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Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average number of beds available within the Doncaster health authority area in 1980, 1985 and 1990; what is the current actual position; and what are the comparable figures for England as a whole.
Mr. Dorrell
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Number of average daily available beds | |||
| 1980 | 1985 | 1989–90 | |
| England | 355,979 | 325,487 | 270,334 |
| Doncaster | 1,772 | 1,879 | 1,657 |
| Number of inpatients treated | |||
| Finished hospital stays (Discharges and Deaths) | Finished Consultant Episodes | ||
| 1980 | 1955 | 1989–901 | |
| England | 5,670,001 | 6,353,812 | 7,476,625 |
| Doncaster | 29,828 | 39,936 | 47,926 |
| 1 Figures for 1989–90 refer to finished consultant episodes and should not be directly compared with earlier figures (discharges and deaths). | |||