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Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many beds there were in Wales in 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 or other statistically convenient dates for the (a) acute, (b) psychiatric, (c) geriatric, (d) psycho-geriatric, (e) private hospital and (f) private nursing home sectors of health provision. [12443]
Mr. Hague
The information is given in the following table.
1980 | 1985–86 | 1990–91 | 1994–95 | |
Average daily available beds in NHS hospitals: | ||||
Acute | 10,112 | 9,778 | 9,056 | 8,479 |
Psychiatric1 | 7,558 | 6,495 | 4,022 | 2,640 |
Geriatric | 4,108 | 4,230 | 3,811 | 3,345 |
Psychogeriatric | 276 | 450 | 1,602 | 1,536 |
Beds at 31 March 2: | ||||
Private hospitals | 3 | 246 | 264 | 318 |
Private nursing homes | 3 | 1,901 | 9,656 | 13,270 |
Notes:
1 Includes the specialties of mental handicap, mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.
2 Figures for 1980 and 1985–86 are at 31 December.
3 Not available.