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Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many psychiatric beds have closed in each year since 1980–81. [17386]
Mr. Boateng
The Department does not collect information on bed closures.Data are, however, collected centrally on the average daily number of available beds. These figures are shown in the table:
Average daily number of available beds in mental illness wards in National Health Service hospitals in England, 1980 to 1996–97 | |
Year | Mental illness |
1980 | 87,396 |
1981 | 85,436 |
1982 | 83,831 |
1983 | 81,786 |
1984 | 78.911 |
Average daily number of available beds in mental illness wards in National Health Service hospitals in England, 1980 to 1996–97 | |
Year | Mental illness |
1985 | 75,866 |
1986 | 72,402 |
1987–88 | 67,127 |
1988–89 | 62,999 |
1989–90 | 59,290 |
1990–91 | 55,239 |
1991–92 | 50.278 |
1992–93 | 47,308 |
1993–94 | 43,532 |
1994–95 | 41,827 |
1995–9 | 39,477 |
1996–971 | 37,624 |
Source: | |
DH form SH3—1980 to 1986. | |
DH form KH03—1987–88 rds. | |
Note: | |
1 The return was revised and included a count of NHS managed beds in residential care. Several trusts reclassified beds previously counted as mental illness beds in hospitals, and counted them as residential. These figures are not included in the table. The average daily number of mental illness bed days in residential care is 1,155. |