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Hospital Beds

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 6 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) total number of beds and (b) number of beds per 100,000 population (i) for England and (ii) for each strategic health authority was in each year since 2002-03. (137295)

The information is in the following table.

Average daily number of available beds by 100,000 head of population, strategic health authorities (SHA) in England, 2002-03 to 2005-06

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Total beds

Beds per 100,000 population

Total beds

Beds per 100,000 population

Total beds

Beds per 100,000 population

Total beds

Beds per 100,000 population

England

197,931

399

198,433

398

195,376

390

189,816

376

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

9,053

413

9,096

410

8,859

396

8,331

368

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

5,489

342

5,126

317

5,221

323

4,449

273

Essex

5,333

329

5,503

338

5,202

318

5,182

315

North West London

7,199

398

6,983

385

7,174

391

7,077

378

North Central London

6,348

523

6,413

526

6,625

540

6,388

514

North East London

6,392

418

6,261

409

6,380

417

6,237

404

South East London

6,370

420

6,686

442

6,723

444

6,557

430

South West London

4,694

359

5,030

384

4,925

373

4,795

359

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

7,704

553

7,638

549

7,517

538

7,437

529

County Durham and Tees Valley

5,200

454

5,225

456

5,070

441

4,979

432

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincs

5,522

338

5,476

334

5,492

332

5,428

327

West Yorkshire

9,169

439

9,309

444

8,477

402

8,432

398

Cumbria and Lancashire

8,208

430

8,155

425

7,887

409

7,533

389

Greater Manchester

11,226

445

11,331

448

10,951

431

10,735

421

Cheshire and Merseyside

10,129

431

10,236

435

10,172

431

9,875

418

Thames Valley

6,258

297

6,413

304

6,399

302

6,205

290

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

6,246

349

6,197

345

6,373

354

5,879

325

Kent and Medway

5,385

339

5,358

335

5,273

327

5,051

312

Surrey and Sussex

9,225

360

9,780

380

9,150

355

8,816

340

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

8,941

411

8,696

397

8,651

392

8,647

389

South West Peninsula

5,962

375

6,306

394

6,220

384

6,061

372

Dorset and Somerset

5,847

488

5,043

418

4,950

408

4,816

396

South Yorkshire

6,385

503

6,332

498

6,453

505

6,366

495

Trent

9,288

350

9,782

366

9,567

356

9,245

342

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland

5,636

359

5,666

358

5,512

346

5,382

335

Shropshire and Staffordshire

5,298

355

5,361

358

5,143

343

4,934

328

Birmingham and the Black Country

10,258

451

10,129

446

9,901

435

9,876

432

West Midlands South

5,167

336

4,903

316

5,109

328

5,102

324

Note:

Population data are mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 census. Beds totals include beds in wards open overnight, day only beds and residential care beds.

Source:

Department of Health form KH03 and ONS Population Estimates Unit