§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS beds were occupied by people who were waiting to be transferred to either nursing homes, residential care homes or their own homes in(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97 and (c) 1997–98. [44396]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation on the number of patients aged 75 and over, ready for discharge but still occupying a hospital bed, has been collected through the routine quarterly monitoring system since April 1996. Before then, it was collected at six monthly intervals.
Copies of the information available have been placed in the Library.