincolnshire | 10 | 6 |
| South Lincolnshire | 7 | 7 |
| Bassetlaw | 3 | 3 |
| Central Nottinghamshire | 9 | 8 |
| Nottingham | 9 | 4 |
| Barnsley | 1 | 1 |
| Doncaster | 2— | 3 |
| Rotherham | 2— | 4 |
| Sheffield | 11 | 9 |
Regional, District and Special Health Authority
| 1979
| 1985
|
East Anglian Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Cambridge | 2— | 5 |
| Peterborough | 8 | 6 |
| West Suffolk | 2— | 3 |
| East Suffolk | 2— | 8 |
| Norwich | 16 | 14 |
| Great Yarmouth and Waveney | 7 | 7 |
| West Norfolk and Wisbech | 10 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | 2— | 2 |
North West Thames Regional Health Authority
| ||
| North Bedfordshire | 4 | 3 |
| South Bedfordshire | 5 | 3 |
| North Hertfordshire | 4 | 3 |
| East Hertfordshire | 4 | 4 |
| North West Hertfordshire | 3 | 3 |
| South West Hertfordshire | 5 | 5 |
| Barnet | 9 | 8 |
| Harrow | 2 | 1 |
| Hillingdon | 7 | 5 |
| Hounslow and Spelthorne | 2— | 4 |
| Ealing | 6 | 3 |
| Brent | 2 | 3 |
| Paddington and North Kensington | 9 | 8 |
| Riverside | 10 | 7 |
North East Thames Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Basildon and Thurrock | 4 | 3 |
| Mid Essex | 5 | 7 |
| North East Essex | 12 | 11 |
| West Essex | 8 | 6 |
| Southend | 2 | 2 |
| Barking, Havering and Brentwood | 8 | 7 |
| Hampstead | 2— | 3 |
| Bloomsbury | 2— | 15 |
| Islington | 2— | 3 |
| City and Hackney | 6 | 6 |
| Newham | 9 | 4 |
| Tower Hamlets | 5 | 2 |
| Enfield | 4 | 3 |
| Haringey | 4 | 3 |
| Redbridge | 3 | 3 |
| Waltham Forest | 7 | 5 |
South East Thames Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Brighton | 11 | 9 |
| Eastbourne | 4 | 3 |
| Hastings | 7 | 5 |
| South East Kent | 8 | 5 |
| Canterbury and Thanet | 12 | 10 |
| Dartford and Gravesham | 4 | 4 |
| Maidstone | 4 | 4 |
| Medway | 6 | 8 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 11 | 10 |
| Bexley | 2 | 2 |
| Greenwich | 6 | 4 |
| Bromley | 5 | 4 |
| West Lambeth | 2— | 4 |
| Camberwell | 4 | 3 |
| Lewisham and North Southwark | 7 | 5 |
South West Thames Regional Health Authority
| ||
| North West Surrey | 6 | 7 |
| West Surrey and North East Hampshire | 3 | 3 |
| South West Surrey | 5 | 4 |
| Mid Surrey | 6 | 5 |
| East Surrey | 7 | 5 |
| Chichester | 4 | 4 |
| Mid Downs | 5 | 5 |
| Worthing | 4 | 4 |
| Croydon | 6 | 3 |
| Kingston and Esher | 2— | 5 |
| Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton | 2— | 4 |
| Wandsworth | 9 | 3 |
| Merton and Sutton | 9 | 6 |
Regional, District and Special Health Authority
| 1979
| 1985
|
Wessex Regional Health Authority
| ||
| East Dorset | 10 | 8 |
| West Dorset | 10 | 10 |
| Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | 8 | 7 |
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | 14 | 14 |
| Winchester | 3 | 3 |
| Basingstoke and North Hampshire | 4 | 4 |
| Salisbury | 3 | 5 |
| Swindon | 4 | 4 |
| Bath | 16 | 15 |
| Isle of Wight | 5 | 5 |
Oxford Regional Health Authority
| ||
| East Berkshire | 7 | 7 |
| West Berkshire | 8 | 7 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 2— | 3 |
| Wycombe | 5 | 5 |
| Milton Keynes | 2— | 2 |
| Kettering | 5 | 4 |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 |
| Oxfordshire | 20 | 20 |
South Western Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Bristol and Weston | 12 | 10 |
| Frenchay | 4 | 4 |
| Southmead | 6 | 5 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 14 | 13 |
| Exeter | 16 | 17 |
| North Devon | 2— | 7 |
| Plymouth | 2— | 11 |
| Torbay | 15 | 15 |
| Cheltenham | 2— | 9 |
| Gloucester | 2— | 10 |
| Somerset | 15 | 14 |
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Bromsgrove and Redditch | 7 | 6 |
| Herefordshire | 9 | 9 |
| Kidderminster and District | 2 | 2 |
| Worcester and District | 8 | 7 |
| Shropshire | 17 | 17 |
| Mid Staffordshire | 5 | 4 |
| North Staffordshire | 9 | 11 |
| South East Staffordshire | 6 | 6 |
| Rugby | 3 | 2 |
| North Warwickshire | 2— | 2 |
| South Warwickshire | 2— | 4 |
| Central Birmingham |
2—
| 5 |
| East Birmingham | 1 | 1 |
| North Birmingham | 4 | 5 |
| South Birmingham | 2— | 6 |
| West Birmingham | 2
| 6 |
| Coventry | 5 | 5 |
| Dudley | 7 | 7 |
| Sandwell | 5 | 3 |
| Solihull | 2— | 2 |
| Walsall | 3 | 3 |
| Wolverhampton | 7 | 5 |
Mersey Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Chester | 5 | 4 |
| Crewe | 6 | 5 |
| Halton | 2 | 2 |
| Macclesfield | 8 | 7 |
| Warrington | 3 | 2 |
| Liverpool | 14 | 14 |
| St. Helens and Knowsley | 3 | 4 |
| Southport and Formby | 5 | 4 |
| South Sefton | 2 | 2 |
| Wirral | 12 | 3 |
North Western Regional Health Authority
| ||
| Lancaster | 4 | 4 |
| Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde | 7 | 7 |
| Preston | 2— | 3 |
Regional, District and Special Health Authority
| 1979
| 1985
|
| Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley | 5 | 7 |
| Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale | 6 | 5 |
| West Lancashire | 3 | 3 |
| Chorley and South Ribble | 2— | 1 |
| Bolton | 5 | 4 |
| Bury | 4 | 5 |
| North Manchester | 6 | 5 |
| Central Manchester | 4 | 4 |
| South Manchester | 4 | 4 |
| Oldham | 4 | 3 |
| Rochdale | 4 | 2 |
| Salford | 6 | 5 |
| Stockport | 6 | 6 |
| Tameside and Glossop | 3 | 2 |
| Trafford | 7 | 4 |
| Wigan | 4 | 4 |
Special Health Authorities
| ||
| The Hospitals for Sick Children | 3 | 2 |
| The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases | 4 | 4 |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital | 1 | 1 |
| Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals | 1 | 1 |
| The National Heart and Chest Hospitals | 5 | 3 |
| The Royal Marsden Hospital | 2 | 2 |
| Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's | 2— | 3 |
1 Figures are based on a count of hospitals which provide residential facilities during the year. Day hospitals and clinics are therefore not included. | ||
2 Comparable figures not readily available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982. | ||