To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the number of hospital beds by district health authority in the Trent regional health authority (a) in 1979, (b) in 1985 and (c) for the latest date for which he has figures.
The information requested is given in the tables.
| Number of beds available in Trent regional health authority and district health authorities 1979, 1985. 1989–90 | |||
| Years | 1979 | 1985 | 1989–90 |
| Regional total | 31,711 | 29,391 | 24,554 |
| North Derbyshire | 1,722 | 1,749 | 1,574 |
| South Derbyshire | 4,208 | 3,535 | 2,700 |
| Leicestershire | 5,140 | 5,045 | 4,436 |
| North Lincolnshire | 2,815 | 2,110 | 1,413 |
| South Lincolnshire | 1,894 | 1,768 | 1,481 |
| Bassetlaw | 403 | 433 | 409 |
| Central Nottinghamshire | 1,997 | 1,794 | 1,484 |
| Nottingham | 4,198 | 3,931 | 3,334 |
| Barnsley | 962 | 1,134 | 1,111 |
| Doncaster | 1,808 | 1,879 | 1,657 |
| Rotherham | 1,331 | 1,251 | 1,129 |
| Sheffield | 5,233 | 4,771 | 3,828 |
Number of inpatients treated in Trent RHA and DHAs—1979, 1985, 1989–90
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Finished hospital stays (discharges and deaths)
| Finished consultant episodes
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1979
| 1985
| 1 1989–90
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| Trent regional health authority | 464,917 | 578,370 | 698,776 |
| North Derbyshire | 22,989 | 28,185 | 37,345 |
| Southern Derbyshire | 47,540 | 53,724 | 61,608 |
| Leicestershire | 74,454 | 95,365 | 110,970 |
| North Lincolnshire | 25,751 | 29,279 | 36,600 |
| South Lincolnshire | 23,535 | 31,003 | 39,124 |
| Bassetlaw | 9,111 | 11,953 | 15,110 |
| Central Nottinghamshire | 32,095 | 36,472 | 43,221 |
| Nottingham | 73,992 | 97,291 | 117,018 |
| Barnsley | 21,449 | 27,512 | 32,908 |
| Doncaster | 28,103 | 39,936 | 47,926 |
| Rotherham | 27,805 | 30,727 | 38,380 |
| Sheffield | 78,093 | 96,923 | 118,566 |
1 Figures for 1989–90 refer to finished consultant episodes and should not be directly compared with earlier figures (discharges and deaths). | |||
In 1988–89 when data were collected on both bases, finished consultant episodes in Trent regional health authority exceeded discharges and deaths by 8 per cent.