Table 1

National Health Service regions and classification of centre

RegionParticipating hospital unitsTeaching hospitalsDistrict general hospitalsPrivate hospitalsPaediatric units
*Three NET and one WM hospital failed to provide adequate data for inclusion.
West Midlands (WM)3151871
East Anglia (EA)1511130
North East Thames (NET)1741030
Other514
Total*681039145