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Hospital Beds, Leeds

Volume 205: debated on Monday 16 March 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) acute and (b) long-stay hospital beds there were in the Leeds metropolitan district in each year since 1979 shown (i) in total and (ii) by hospital.

Details requested about acute beds for each year from 1979 are given in the tables. Information about the total number of long-stay beds and the number

Number of daily available beds of Acute specialties for each hospital in Leeds Western and Leeds Eastern Health Districts for the years 1979 to 1990–91
197919801981198219831984198519861987–881988–891989–901990–91
B6201 Leeds General Infirmary649654653669650615620618625631621606
B6203 Cookridge Hospital152149150149151153138117104118117119
B6204 Ida and Robert Arthington Hospital918278797431252525252525
B6205 Leeds Maternity Hospital28282828250000000
B6207 Wharfedale Hospital, Otley140142142141144142145142134136136140
B6210 Roundhay Hall Hospital78818081680000000
B6211 Middleton Hospital827058585247362910000
B6212 Ilkley Convalescent Home5356565656555858565800
B6219 Chapel Allerton Hospital284285280232189188184213207187173120
B6230 Clarendon Wing, General Infirmary000017178173178176172166170
B6313 St. James' Hospital784788786789790792797813819802804756
B6314 Seacroft Hospital178176173271287273269253242234248219
B6315 Killingbeck Hospital201202198195177172164166173167168171
B6321 Marguerite Hepton Hospital4647474747363200000
B6322 Gateforth Hospital2000000000000
Total2,7862,7602,7292,7952,7272,6822,6512,6122,5832,5302,4582,326
Please note that Chapel Allerton Hospital was in Leeds Eastern for 1979–81 and Leeds Western 1982–91.Source: DH Form SH3 and KHO3SM1 Fylde 4 March 1992.
Leeds Acute In-Patient and Day Case Activity 1979 to 1990–91
In-PatientsDay CasesTotal
197976,88714,21391,100
198081,47614,60196.077
198182,63614,93497,570
198282,49214,98897,480
198388,63816,872105,510
198490,70516,397107,102
198593,18117,075110,256
198694,67018,055112,725
1987–8895,892095,892
1988–89104,92518,427123,352
1989–90104,63723,733128,370
1990–911104,846227,024131,870
1 Increase 28·7 per cent.
2 Increase 90·1 per cent.
Number of authorised pay beds in NHS hospital
Regions197919801981198219831984198519861987–881988–891989–901990–91
Northern5656781031031059510196999797
Yorkshire140140154182199199193193187192188188
Trent130130150143143143138136128136136136
East Anglian90909410610610810810896108108108
North West Thames339339352292292292287285271285283283
North East Thames278278286398404410413411347393411411
South East Thames263263302332337337339341322333333333
South West Thames156156168180182194182180141180180180
Wessex9999106117120120116116105115116116
Oxford164164180180180180183193188193194194
South Western78788210210410410410296100100100
West Midlands181181217258267276273270209281276276
Mersey676792112123123123129123129129129
North Western170170214231244245243237207233233227

of long-stay beds by hospital is not collected centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mrs. P. Smith, the chairman of leeds health authority, for detalls.