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Mr. Callaghan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds there were in the North-West regional hospitals in (a) 1979, (b) 1987 and (c) 1991.
Mr. Dorrell
The information requested is given in the table.
| National Health Service Hospitals, North Western Regional Health Authority | |||
| Year | Average daily number beds | In-patients | Day cases |
| 1 1979 | 30,812 | 509,049 | 70,608 |
| 1 1987–88 | 27,320 | 644,540 | 120,368 |
| 2 1990–91 | 24,057 | 733,809 | 153,220 |
| 1 In-patients; discharges and deaths. | |||
| 2 In-patients: finished consultant episodes. | |||